{"id":616528,"date":"2022-08-18T17:40:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T21:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=616528"},"modified":"2022-08-18T17:40:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T21:40:36","slug":"manchester-united-casemiro-cody-gakpo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/18\/manchester-united-casemiro-cody-gakpo\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United &#8216;Fully Turning Their Attention&#8217; to Incredible Star After Rapid Casemiro Progress Brings Deal Close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/18\/manchester-united-target-yannick-carrasco\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> are &#8220;fully turning their attention&#8221; Cody Gakpo after progressing rapidly in their pursuit of Real Madrid&#8217;s Casemiro, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2022\/08\/18\/manchester-united-closing-60m-casemiro-signing\/?utm_content=football&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=Echobox&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1660856869\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jason Burt and Mike McGrath<\/a> of The Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>Gakpo, who is in his own right an incredible\u00a0player, would represent United&#8217;s prioritised striker signing for this summer following the departures of Edinson Cavani at the end of his contract and Mason Greenwood who is suspended.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United &#8216;Fully Turning Their Attention&#8217; to Cody Gakpo After Rapid Casemiro Progress<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Man Utd will turn to PSV\u2019s Cody Gakpo after having 80m euro bid for Antony turned down by Ajax. Alternative is definitely Atletico Madrid\u2019s Yannick Carrasco. More on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeleFootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TeleFootball<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jason Burt (@JBurtTelegraph) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JBurtTelegraph\/status\/1560373738759241730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s the Latest?<\/h3>\n<p>United are now hoping to announce their acquisition of Casemiro in the coming days. He will cost close to \u00a360 million, and would be an enormous signing for the Red Devils whose midfield is in desperate need of a refresh.<\/p>\n<p>This has led to their attention now being fully turned to young PSV Eindhoven forward Cody Gakpo. The Dutchman would join his compatriot Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford, and it would take around \u00a334 million for United to prise him away from the Eredivisie side.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cody Gakpo&#39;s 2021\/22 season by numbers vs. PSV:<\/p>\n<p>\u25c9 47 games<br \/>\u25c9 21 goals<br \/>\u25c9 15 assists<\/p>\n<p>They need him at his best tonight. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#UCL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PjUFYErYDt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/PjUFYErYDt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Squawka Live (@Squawka_Live) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka_Live\/status\/1557049718961831939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Gakpo is not the only attacker being targetted by the Red Devils though. Burt&#8217;s report also mentions that Yannick Carrasco of Atletico Madrid is on their radar, and is priced at a bargain \u00a325.5 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read\u00a0More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/18\/joao-felix-manchester-united-proposal\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Make \u00a3109.8 Million Proposal for Incredible Star; Immediate Answer Received<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The aforementioned attacking pair both in themselves represent alternatives to Ajax star Antony, who United recently failed to sign despite a \u00a367.6 million bid.<\/p>\n<p>Many would not be disillusioned with the potential signing of Gakpo though, even if he wasn&#8217;t Ten Hag&#8217;s first choice. A young striker with an impressive record, he also has something that Manchester United fans will cherish: he has been coached by Old Trafford legend Ruud van Nistelrooy. The PSV manager is renowned for his incredible finishing ability, and under his tutelage, Gakpo will no doubt have learned an awful lot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United are &#8220;fully turning their attention&#8221; Cody Gakpo after progressing rapidly in their pursuit of Real Madrid&#8217;s Casemiro, according to Jason Burt and Mike McGrath of The Telegraph. Gakpo, who is in his own right an incredible\u00a0player, would represent United&#8217;s prioritised striker signing for this summer following the departures of Edinson Cavani at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3312,"featured_media":616534,"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":[6,18,3,1366,7188],"tags":[1920,9374,7380],"class_list":["post-616528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-liga","category-manchester-united","category-premier-league","category-real-madrid","category-rumours","tag-casemiro","tag-cody-gakpo","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Joseph Howes, Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616528","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=616528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}