{"id":622851,"date":"2023-03-27T10:45:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T14:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=622851"},"modified":"2023-03-27T10:45:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T14:45:42","slug":"manu-kone-psg-united-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/03\/27\/manu-kone-psg-united-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United, PSG &#038; Chelsea &#8216;Interested&#8217; in &#8216;French Wonderkid&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1640300414057820160\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, Manu Kone could be one of the big stories of the summer as three major clubs reportedly have interest in his services.<\/p>\n<p>The Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder is allegedly attracting interest from Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, and Manchester United with a price tag in the region of roughly \u00a343 million being touted.<\/p>\n<h2>Manu Kone Attracting Major Interest<\/h2>\n<p><a id=\"eoDfohAGRFl6p7LRERrTKQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1249431853\" 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:'eoDfohAGRFl6p7LRERrTKQ',sig:'ihfUXEP88DK-thznDOxvtFHFFwEid1ip0uuoh5OpLq4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1249431853',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Three Team Race<\/h3>\n<p>Three of Europe&#8217;s biggest sides are set to battle it out to capture the signature of the defensive midfielder as Romano states that all three are &#8220;interested in&#8221; signing him. Each has their own reason to sign the 21-year-old with the English duo perhaps being most in need.<\/p>\n<p>PSG are assembling one of the best young rosters football has ever seen with names like Warren Zaire-Emery, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, and Nuno Mendes already among their ranks. Adding a highly sought-after midfielder would only bolster their future further.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/03\/24\/chelsea-close-new-contract-ngolo-kante\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea \u2018On the Verge\u2019 of Agreeing New Contract for \u00a3290K-Per-Week Barcelona Target<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the Blues are in need of a long-term replacement for the ageing N&#8217;Golo Kante while the Red Devils require a secondary option to Casemiro so the Brazilian star can rest more and avoid disciplinary issues with cards.<\/p>\n<h3>Quick Success<\/h3>\n<p>The French international has had a quick rise to success since coming through the youth system at Toulouse. After becoming a key player for the team in Ligue 2 following their relegation he made the move to the Bundesliga where he has been a consistent presence for Monchengladbach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/03\/27\/marcel-sabitzer-manchester-united-bayern-munich-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Very Happy With Experience\u2019: Champions League Manager to Decide Future of Manchester United\u2019s \u2018Flourishing\u2019 Midfielder<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With just over 50 appearances to his name for the German side he has already impressed enough to be dubbed a &#8220;French wonderkid&#8221; by sites like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportbible.com\/football\/liverpool-transfer-news-january-manu-kone-latest-420240-20230103\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sportbible<\/a>. With three major teams reportedly knocking down the door to sign the midfielder away, his time in Germany may soon come to an end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports from Fabrizio Romano, Manu Kone could be one of the big stories of the summer as three major clubs reportedly have interest in his services. The Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder is allegedly attracting interest from Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, and Manchester United with a price tag in the region of roughly \u00a343 million being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":622853,"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":[7188,4,11,7,18,1367,3],"tags":[271,8611,7421,7380,7482],"class_list":["post-622851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rumours","category-bundesliga","category-chelsea","category-ligue-1","category-manchester-united","category-paris-saint-germain","category-premier-league","tag-borussia-monchengladbach","tag-chelsea-transfer-rumours","tag-kouadio-kone","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours","tag-psg-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622851","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\/2013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}