{"id":547272,"date":"2020-03-27T08:02:21","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T12:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=547272"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:50:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:50:59","slug":"report-raul-jimenez-gives-manchester-united-and-arsenal-transfer-insight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/03\/27\/report-raul-jimenez-gives-manchester-united-and-arsenal-transfer-insight\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Ra\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez Gives Manchester United and Arsenal Transfer Insight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/b561db50\/Raul-Jimenez?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ra\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez<\/a> has given an insight into his opinion of interest from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal<\/a>, according to Sam Meade of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/wolves-striker-raul-jimenez-reacts-21764956\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mirror.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Raul Jimenez Gives Manchester United and Arsenal Transfer Insight<\/h2>\n<p>Manchester United and Arsenal have shown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/wolves-raul-jimenez-manchester-united-17909358\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interest<\/a> in Jim\u00e9nez this season. Both teams are looking for strikers and may fight over his signature in the summer.<\/p>\n<h3>Manchester United\u2019s Ra\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez Interest<\/h3>\n<p>United could face losing a striker this summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/8b788c01\/Anthony-Martial?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Martial<\/a>. Inter Milan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/man-utd-transfers-martial-inter-17957294\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> want him, with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/la-liga\/barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barcelona<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.as.com\/en\/2020\/03\/25\/football\/1585120770_491781.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">considering<\/a> a move for their in-form goal-scorer <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/f7036e1c\/Lautaro-Martinez?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lautaro Martinez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They are looking for a centre-forward in the summer, and with potentially on his way out, Jim\u00e9nez has emerged as an option. Although Martial has displayed quality, he is not a clinical striker, and United may try to bring in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/wolves-club-analysis-news-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/a>\u2019 star scorer regardless of his departure.<\/p>\n<p>With his consistent direct goal involvements &#8211; 32 in all competitions this season &#8211; the Mexican would make for a great signing. However, it may be difficult to prize him away from a very successful Wolves side.<\/p>\n<h3>Arsenal Also Want Jim\u00e9nez<\/h3>\n<p>Similar to United, Arsenal face losing a striker in the summer, and are looking into the Wolves man as a replacement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/d5dd5f1f\/Pierre-Emerick-Aubameyang?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang<\/a> has been fantastic for the Gunners this season with 17 goals, making him the top scorer in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Premier League<\/a>. This has attracted interest from all over Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/sport\/premier-league\/361034\/barcelona-confirm-they-want-aubameyang-in-summer-transfer-as-abidal-hails-arsenal-star-as-important-decisive-player\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have been very keen<\/a> to sign the Gabon international, and the Red Devils are also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/1258152\/Man-Utd-news-Woodward-Aubameyang-Arsenal-Grealish-Fernandes-transfer-rumours-gossip\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">admirers of his<\/a>. Jim\u00e9nez would make a great replacement for someone who has been the shining light of a dismal campaign for the North London side.<\/p>\n<h3>Jim\u00e9nez\u2019s Insight<\/h3>\n<p>Jim\u00e9nez reportedly has no interest in leaving Molineux, despite the big-money offers. He said that he is happy at Wolves, he has a contract until 2023, and that the up-and-coming nature of the Wanderers\u2019 rise into the Premier League is exciting, with them now challenging for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/champions-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Champions League<\/a> football in a very tight race.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Z8luaolQQeF1p_8DpsHd7Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1206827998\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Z8luaolQQeF1p_8DpsHd7Q',sig:'0QOhQolSJE70waH4OfsZuclkt9t6bqnTlh9bRy9AbOE=',w:'594px',h:'386px',items:'1206827998',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ra\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez has given an insight into his opinion of interest from Manchester United, as well as Arsenal, according to Sam Meade of the Mirror. Raul Jimenez Gives Manchester United and Arsenal Transfer Insight Manchester United and Arsenal have shown interest in Jim\u00e9nez this season. Both teams are looking for strikers and may fight over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3312,"featured_media":547284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2510,8,18,30,3,28],"tags":[432,32739,32738,464,674,36,740,2830,1555,136],"class_list":["post-547272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wolves","category-arsenal","category-manchester-united","category-news","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-anthony-martial","tag-arsenal","tag-arsenal-fixtures","tag-barcelona","tag-inter-milan","tag-manchester-united","tag-pierre-emerick-aubameyang","tag-raul-jimenez","tag-wolves","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664564,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547272\/revisions\/664564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}