{"id":621759,"date":"2023-01-31T12:08:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T17:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=621759"},"modified":"2023-01-31T12:13:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T17:13:56","slug":"marcel-sabitzer-manchester-united-bayern-munich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/31\/marcel-sabitzer-manchester-united-bayern-munich\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Pole Position&#8217; &#8211; Manchester United&#8217;s &#8216;Intense and Aggressive&#8217; Signing To Transform Squad is &#8216;Already At The Airport&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/1620462820763799552\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florian Plettenberg<\/a>, Manchester United are in pole position for the signature of Marcel Sabtizer. A Marcel Sabitzer Manchester United deal is an emerging story, but with a plane already on the runway in Munich the chances of completing the deal are higher than ever. The Austrian has been renowned for his <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingthelines.com\/player-analysis\/marcel-sabitzer-the-austrian-engine-in-the-heart-of-leipzigs-midfield\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;intense and aggressive pressing&#8221;<\/a> that could transform the way that the team plays. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TelegraphDucker\/status\/1620464931543076868\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Ducker of The Telegraph<\/a> noted that the player is due to fly to Manchester to make the move.<\/p>\n<h2>Marcel Sabitzer Manchester United Move Likely as Red Devils in Pole Position<\/h2>\n<h3>Who Are Manchester United Competing With?<\/h3>\n<p>There is relatively little competition against a Marcel Sabitzer Manchester United move, with Chelsea being the main opponent. In spite of the London club&#8217;s interest in the player, this isn&#8217;t necessarily likely to lead anywhere. Chelsea have more of a focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1620462366248026112\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enzo Fernandez<\/a> at the moment, with a medical booked for the Argentinian midfielder. In essence, the Red Devils are the only ones competing for Marcel Sabitzer&#8217;s signature for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/31\/marcel-sabitzer-wants-to-join-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Target Wants to Leave Bayern Munich<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Why Manchester United Need Marcel Sabitzer<\/h3>\n<p>The Old Trafford hierarchy is looking for a midfield signing after the loss of Christian Eriksen. The Dane is likely to be injured until the last month or two of the season, which limits Erik ten Hag&#8217;s options in the middle of the pitch for the majority of the Premier League&#8217;s remaining matches.<\/p>\n<p>Marcel Sabitzer adds exactly what Manchester United need, bringing more creativity to the side in addition to an aggressive pressing game. This means that the Dutchman can focus on bringing a more entertaining style of football with high-quality resources. Although the Austrian isn&#8217;t getting many minutes at the moment, he has more than enough quality to bring his new club a greater level of success.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/31\/manchester-united-suffer-christian-eriksen-blow\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Missing Christian Eriksen with Injury<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"RA0h9Ri0TCpx_ICMS5Wz3g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1440106844\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'RA0h9Ri0TCpx_ICMS5Wz3g',sig:'m3JtiRVDqwz2b44g9dNP0Q6VWuRe1Vc1BvfLbqydhIg=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1440106844',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Florian Plettenberg, Manchester United are in pole position for the signature of Marcel Sabtizer. A Marcel Sabitzer Manchester United deal is an emerging story, but with a plane already on the runway in Munich the chances of completing the deal are higher than ever. The Austrian has been renowned for his &#8220;intense and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4248,"featured_media":621761,"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":[18,1364,4,3,7188],"tags":[7380,4488],"class_list":["post-621759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-bayern-munich","category-bundesliga","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours","tag-marcel-sabitzer"],"modified_by":"Joe Blackburn, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621759","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\/4248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}