{"id":616141,"date":"2022-08-11T17:48:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T21:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=616141"},"modified":"2022-08-11T17:48:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T21:48:41","slug":"manchester-united-adrien-rabiot-transfer-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/11\/manchester-united-adrien-rabiot-transfer-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Director Flies to Meet \u00a3162k-a-Week Player&#8217;s Agent; Chances of Deal Dramatically Increased"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/10\/john-murtough-travelling-adrien-rabiot-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United&#8217;s<\/a> director of football John Murtough has flown to Italy to meet with the agent of Adrien Rabiot in a bid to push the deal forward has dramatically increased the chances of the deal going through reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2022\/08\/11\/manchester-united-have-gambled-signing-frenkie-de-jong-what\/?utm_content=football&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=Echobox&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1660233344\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Telegraph<\/a>. The midfielder&#8217;s agent and mother Veronique Rabiot reportedly refused to speak to intermediaries, and as such Murtough&#8217;s actions are absolutely necessary if he wants to complete this signing.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils are yet to agree personal terms with the French midfielder over a possible move.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United Director John Murtough Flying to Italy Will Increase Chances of Adrien Rabiot Transfer<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Manchester United have gambled all on signing Frenkie de Jong \u2013 so what happens if he doesn&#39;t join? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JBurtTelegraph?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JBurtTelegraph<\/a> <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\/fCBdL4szUx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/fCBdL4szUx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeleFootball\/status\/1557757668449738758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Murtough\u2019s Actions Seen as Positive Move to Help Complete the Move<\/h3>\n<p>Murtough is personally looking into getting this deal done for Erik ten Hag, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaurensJulien\/status\/1556945144791941120?s=20&amp;t=diaBGkYmfVhBuvgTIrVuJA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has also spoken with the 27-year-old<\/a> midfielder over joining him at Old Trafford. But the report also claims that there is still some way to go for both parties to come to a mutual understanding over Rabiot&#8217;s contract with United.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/11\/chelsea-manchester-united-frenkie-de-jong\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Set to Beat Manchester United to Frenkie de Jong<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Veronique Rabiot has demanded to speak directly with the Manchester club&#8217;s football director over the transfer and nobody else, and the fact Murtough has travelled to Italy is seen as a positive sign, increasing the chance of a deal being finalized.<\/p>\n<h3>United\u2019s Hunt for New Midfielder Continues<\/h3>\n<p>The Manchester giants have been desperately seeking to upgrade their midfield line this summer.<\/p>\n<p>They have already reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-11093603\/Manchester-United-agree-15m-fee-Adrien-Rabiot.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">agreed a fee in principle<\/a> with his club Juventus, who are open to the prospect of selling him in the summer. But with the Frenchman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Calciomercato\/Juventus\/10-08-2022\/juventus-depay-arrivo-se-parte-rabiot-4401807659916_preview.shtml?reason=unauthenticated&amp;origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gazzetta.it%2FCalcio%2FCalciomercato%2FJuventus%2F10-08-2022%2Fjuventus-depay-arrivo-se-parte-rabiot-4401807659916.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">demanding an \u00a38.4 million annual salary<\/a> and also regular playing time, the deal is proving to be quite complicated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/11\/manchester-united-cody-gakpo-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Target Cody Gakpo Tempted by Premier League Move<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, with the United director personally negotiating the deal with Veronique, there is optimism that a mutual agreement could be very close, meaning that Rabiot, a man with plenty of experience at the highest level, could be on his way to Old Trafford in the near future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">John Murtough has flown to Turin to try and finalise a deal for Adrien Rabiot <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JBurtTelegraph?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JBurtTelegraph<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cp7Y05IqX3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/cp7Y05IqX3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stretford Paddock (@StretfordPaddck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StretfordPaddck\/status\/1557711026279301122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fact that Manchester United&#8217;s director of football John Murtough has flown to Italy to meet with the agent of Adrien Rabiot in a bid to push the deal forward has dramatically increased the chances of the deal going through reports The Telegraph. The midfielder&#8217;s agent and mother Veronique Rabiot reportedly refused to speak to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":616148,"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":[3,1362,18,7188],"tags":[950,9169,7380],"class_list":["post-616141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-juventus","category-manchester-united","category-rumours","tag-adrien-rabiot","tag-john-murtough","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Joseph Howes, Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616141","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\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}