{"id":624328,"date":"2023-06-12T05:39:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T09:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=624328"},"modified":"2023-06-12T05:39:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T09:39:18","slug":"manchester-united-wont-sell-victor-lindelof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/06\/12\/manchester-united-wont-sell-victor-lindelof\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Rule Out Summer Sale for \u00a331 Million Star Considered \u2018Untouchable\u2019 by Ten Hag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United will not entertain any offers for the sale of defender Victor Lindelof, confirms <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1667146875848278016\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>. The Swedish centre-back played a prominent role for the Red Devils towards the end of the season after summer signing Lisandro Martinez got injured.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United Rule Out Victor Lindelof Sale<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Erik ten Hag has never changed position on Victor Lindel\u00f6f \u2014 he\u2019s untouchable. Same message sent to Atl\u00e9tico &amp; Inter last January still valid now. \ud83d\udd34\u26d4\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eintracht were never in concrete talks with Man United. Atl\u00e9tico and Inter were keen on signing him but no chance. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iRJJkWLTc7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/iRJJkWLTc7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1667146875848278016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Lindelof Considered \u2018Untouchable\u2019 by Erik Ten Hag<\/h3>\n<p>It has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lequipe.fr\/Football\/Article\/Transferts-axel-disasi-monaco-a-un-pas-de-manchester-united\/1401355\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> that the Manchester Reds are considering a move to sign a new centre-back in the summer window, with Napoli defender <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/06\/09\/manchester-united-kim-min-jae-transfer-message\/\" target=\"_self\">Kim Min-Jae being targeted<\/a> to improve their backline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/06\/01\/manchester-united-ramus-hojlund-talks\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Hold Talks With Rasmus Hojlund Over Summer Move<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Romano adds that Lindelof is considered as an &#8216;untouchable&#8217; by Erik ten Hag after he started performing brightly under him towards the end of last season. It is further stated that United rejected offers from Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan in the January transfer window when they started enquiring over the possibility of signing him.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian journalist rubbished claims that Eintracht Frankfurt held talks with the Red Devils to sign the Swedish centre-back, noting that they were never in the race to do so. He also reports that Inter and Atletico at least showed genuine interest, but currently have no chance of signing him after the centre-back &#8211; who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2017\/jun\/14\/manchester-united-sign-victor-lindelof-benfica\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signed for \u00a331 million<\/a> in 2017 from Benfica &#8211;\u00a0 managed to win over the Dutch coach at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<h3>Who Could United Sell in Summer Window?<\/h3>\n<p>The Red Devils are currently focused on adding some quality players to their squad to enable Ten Hag to compete for major trophies next season. It has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/12889135\/manchester-united-transfer-news-harry-kane-is-clubs-number-one-target-with-declan-rice-and-mason-mount-on-shortlist\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> that they are currently <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/05\/27\/manchester-united-harry-kane-rice-mount\/\" target=\"_self\">prioritizing the signing of a new world-class striker<\/a> and aiming to add another midfielder to their ranks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/06\/03\/manchester-united-set-to-sign-mason-mount\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Set to Sign Chelsea Midfielder Mason Mount<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to a backline reshuffle,\u00a0 Harry Maguire has been <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/06\/07\/tottenham-interest-in-harry-maguire-confirmed\/\" target=\"_self\">linked with an exit<\/a> and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2023\/06\/06\/harry-maguire-tottenham-spurs-manchester-united-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> a target for Tottenham Hotspur.\u00a0 The club are also <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/1446898\/nottingham-forest-dean-henderson-man-utd\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> looking to sell goalkeeper Dean Henderson, who spent the 2022\/23 campaign on loan at Nottingham Forest &#8211; while other loanees Eric Bailly and Alex Telles are also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/man-utd-eric-bailly-alex-telles-futures\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said to be<\/a> on the chopping block. Lindelof, however, seems to be safe for the time being after making 35 appearances for the Red Devils last season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Image<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_624317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-624317\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-624317 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Old-Trafforf-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Old Trafford\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Old-Trafforf-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Old-Trafforf-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Old-Trafforf-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Old-Trafforf.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-624317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Daniel0685 on Flickr: https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2miYtGY CC BY 2.0: https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United will not entertain any offers for the sale of defender Victor Lindelof, confirms Fabrizio Romano. The Swedish centre-back played a prominent role for the Red Devils towards the end of the season after summer signing Lisandro Martinez got injured. Manchester United Rule Out Victor Lindelof Sale Erik ten Hag has never changed position [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":624317,"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":[3,18,7188],"tags":[722],"class_list":["post-624328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-manchester-united","category-rumours","tag-victor-lindelof"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624328","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=624328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}