Manchester United want to buy a new midfielder in the summer window, but no one has yet been confirmed. The Red Devils were once closely linked with Paris Saint-Germain's Ugarte, but could not move forward because of the high price of 70 million euros. As a result, Sir Jim · Ratcliffe considered entering the free market, and France defender Rabiot, who had been rumored with the club for many years, was once again targeted.

As we all know, Rabiot's contract with Juventus has expired, and the two sides have officially announced their breakup. Now, the 29-year-old France international is a free agent and can be brought in for free. However, although it is said to be free, it is actually only a waiver of the transfer fee, and the players will ask for higher agent commissions, signing fees and salaries.

The good news for Manchester United is that Rabiot appears to be interested in joining Manchester United. He is rumoured to have turned down Liverpool because he wanted to wait for a call from Old Trafford. But the conditions he waited for were not low, and his agent's mother, Veronica, wanted her son to earn 10 million euros a year.

Offside Insight reports that Manchester United are in talks with Rabiot's mother and son to offer an annual salary of more than €8 million, equivalent to around £130,000 a week. But for Rabiot, this is the equivalent of a salary cut, as his income at Juventus is 7 million euros a year after tax. Because of the local tax incentives, in fact, his pre-tax salary is only more than 9 million per year.

However, the Premier League's earnings are pre-tax figures, and players need to pay their own taxes. The tax rate in England is 45%, and the annual salary of 8 million euros Rabiot is only 4.4 million euros.

Therefore, this is a huge salary cut, and whether Rabiot's mother and son will agree or not needs to continue negotiations. Manchester United are said to be able to raise their weekly salary to a maximum of £145,000, which is equivalent to an annual salary of €9 million.

The midfielder, who came through the Academy of Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, has long been controversial, especially his mum. Rabiot is also well aware that the pressure of playing for United is different from what he has experienced before.

Despite Rabiot's waiver of the transfer fee, the signing was expensive for Manchester United. Moreover, Rabiot is nearly 30 years old and has no secondary transfer value, and if development does not go well, he could become another Casemiro or Eriksen.

Manchester United legendary goalscorer Andy · Cole backed the signing of Rabiot, "I remember watching Rabiot play as a child at Manchester City." "He's the same age as my son, and they're at the club at the same time. I could tell he was talented, and if United had a chance to sign him for free, then why not consider it? 」

Cole added: "He's been very good at Juventus and he's a regular for the France national team, they have a lot of good midfielders and it's not easy to start. So, I think he's a very good player and he's definitely going to improve Manchester United. In the long run, he will make Manchester United a better team and if you can get him for free, I wouldn't object to that. If only he's a good player."

Rabiot's agent team tried to use Real Madrid rumours to raise the price, but the Spain giants rejected him outright because Florentino · Perez did not want him, and Galaxy did not like players whose agents were too strong. Arsenal and Atletico Madrid are thought to be the main rivals for Rabiot, with Sport Newspaper claiming that Rabiot's mother, Veronica, has publicly stated that she is in talks with a number of clubs.

'It's true, I'm negotiating with some clubs.' "I'm the only point of contact," she said. In fact, I'm negotiating with some clubs, but some newspapers don't say I've talked to clubs that I haven't been in contact with, so maybe someone is speaking for me for free! In fact, since the beginning of Adrian's (Rabiot) career, I have been the only interlocutor with the club, and any club has any interest in him, they have to tell me directly."