{"id":621760,"date":"2023-01-31T13:08:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T18:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=621760"},"modified":"2023-01-31T13:11:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T18:11:20","slug":"anthony-elanga-set-for-manchester-united-stay-despite-barcelona-contact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/31\/anthony-elanga-set-for-manchester-united-stay-despite-barcelona-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United \u2018Had Contact\u2019 With Spanish Giants Over Move for \u00a343K-A-Week Forward Called \u2018Great\u2019 by Zlatan Ibrahimovic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/31\/manchester-united-yannick-carrasco\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manchester United<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0have been in contact with Barcelona over a potential loan move for Anthony Elanga, confirms\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/relevo_deportes\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Relevo journalist Matteo Moretto<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The Swedish midfielder who reportedly earns <a href=\"https:\/\/salarysport.com\/football\/player\/anthony-elanga\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a343k a week<\/a> \u00a0appears to be set to stay at Old Trafford after failing to organise a move for himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manchester United Were Contacted by Barcelona for Anthony Elanga<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83c\udf15| <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mufc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#mufc<\/a> and Barcelona have indeed been in contact for Anthony Elanga, but a deal will NOT happpen. [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatteMoretto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MatteMoretto<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; centredevils. (@centredevils) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/centredevils\/status\/1620451069410291719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Anthony Elanga Set for United Stay After Barcelona Loan Move Falls Through<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It has also been\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.in\/football\/soccer-transfers\/story\/4865618\/barcelona-weigh-up-anthony-elangasofyan-amrabat-loan-deals-sources\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">reported<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0that Barcelona did consider Elanga as an option to bolster their squad with a loan move, after being informed by La Liga that they had a small space in their salary structure to register new signings. However, Moretto added that despite concrete contact being held between both clubs, a deal will not happen this late into the window.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/31\/marcel-sabitzer-manchester-united-bayern-munich\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manchester United in Pole Position to Sign Marcel Sabitzer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Barcelona might&#8217;ve seen Elanga as a potential short-term replacement for Ousmane Dembele, who is injured for the next month or so after picking up a knock recently. United are\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/man-utd\/transfer-talk\/news\/man-united-have-received-more-than-10-bids-for-anthony-elanga_505467.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">reported<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to have received more than 10 loan bids for the Swedish winger in January,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/29\/borussia-dortmund-manchester-united-anthony-elanga\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">including from Borussia Dortmund<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The only reason why they did not pull the trigger on his exit is because manager Erik ten Hag wants a sufficient number of options in every position of the pitch in his squad.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Elanga Struggling for Minutes Under Ten Hag at United<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The 20-year-old has seen his role restricted to that of a bench player at Old Trafford and that has seen him get little game-time for the Red Devils. He has made 20 appearances for United, but that includes only eight starts. Elanga is also yet to complete 90 minutes in a game under Ten Hag, and he has not scored a goal for his club this season either.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/31\/manchester-united-suffer-christian-eriksen-blow\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Christian Eriksen Ruled Out of Action Until May<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Swedish winger was once praised as a &#8216;<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/zlatan-ibrahimovic-anthony-elanga-manchester-united-b2041998.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">great talent<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8216; by Zlatan Ibrahimovic and tipped to have a bright future ahead of him. But with the quality of competition at Old Trafford and Ten Hag&#8217;s strict ways, Elanga is being used mostly as an impact substitute in a variety of roles in the frontline and is yet to make any major impact for his side this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_fqknOHuQ8NYY-6snj2y7w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1371760250\" 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:'_fqknOHuQ8NYY-6snj2y7w',sig:'0u8DHwjSt-kg7hjHdokpcPbbVGWgJ7RGeSuieNaQz2k=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1371760250',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>Manchester United\u00a0have been in contact with Barcelona over a potential loan move for Anthony Elanga, confirms\u00a0Relevo journalist Matteo Moretto. The Swedish midfielder who reportedly earns \u00a343k a week \u00a0appears to be set to stay at Old Trafford after failing to organise a move for himself. Manchester United Were Contacted by Barcelona for Anthony Elanga \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83c\udf15| [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":621779,"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":[3,1365,6,18,7188],"tags":[5187,9284,7380],"class_list":["post-621760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-barcelona","category-la-liga","category-manchester-united","category-rumours","tag-anthony-elanga","tag-barcelona-transfer-rumours","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621760","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=621760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}