{"id":615989,"date":"2022-08-08T18:12:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T22:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615989"},"modified":"2022-08-08T18:12:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T22:12:53","slug":"manchester-united-bid-sergej-milinkovic-savic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/08\/manchester-united-bid-sergej-milinkovic-savic\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Make Opening Bid for \u2018Unbelievable\u2019 De Jong Alternative; \u00a355 million Offer Should Be Accepted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TelegraphSport\/status\/1556727963340734464\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jason Burt<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0of The Telegraph, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/07\/manchester-united-target-brother-marko-arnautovic\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> have begun looking at alternative targets to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/08\/frenkie-de-jong-chelsea-manchester-united-told\/\" target=\"_self\">Frenkie de Jong<\/a>, and it seems the club have turned their attention to Lazio and Serbian international midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic. The &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/997957\/Chelsea-Transfer-News-Sergej-Milinkovic-Savic-Offers-Deal\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unbelievable<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0Serie A star has shone throughout his time in Italy making 231 appearances for the Rome-based club, scoring 48 goals and providing 41 assists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils have, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressreader.com\/italy\/corriere-dello-sport\/20220808\/page\/16\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corriere dello Sport<\/a>, made an opening bid for Milinkovic-Savic, but this has been rejected. One of \u00a355 Million is said to be likely to be accepted, though.<\/p>\n<h2>Sergej Milinkovic-Savic: Manchester United Target Serbian International as Erik ten Hag Targets Midfield Reinforcements<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Manchester United are pushing ahead with a surprise bid for Juventus\u2019s Adrien Rabiot and are considering a move to finally sign Lazio\u2019s Sergej Milinkovic-Savic | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JBurtTelegraph?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JBurtTelegraph<\/a> reports <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mufc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#mufc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kxrw9xUjFK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/kxrw9xUjFK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Telegraph Sport (@TelegraphSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TelegraphSport\/status\/1556727963340734464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Serbian International Identified as Frenkie de Jong Alternative<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After a largely frustrating summer pursuing De Jong, it looks like Manchester United are looking at alternative targets, with the Red Devils identifying <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/08\/manchester-united-adrien-rabiot-transfer-juventus\/\" target=\"_self\">Adrien Rabiot<\/a> and Milinkovic-Savic as potential midfield reinforcements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Serbian international enjoyed an impressive campaign for Lazio last season, helping the club to a top five finish. At 27 years old, the central midfielder offers a wealth of experience which would be beneficial to Manchester United in this transitional period under <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/03\/manchester-united-officials-frustrated-transfers\/\" target=\"_self\">Erik ten Hag<\/a>. The 34-capped Serbian international recorded an impressive pass completion rate of\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infogol.net\/en\/player\/sergej-milinkovic-savic\/5530\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">82%<\/a> in Serie A last season,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0a quality which is sorely lacking in the Old Trafford midfield.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/08\/arsenal-manchester-united-alexis-sanchez-marseille\/\" target=\"_self\">Former Manchester United Winger on the Verge of Joining a New Club<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>What Qualities the Lazio Midfielder Would Bring to Manchester United<\/h3>\n<p>Milinkovic-Savic possesses several attributes which would immediately improve the Manchester United team. He excels in a slightly deeper role where he can get on the ball and dictate games. The Serbian would bring a tremendous amount of experience and ability to the United engine room.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After all these years, should <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mufc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#mufc<\/a> finally sign Sergej Milinkovic-Savic? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u3W80mFTit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/u3W80mFTit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UtdXclusive (@UtdXclusive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UtdXclusive\/status\/1556722285687586817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He brings a will to win and impressive stamina, something of which there is a distinct deficit in Ten Hag&#8217;s team. He would also add a greater physical presence to this rather small Manchester side, which along with his excellent passing would bring a much-needed boost to a team lacking in confidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to\u00a0Jason Burt\u00a0of The Telegraph, Manchester United have begun looking at alternative targets to Frenkie de Jong, and it seems the club have turned their attention to Lazio and Serbian international midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic. The &#8220;unbelievable&#8221;\u00a0Serie A star has shone throughout his time in Italy making 231 appearances for the Rome-based club, scoring 48 goals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":615995,"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":[3,18,7188,5],"tags":[7380,2046],"class_list":["post-615989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-manchester-united","category-rumours","category-serie-a","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours","tag-sergej-milinkovic-savic"],"modified_by":"Joseph Howes, Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615989","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\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}