{"id":628002,"date":"2023-08-31T16:01:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T20:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=628002"},"modified":"2023-08-31T16:15:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T20:15:57","slug":"manchester-united-scott-mctominay-fulham-palhinha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/31\/manchester-united-scott-mctominay-fulham-palhinha\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Said Yes&#8217;: Man Utd &#8216;Monster&#8217; Could Now Join Premier League Club After Star Player Agreed to Join UCL Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/skysports_sheth\/status\/1697295866258735166?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dharmesh Sheth<\/a>, Manchester United midfielder, Scott McTominay is a transfer target for fellow Premier League club Fulham. The West London club is looking for options to replace Joao Palhinha who could be set to join Bayern Munich before the transfer window closes.<\/p>\n<h2>McTominay Is on Fulham\u2019s Radar<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fulham make initial contact with Manchester United over Scott McTominay. Fulham looking at options IF Joao Palhinha leaves. Bayern pushing. Would take substantial offer for United to even consider. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dharmesh Sheth (@skysports_sheth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/skysports_sheth\/status\/1697295866258735166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Manchester United Expects Substantial Offer<\/h3>\n<p>The Sky Sports reporter has revealed a surprising potential destination for the Scottish midfielder. Fulham are reportedly following the player in a bid to bolster their midfield in case they lose Joao Palhinha.<\/p>\n<p>However, the journalist has also reported that Fulham will not find it easy to land the player as the Red Devils are expected to demand a hefty fee to even consider letting McTominay leave.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch<\/strong>: What Manchester United Need to Do on Deadline Day<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DEADLINE DAY DESPERATION - What Manchester United and Erik ten Hag Need on Deadline Day\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dRomTX6ce8w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils have been firm with their stance on the player&#8217;s future throughout the season despite serious interest from West Ham United. The Hammers offered \u00a330 million for their prized asset which the Manchester-based club <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1688641006780981249?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rejected<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Man Utd Midfielder Could Be Palhinha Replacement With Bayern Keen on the Fulham&#8217;s Star<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Craven Cottage-based outfit are already preparing for the potential departure of their star midfielder Palhinha, who scored a crucial goal to steal a point for his side at the Emirates last weekend, despite being reduced to ten men.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern are understood to have intensified their pursuit of the Portuguese international in the last 24 hours, with manager Thomas Tuchel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/joao-palhinha-bayern-munich-fulham-fc-transfer-news-bid-rejected-b1104008.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> identifying the player as his &#8220;number one target&#8221;. His club are understood to have already rejected a bid of \u00a347 million from the Bavarian club.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/31\/manchester-united-sofyan-amrabat-loan-deal\/\" target=\"_self\">Man Utd Now Preparing Deal to Sign \u2018Extraordinary\u2019 Star \u2013 He\u2019s Desperate to Join<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1697254180585632048?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>\u00a0has reported that Palhinha has already &#8220;said yes&#8221; and agreed to personal terms with the Bundesliga champions, he could soon be on his way to Germany, if his club can confirm his replacement.<\/p>\n<p>A deal for Fulham to acquire the Scottish international could be a crucial step for Bayern to sign their final transfer target, as Marco Silva&#8217;s side will insist that they sign a replacement before allowing Palhinha to leave.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/31\/manchester-united-cucurella-chelsea-very-close\/\" target=\"_self\">Romano Drops Huge Update Out of Old Trafford as Ten Hag Now Set to Sign His Top Target<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McTominay, once described as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thisisfutbol.com\/2023\/04\/blogs\/premier-league\/manchester-united\/scott-mctominay-manchester-united-transfer-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">monster<\/a>&#8221; by Dean Jones, will add a lot of quality and bring the physicality required by the Cottagers to replace their star man.<\/p>\n<p>Main Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vegaseddie\/5293656547\/in\/photolist-94MnEt-71SM3e-dUkY7s-2nVLogw-yyJVi4-K9qPbY-2jaWper-abzMDk-7LzbQe-6ouDow-6p5Map-2m8pCtU-8Qike6-5eM9iE-5eGLaM-8j5sBC-K7MEpz-3KMpEz-6d2Cr8-dUfTJz-6d7R7j-6d2CYD-2icUDcH-6d2PQp-71SQsi-5Vi4d4-2iyyyLX-fW1WfS-2h8WsTJ-2hdKN6F-kJd4tE-fW1X7x-fW1JaP-5RonZ6-5RsGtC-6oqhSX-95a1Ew-2igBXsQ-sbK2Uo-75XsvL-fVZwWQ-2ieWDfT-2iEQaxW-2og3vRa-29soaFq-2aQ8SmD-aztjfZ-628jKc-devywf-Gvio\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul<\/a> via\u00a0Flickr,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Dharmesh Sheth, Manchester United midfielder, Scott McTominay is a transfer target for fellow Premier League club Fulham. The West London club is looking for options to replace Joao Palhinha who could be set to join Bayern Munich before the transfer window closes. McTominay Is on Fulham\u2019s Radar Fulham make initial contact with Manchester [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4733,"featured_media":625224,"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":[18,2511,3,7188],"tags":[9709,9301,7380,1950],"class_list":["post-628002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-fulham","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-bayern-munich-transfer-rumours","tag-fulham-transfer-rumours","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours","tag-scott-mctominay"],"modified_by":"Brendan Pridmore","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628002","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\/4733"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}