{"id":617043,"date":"2022-08-30T04:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T08:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=617043"},"modified":"2022-08-30T04:42:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T08:42:00","slug":"manchester-united-celtic-midfielder-matt-oriley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/30\/manchester-united-celtic-midfielder-matt-oriley\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Keeping Tabs on Celtic Prodigy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/30\/manchester-united-martin-dubravka-newcastle-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> are now considering a move for Celtic star Matt O&#8217;Riley, reports Samuel Luckhurst of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/amp\/s\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/man-united-transfer-matt-oriley-24879207.amp\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester Evening News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United Monitoring Celtic Midfielder Matt O&#8217;Riley<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Celtic midfielder Matt O&#39;Riley is attracting interest from Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal, Liverpool, and Manchester United. (ESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G1zcyc72oZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/G1zcyc72oZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Transfer News Central (@TransferNewsCen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TransferNewsCen\/status\/1563511801869832194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Impressing Wherever He Goes<\/h3>\n<p>O&#8217;Riley has garnered interest from the Manchester United hierarchy after impressing in his short spell at Celtic Park. The player moved to the Scottish Premiership from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/EFL_League_One\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">League One<\/a> side <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/21\/mk-dons-premier-league-connor-wickham\/\" target=\"_self\">Milton Keynes Dons <\/a>in January after the club met his \u00a31.5 million release clause.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old has racked up impressive figures since joining the Bhoys with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/matt-oriley\/leistungsdaten\/spieler\/406634\/plus\/0?saison=2021\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">four goals and five assists in 25 appearances<\/a>. This form has put him on the watchlist of Manchester United.<\/p>\n<h3>A New Midfield Target for United<\/h3>\n<p>The Red Devils have decided on a midfield overhaul this summer. After a poor season on all fronts, new manager Erik ten Hag wants new recruitments in midfield.<\/p>\n<p>The club has since recruited free agent Christian Eriksen and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;url=https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/20\/casemiro-prepared-fly-manchester-united-romano\/amp\/&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjntquRrez5AhXnYPEDHSUdDJUQFnoECAYQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw20uOxNtudow9S3fko8io5S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Casemiro<\/a>\u00a0but with the departures of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;url=https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/23\/paul-pogba-juventus-free-transfer\/amp\/&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjxlNjRrez5AhWMX_EDHcLLBX0QFnoECAkQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw1IJr49qMHJItVkY4MjmaCb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Pogba<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;url=https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/06\/fulham-close-to-signing-andreas-pereira\/amp\/&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjsj5f6rez5AhXLVfEDHUPUA2sQFnoECAkQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw2e7x6JHh1-B3NUGQpMAadV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andreas Pereira<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;url=https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/04\/14\/nemanja-matic-leave-manchester-united\/amp\/&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjZlpmsruz5AhUM6qQKHT83DwkQFnoECAoQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw3GG05RwLgPncK4wptzx5dx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nemanja Matic<\/a>, the Red Devils boss still wants new reinforcements. His main target, Frenkie De Jong, now <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0bY95sssAv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seems more unlikely<\/a> to come and the club has moved on to new targets.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Riley seems to be the new target for the United hierarchy in the closing days of the window. It is still not clear whether the club will make a further push for the player, especially after the megabucks splashed in the acquisition of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/28\/antony-is-gone-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Antony<\/a> from Ajax.<\/p>\n<h3>How Good is Matt O&#8217;Riley?<\/h3>\n<p>Matt O&#8217;Riley is an exciting talent. The attacking midfielder has put in impressive performances since signing for Celtic, helping Ange Postecoglou\u2019s side to the Scottish Premiership title last campaign. The Denmark youth international has an exciting eye for goal and finds creative passing solutions in impossible areas.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>Manchester United have built a reputation for deadline-day moves over the past few years and this deal will be one to keep an eye on as the transfer window draws to an end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United are now considering a move for Celtic star Matt O&#8217;Riley, reports Samuel Luckhurst of Manchester Evening News. Manchester United Monitoring Celtic Midfielder Matt O&#8217;Riley Celtic midfielder Matt O&#39;Riley is attracting interest from Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal, Liverpool, and Manchester United. (ESPN) pic.twitter.com\/G1zcyc72oZ &mdash; Transfer News Central (@TransferNewsCen) August 27, 2022 Impressing Wherever He Goes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4302,"featured_media":617091,"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":"1661792280","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"Manchester United transfer news ","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"338","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,8428,3,7188,8427],"tags":[9321,4989,5316],"class_list":["post-617043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-celtic","category-premier-league","category-rumours","category-scottish-premiership","tag-celtic-transfers","tag-manchester-united-transfers","tag-matt-oriley"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617043","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\/4302"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}