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Manchester United are “intently monitoring” Sevilla midfielder Lucien Agoume and will formalise their curiosity with a “concrete supply” on one situation, in response to a report from Spain.
The Want for Pace
Ruben Amorim just lately bemoaned the “lack of tempo” in his midfield unit after the irritating 0-0 draw with Leeds United in pre-season.
Not one of the senior choices at Outdated Trafford – Bruno Fernandes, Kobbie Mainoo, Casemiro or Manuel Ugarte – are notably cellular. The one choice who’s, 21-year-old Toby Collyer, can also be anticipated to depart on mortgage.
United are on the hunt for a brand new midfielder this summer time however the bulk of the membership’s funds have been directed in direction of the misfiring ahead line with over £130 million already spent to signal Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo.
A blockbuster transfer for RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko can also be underway with the German membership demanding not less than £65 million for his or her attacking starlet.
As such, there may be little room left within the funds for a midfielder – with a rising sense that an current midfielder might have to depart as a way to facilitate a brand new choice being introduced in.
But when United are capable of muster the funds to focus on a brand new midfielder then Spanish outlet Fichajes reveals Agoume is taken into account a “useful addition” by Outdated Trafford executives.
The N’Golo Kante
Agoume, 23, has quietly emerged as a stand out performer in La Liga regardless of taking part in for an underperforming Sevilla facet who completed seventeenth final season, coming perilously near relegation.
The Frenchman affords a potent pairing of pace and power, mixed with glorious defensive instincts and an underrated technical skillset.
He has even drawn comparisons to legendary World Cup and Premier League profitable star, N’Golo Kante – and there are few midfielders in current reminiscence who might inject extra tempo, as Amorim has demanded, right into a group’s engine room than Kante.
Fichajes contend Agoume is on United’s “radar” with the membership “valu[ing] his age [and] expertise in top-flight leagues, equivalent to Ligue 1 and LaLiga,” corroborating a report relayed by The Peoples Individual final month of curiosity from the Crimson Devils and Arsenal.
There was “no formal supply” however Sevilla are “conscious” of the curiosity from Outdated Trafford. The report additional reveals Agoume is open to a change to the Premier League and would welcome a suggestion from a “main challenge” like United.
Fichajes concludes by stating United’s curiosity within the French powerhouse “might shortly flip right into a concrete supply” if “any of its present midfielders depart”.
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