{"id":623828,"date":"2023-05-24T13:28:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T17:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=623828"},"modified":"2023-05-24T13:28:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T17:28:36","slug":"manchester-united-aaron-wan-bissaka-jeremie-frimpong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/05\/24\/manchester-united-aaron-wan-bissaka-jeremie-frimpong\/","title":{"rendered":"Talks Already Underway: Manchester United Considering \u00a330.5 Million Swoop to Revolutionise Right Flank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With his contract expiring in June of 2024, Aaron Wan-Bissaka has selected the perfect time in his career to have a resurgence. The Crystal Palace academy product has certainly turned heads with his recent impressive displays and he could play a key role as Manchester United look to secure a Champions League spot for next season, as well as win an FA cup over their arch-rivals Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>However, it could be too late for the Englishman as Erik ten Hag is weighing up his options ahead of the transfer window. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/aaron-wan-bissaka-man-utd-26979280\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Samuel Luckhurst<\/a> of the Manchester Evening News has reported that the United boss still wants to improve the right-back area, and one man on the list is Jeremie Frimpong. The Red Devils have recently held positive discussions with the Bayer Leverkusen star&#8217;s representatives, but Wan-Bissaka&#8217;s recent rejuvenation has led to doubt over whether he will be moved on in the summer.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United Looking to Upgrade on Aaron Wan-Bissaka &#8211; Jeremie Frimpong Is an Option<\/h2>\n<h3>Wan-Bissaka Is a Tackling Machine<\/h3>\n<p>Wan-Bissaka&#8217;s ability to tackle is well-known by players around the Premier League. Brighton &amp; Hove Albion winger Kaoru Mitoma noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/brighton-ace-pays-aaron-wan-bissaka-tribute-after-manchester-united-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;it was a complete defeat&#8221;<\/a> when he failed to complete a single dribble against the right back in the FA Cup semifinal. Similarly, Leicester City midfielder James Maddison <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1650441450717605889\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> that Wan-Bissaka is the best in the world when it comes to one-on-one defending.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/05\/23\/manchester-united-kang-in-lee\/\" target=\"_self\">Erik Ten Hag Asks about South Korean Midfielder<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Lacking Quality in the Final Third<\/h3>\n<p>Although few can rival Wan-Bissaka&#8217;s defensive attributes, it might not be enough to make up for his offensive weaknesses. When compared to fellow right-back Diogo Dalot, the Portuguese international has more than double the expected goals and nearly twice the expected assists.<\/p>\n<p>While Wan-Bissaka has proved he is the more prominent defender, his inefficiencies going forward are certainly a reason why Dalot has been given nine more appearances under Ten Hag.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/05\/23\/manchester-united-arsenal-newcastle-mohammed-kudus-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Could Sign Another Ajax Player<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Potential Replacement<\/h3>\n<p>One option United have been consistently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/jeremie-frimpong-manchester-united-news-transfers-old-trafford\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">linked<\/a> with is Jeremie Frimpong. The Dutch defender has 17 goal contributions across all competitions this campaign: nine goals and eight assists. A player who can put up these kinds of numbers could revolutionise United&#8217;s right-hand side, providing a fantastic partner for whichever winger starts in front of him.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the value of the Bayer Leverkusen player is around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/jeremie-frimpong\/profil\/spieler\/484547\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a331.5 million<\/a>, but as history has shown us, when the Red Devils come calling a player&#8217;s asking price tends to increase significantly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With his contract expiring in June of 2024, Aaron Wan-Bissaka has selected the perfect time in his career to have a resurgence. The Crystal Palace academy product has certainly turned heads with his recent impressive displays and he could play a key role as Manchester United look to secure a Champions League spot for next [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4552,"featured_media":623835,"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":[18,3,7188],"tags":[2618,7861,7380],"class_list":["post-623828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-aaron-wan-bissaka","tag-jeremie-frimpong","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Joseph Howes, Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623828","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\/4552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}