{"id":615272,"date":"2022-07-25T20:04:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T00:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615272"},"modified":"2022-07-25T20:10:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T00:10:21","slug":"manchester-united-defender-as-roma-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/25\/manchester-united-defender-as-roma-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Defender Is of Interest to AS Roma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AS Roma is interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/24\/manchester-united-monitoring-talented-rb-salzbsurg-youngester-dubbed-mini-haaland\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> defender Eric Bailly, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiMarzio\/status\/1551675139003138048\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gianluca Di Marzio<\/a>. Di Marzio reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/23\/ac-milan-are-after-young-midfielder\/\" target=\"_self\">AC Milan<\/a> are also interested, but Roma may hold the upper hand due to their manager. Bailly was Jose Mourinho&#8217;s first signing with the Red Devils, so there&#8217;s already a connection in place between the centre-back and the manager.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"it\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Calciomercato?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Calciomercato<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Roma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Roma<\/a>, contatti con il <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ManchesterUnited?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ManchesterUnited<\/a> per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bailly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Bailly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e5zKPmtfhZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/e5zKPmtfhZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gianluca Di Marzio (@DiMarzio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiMarzio\/status\/1551675139003138048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>AS Roma Are Interested in Manchester United Defender Eric Bailly<\/h2>\n<h3>The Red Devils&#8217; Defence<\/h3>\n<p>United already have a number of options at centre-back. Three of the main options are Harry Maguire, Raphael Varane, and Victor Lindelof. Although the Red Devils&#8217; defence was disappointing last season, it may be difficult to displace high-paid defenders. Other options include veteran Phil Jones and younger players such as Axel Tuanzebe and Teden Mengi. United also agreed on a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/16\/manchester-united-complete-paperworks-for-third-summer-signing\/\" target=\"_self\">deal for Lisandro Martinez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/25\/james-garner-manchester-united-loan-move\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United\u00a0Midfielder Could Look for Another Loan Move\u00a0in Bid to Play &#8216;Week In Week Out&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Bailly is surpluse to requirements. His appearances for United have been very low in recent seasons even though he&#8217;s been a part of the club since 2016.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AS Roma are set to make a move for Manchester United centre-back Eric Bailly, with United asking for \u00a310m for the Ivorian. (The Mirror) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RXDCmpvpW5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/RXDCmpvpW5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PlayOn (@PlayOnSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayOnSA\/status\/1550934654894706688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>The Possible Fit With Roma<\/h3>\n<p>Roma are returning to Serie A relevancy under Mourinho. The manager&#8217;s track record speaks for itself, and it goes without saying that he wants to manage the best team possible. Roma can use stronger reinforcement in their defence. The current centre-back options include Chris Smalling, Gianluca Mancini, Roger Ibanez, and Marash Kumbulla. Although this is solid depth, Roma are looking to compete in Europe this next season while also returning to the Champions League. Talent is needed, and the club is busy on that front.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/20\/paulo-dybala-signs-for-roma\/\" target=\"_self\">Former Manchester United Target\u00a0Paulo Dybala Signs for Jose Mourinho&#8217;s Roma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although Bailly hasn&#8217;t seen much time on the pitch recently, he still carries a high profile. Mourinho is known for sticking with certain players, so Roma faithful can remain confident in the manager&#8217;s decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AS Roma is interested in Manchester United defender Eric Bailly, according to Gianluca Di Marzio. Di Marzio reports that AC Milan are also interested, but Roma may hold the upper hand due to their manager. Bailly was Jose Mourinho&#8217;s first signing with the Red Devils, so there&#8217;s already a connection in place between the centre-back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2248,"featured_media":615273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[18,3,7188,5,28],"tags":[719,7380],"class_list":["post-615272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-premier-league","category-rumours","category-serie-a","category-transfers","tag-eric-bailly","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Dylan Guest, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615272","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\/2248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}