Premier League side West Ham United are close to striking a deal with Manchester United to sign right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka. According to The Sun, the Hammers will only have to pay a transfer fee of £10 million for the 26-year-old England wing-back, plus a floating clause of a similar amount.
However, there are still some issues regarding Aaron Wan-Bissaka's personal treatment and there is still a need to find a compromise point in the player's salary demands. Previously, West Ham also reached a transfer agreement with Bayern Munich, but it was eventually cancelled due to Mazraoui's agent fee, and Jonathan · Davy, who had previously sought to buy Lille in Ligue 1, also encountered similar problems.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka has one year left on his contract with Manchester United, meaning he can sign a preliminary contract with an overseas club in January, so that they will not have to pay a transfer fee and can be treated more favourably. But West Ham are confident and feel they can negotiate wages.
If Aaron Wan-Bissaka fails, Southampton's Kyle · Walker-Peters is also on the table, although he is lower on Lopetegui's priority list. West Ham want to complete the signing of Aaron Wan-Bissaka as soon as possible in order to continue to bring in reinforcements, they also want a striker and are linked to Aston Villa's John · Duran, who have rejected a £30 million offer for a transfer fee close to $40 million.
Manchester United also wanted to close the deal as soon as possible in order to move forward with other transfers, so they agreed to reduce Xiaowan's transfer fee to £10 million, but add other floating clauses.
Once Aaron Wan-Bissaka leaves, Ten Hag could sign his Ajax veteran Mazraoui, who will join from Bayern Munich for £21 million (€25 million), with all talks already agreed on waiting for Spider-Man to settle down.
After the introduction of the 26-year-old Morocco Iron Gate, Manchester United may have to return to the centre-back market because the team is plagued by injuries again, and 62 million euro new signing Lenny · Yoro may miss the first two months of the new season due to a metatarsal injury!
Yoro was injured in Manchester United's 2-1 warm-up defeat to Arsenal when he limped on his left foot, using crutches and protective boots after the game. The injury to the 18-year-old was a major blow to Ten Hag, who had planned to start the season with Lisandro · Martinez as the team's starting centre-back.
It was thought that Yoro had suffered a non-contact ankle injury, but the British media said that now he may be diagnosed with a metatarsal fracture, which will result in the injury being out for two months. Yoro and Hojlund both trained after being substituted against Arsenal, but neither travelled to Santiago with United for a friendly against Real Betis. Last season, Manchester United recorded 66 cases of injuries that resulted in players missing games, and clubs usually do not elaborate on player injuries.
According to the Manchester Evening News, United could bring in as many as three new centre-backs this summer if necessary, with Bayern's De Ligt and Everton's Jarrad · Branthwaite both remaining targets, both of whom have reached verbal agreements with the Red Devils, but the club have not been able to agree on a transfer fee.
Everton rejected two of United's offers for Branthwaite, £43 million and £50 million, and Everton were surprised that United agreed to pay €70 million for Joro. De Ligt, meanwhile, is not in Bayern's squad for Korea's pre-season tour, but that doesn't mean much as he played in the European Championship and can be seen as a reference to Manchester United's new signing Zilzek.
If Wan-Bissaka are sold, United's next target will be Sweden centre-back Victor Lindelof. The Sweden Iceman, who has just turned 30 on his contract next year, returned to full training on Monday after missing the first three friendlies of preseason.