{"id":616237,"date":"2022-08-14T09:40:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T13:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=616237"},"modified":"2022-08-14T09:40:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T13:40:35","slug":"manchester-united-make-adrien-rabiot-priority-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/14\/manchester-united-make-adrien-rabiot-priority-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Fee Agreed: \u2018Contacts\u2019 Expected Imminently on New Manchester United Transfer Priority &#8211; Romano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1558718565347258368\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0is <a href=\"https:\/\/caughtoffside.substack.com\/p\/man-utd-hope-for-one-or-two-new-signings?utm_source=%2Fprofile%2F97865272-fabrizio-romano&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reporting<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/12\/manchester-united-crisis-agents\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> have made signing Adrien Rabiot their\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/caughtoffside.substack.com\/p\/man-utd-hope-for-one-or-two-new-signings\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">priority<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, with new contacts due imminently between the Red Devils and the player&#8217;s agent and mother Veronique Rabiot in order to complete the deal. A fee of \u00a314\u2010\u00a315 million has reportedly already been agreed between <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/06\/juventus-are-nearing-deal-filip-kostic\/\" target=\"_self\">Juventus<\/a> and the Old Trafford hierarchy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Adrien Rabiot: Signing the French International Midfielder Has Been Made a Priority by Manchester United<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Manchester United want to push for Adrien Rabiot as new round of talks will take place soon with his mother and agent Veronique. All parties involved are now really confident to get the deal done. \ud83d\udea8\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 <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>Juventus are waiting as \u20ac17\/18m deal has been already agreed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZlaCsvSu3u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ZlaCsvSu3u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1558718565347258368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Adrien Rabiot Edges Closer to Manchester United Transfer<\/h3>\n<p>Manchester United have patiently pursued <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/12\/barcelona-frenkie-de-jong-decision-imminent\/\" target=\"_self\">Frenkie de Jong<\/a> all summer, who <a href=\"https:\/\/podcastluisteren.nl\/ep\/Kick-off-met-Valentijn-Driessen-United-overweegt-Gakpo-kost-helft-van-Antony\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appeared to be their priority signing<\/a>. However, due to the club&#8217;s terrible start to the season and with no resolution to sign the Dutchman in sight, the Red half of Manchester have seemingly turned the majority of their attention to signing Juventus midfielder Rabiot.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As reported by\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" 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\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Telegraph<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Manchester United&#8217;s pursuit of the 27-year-old intensified following the refusal of the player&#8217;s agent to speak to intermediaries, which led to football director John Murtough flying to Italy to expedite the deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/12\/manchester-united-budget-goalkeeper-chase\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Increase Positional Transfer Budget Following Discovery by Erik ten Hag<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Erik ten Hag has reportedly\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaurensJulien\/status\/1556945144791941120?s=20&amp;t=diaBGkYmfVhBuvgTIrVuJA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">spoken<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to the 27-year-old over bringing him to Old Trafford. But with the midfielder demanding an\u00a0<\/span><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\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a38.4 million<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0annual salary, any potential deal is proving to be complicated.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Midfield Reinforcements Needed<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Following significant midfield departures this summer such as\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/15\/pogba-completes-juventus-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Paul Pogba<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and Juan Mata, Manchester United have been left with few midfield options. The club have now lost their opening two matches this season, and as such, it has become apparent they need new signings in a number of areas. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After the 4\u20100 defeat away to\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/02\/mikkel-damsgaard-brentford-sampdoria\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Brentford<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Ten Hag reiterated his desire for new signings when he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nCxYXdqBPUM\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky Sports<\/a>: &#8220;I think we need new players. We need quality players and we are working on that. We will do everything we can to bring them in.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rabiot was an important part of the Juventus squad last season, making 45 appearances in all competitions, showcasing his excellent ball recycling capacity which would make him a seemingly ideal fit for Manchester United.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabrizio Romano\u00a0is reporting that Manchester United have made signing Adrien Rabiot their\u00a0priority, with new contacts due imminently between the Red Devils and the player&#8217;s agent and mother Veronique Rabiot in order to complete the deal. A fee of \u00a314\u2010\u00a315 million has reportedly already been agreed between Juventus and the Old Trafford hierarchy.\u00a0 Adrien Rabiot: Signing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":616260,"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":[3,1362,18,7188,5],"tags":[950,7380],"class_list":["post-616237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-juventus","category-manchester-united","category-rumours","category-serie-a","tag-adrien-rabiot","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Joseph Howes, Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616237","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=616237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}