Manchester United Empire

🚨 If Carlos Baleba’s current form continues into the summer, it could influence Manchester United’s view on whether he is worth the asking price. Should Brighton maintain a British-record valuation despite his poor run, United would still rate the player but would likely turn their attention to alternative targets. [Jacobs Ben]

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🚨 BREAKING: Manchester United are set to play a behind-closed-doors friendly against Arenal on Saturday, 6th December, at St George's Park. Chance of seniors involved, Utd see it as a good opportunity for youngsters to gain sharpness.

🗣 Paul Scholes: “One of the most disappointing things for me is Kobbie Mainoo not being involved in this Manchester United team. We saw how good he was 18 months, two years ago, and for some reason it's not quite happened for him. The manager doesn't seem to quite fancy him, but we all know the qualities he has.” 🗣️ Nicky Butt on Kobbie Mainoo current situation: “What’s frightening to me is that if Kobbie Mainoo were playing for Crystal Palace, United would go and spend £60–70 million on him without hesitation. If he was at any other club, Manchester United would be trying to sign him.”

📸 BREAKING: JJ Gabriel pictured taking part in FIRST-TEAM training! #MUFC 🌟💫

🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Manchester United have 𝗡𝗢 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧 in pursuing João Gomes. Wolves also deny knowledge of interest from United and insist talks between the clubs have not happened. (Source: David Ornstein)

🚨 New financial regulations will give Manchester United more flexibility due to their strong revenue. A January signing would still need to meet current PSR rules, but waiting until the summer or after the World Cup shifts them into the new squad cost ratio system, which benefits United even without Champions League football and lowers the risk of financial breaches. [Jacobs Ben]

🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Manchester United have 𝗡𝗢 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧 in pursuing João Gomes. Wolves also deny knowledge of interest from United and insist talks between the clubs have not happened. (Source: David Ornstein)

🚨 BREAKING: Matheus Cunha won't be available for United this weekend, but should be back vs West Ham next week.

🚨It is still unclear whether Barcelona will trigger Marcus Rashford’s €30m buy option. There has been no indication that they will pursue a permanent deal for a player who will turn 29 soon [The Athletic]

🚨 Manchester United are concrete admirers of Elliot Anderson. Nottingham Forest are AWARE of interest from Old Trafford, where Anderson is high among multiple options to reinforce in the No.6 position. [David Ornstein]

🗣 Odion Ighalo: “I took a pay cut to sign for the club [Manchester United], but I'd have played for them for free, to be honest. When my agent spoke to me about the move, he said United couldn’t afford me because of what I was being paid in China, and all of that. I just told him to get the deal done. Whatever they wanted to pay me, I was happy with. You know, we’re talking about Manchester United. Manchester United in England… I don’t care what they are paying me… just get the deal done! And that was it.”

🗣️ Nicky Butt on Kobbie Mainoo current situation: “What’s frightening to me is that if Kobbie Mainoo were playing for Crystal Palace, United would go and spend £60–70 million on him without hesitation. If he was at any other club, Manchester United would be trying to sign him.”

🗣️ Andy Mitten on Semenyo; "United went for him last summer, but the deal timed out. The word from Bournemouth was that they wanted £70M. My understanding of this was that there weren’t many biters at that price, so the deal timed out for Manchester United. He is absolutely somebody that Manchester United would be interested in signing to play for the team and to improve the team."

🚨 Manchester United will target a midfielder in 2026, it could be two between January and the summer. Joao Gomes is one of the names on the list, he is not a priority but he is liked. Joao Gomes is very keen on a move to Manchester United even without European football but it all depends on Wolves if they want to sell the player or not. [Fabrizio Romano]

🚨 BREAKING: Cristian Orozco will travel to England in the next days to complete the formal steps to his $1M transfer to Manchester United. [Fabrizio Romano]

🚨 BREAKING: Adam Wharton is in the Liam Delap category - he wants a club with Champions League football. If Manchester United get it, it would put them as strong contenders for Adam Wharton come 2026. [Jacobs Ben]

🚨 Manchester United are looking at smaller metrics to show-fourth improvement has been made under Ruben Amorim irrespective of the results. Examples like: big chances created, improvement in XG, a full preseason with the squad. [Jacobs Ben, United Stand]

🚨 Casemiro is one yellow card away from serving an automatic one-match suspension in the Premier League. He picked up his sixth booking of the season in the 1-0 defeat to Everton on Monday night, and will serve a one-match ban if he receives another during the next seven matches. Patrick Dorgu is also one yellow card away from serving an automatic one-match suspension in the Premier League. He picked up his fourth booking of the campaign in the 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur before the November international break, but did not pick up another against Everton. [Rich Fay]

🚨 BREAKING: Roma have Zirkzee’s approval and agent commissions are sorted — now they must find an agreement with Manchester United. Roma want a loan + buy option, but United prefer a permanent sale in January. Roma can’t buy in January due to UEFA restrictions, so they want to delay the €25–30M payment to summer, depending on their final league position. [CorSport, Sport Witness]