Fulham have relaunched their pursuit of Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay and set to table a new offer for the Scottish international this week, according to various reports this evening.
The Whites have had two bids rejected for the 27 year-old, who was a second half substitute as Erik ten Hag’s side beat the Londoners on Friday night. Fulham were not expected to re-enter the race to sign McTominay, who was reported to have agreed to join Serie A side Napoli over the weekend. The Italians, though, are said to be more open to a loan with an option to buy – whilst United would prefer a straight sale in order to raise funds for a revamp of ten Hag’s midfield.
Marco Silva is still searching for a replacement for Joao Palhinha in the last fortnight of the August transfer window and opted to pair Sasa Lukic with former Red Devils playmaker Andreas Pereira in the engine room at Old Trafford. United have previously been holding out for around £40m for McTominay, who has entered the last twelve minutes of his contract with his boyhood club. The two clubs have reopened talks regarding a possible deal.
Twelve minutes remaining of his contract?! This article was written yesterday, which makes McTominay a free agent now ; )
I have nothing against the player who could fit in to our team. However he clearly does not wish to join us and to pay over 20 million for someone of his age with i think has a year remaining on his contract does not make sense to me. What has happened about Andre who is younger and a good prospect
I wish this comments section had a facepalm emoji.
We need a 6 and an 8, Andre as a 6 and Mctominay as an 8, Sasa and Harrison as back up, add Joachim and an out an out LW and a young striker and we can look forward to a good season. I would also try to get Stuart Armstrong who is available for free.
Simon, as Silva clearly said on Friday they are aiming to sign a CB and defensive midfielder. That is all.
He has shown no desire to join us and his best days are probably behind him. There’s got to be better options out there and the later it gets the less choice there will be. We’ve had over a year to sort this
Hank, I think he only said that because it is obvious, we need a back up striker as Silva always has 3 options up top. We need an out and out LW instead of filling that area with Iwobi, ESR or even Sessegnon who are admirable but they would be better suited to their best positions.