{"id":547665,"date":"2020-03-30T04:35:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T08:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=547665"},"modified":"2020-03-30T04:35:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T08:35:09","slug":"report-manchester-united-perspective-on-james-maddison-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/03\/30\/report-manchester-united-perspective-on-james-maddison-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Manchester United Perspective on James Maddison Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United<\/a> have a pessimistic perspective of their <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/ee38d9c5\/James-Maddison?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Maddison<\/a> transfer bid according to Matt Davies of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leicestermercury.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/manchester-united-accept-james-maddison-3996369?_ga=2.121692427.1229019843.1585413750-1439911037.1585500026\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leicestershire Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United Perspective on James Maddison Transfer<\/h2>\n<h3>The Red Devils\u2019 Transfer Plans<\/h3>\n<p>United seem to have big plans for the summer transfer window, despite the financial difficulties which the Coronavirus has caused.<\/p>\n<p>One player they are <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2020\/03\/29\/borussia-dortmund-manchester-united-chelsea-jadon-sancho-transfer-12474162\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pursuing extremely closely<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/dbf053da\/Jadon-Sancho?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jadon Sancho<\/a> would cost a lot of money. \u00a3120 million would smash their current record, held by <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/867239d3\/Paul-Pogba?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Pogba<\/a>, but may well be worth it. The Englishman has 14 goals and 15 assists this season, scoring the third-most in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/bundesliga\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bundesliga<\/a> this campaign, assisting the second-highest, and having the top overall direct goal contributions in the league for 2019\/209.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, his great assist count puts him third for Europe\u2019s top five leagues, incredibly impressive for anyone, let alone a player who, at the beginning of the season, was a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>Also, attacking midfielders <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/b0b4fd3e\/Jack-Grealish?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Grealish<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/57d88cf9\/Jude-Bellingham?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jude Bellingham<\/a> are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/1261888\/Manchester-United-transfer-news-Jadon-Sancho-Jack-Grealish-Jude-Bellingham-briefing\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">high on their wishlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/aston-villa-club-news-analysis-fixtures\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aston Villa<\/a> looking likely to go back down to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/league-football\/championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Championship<\/a> at the end of this season, not even Grealish\u2019s masterful performances have been able to save them. The Villains currently sit in the drop zone, however, their English magician has attracted strong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/1250815\/Manchester-United-transfer-news-Jack-Grealish-Aston-Villa-wants\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interest<\/a> from United. Although he is <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2020\/02\/13\/man-utd-target-jack-grealish-warned-accept-transfer-solskjaer-12236388\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> rated at \u00a370 million by Villa, Grealish could still join United in the summer, with the Red Devils making him one of their top transfer priorities for the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Bellingham, one of the most promising talents in Europe this season, also looks like he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/1261672\/Manchester-United-transfer-news-Jude-Bellingham-Ed-Woodward-Birmingham-role\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">might be on his way<\/a> to Old Trafford soon. The 16-year-old has displayed incredible maturity this season for Birmingham City and has attracted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/1261974\/Chelsea-transfer-news-Jude-Bellingham-Man-Utd\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interest<\/a> from all over Europe, including the likes of Borussia Dortmund and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/chelsea\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Maddison Resignations<\/h3>\n<p>United are pessimistic about signing James Maddison this summer. Although their interest in him was strong at the beginning of the season, it has weakened with the quality of Grealish\u2019s performances, and he now looks set to sign a new deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/leicester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leicester City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"MExmHb8aTrxZx_1dW76S8A\" 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\/1211605031\" 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:'MExmHb8aTrxZx_1dW76S8A',sig:'xCc-Vm1DVVMIBe5DyEOIvaPkYsQpQT03jG3Slrxlt3E=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1211605031',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>Manchester United have a pessimistic perspective of their James Maddison transfer bid according to Matt Davies of Leicestershire Live. Manchester United Perspective on James Maddison Transfer The Red Devils\u2019 Transfer Plans United seem to have big plans for the summer transfer window, despite the financial difficulties which the Coronavirus has caused. One player they are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3312,"featured_media":547684,"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":[18,15,30,3],"tags":[4063,177,1318,2138,1621,1446,4097,173,36,136],"class_list":["post-547665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-leicester-city","category-news","category-premier-league","tag-2019-20-premier-league","tag-aston-villa","tag-birmingham-city","tag-jack-grealish","tag-jadon-sancho","tag-james-maddison","tag-jude-bellingham","tag-leicester-city","tag-manchester-united","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547665","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=547665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}