{"id":638908,"date":"2024-04-23T06:43:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T10:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=638908"},"modified":"2024-04-23T06:43:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T10:43:37","slug":"manchester-united-edmond-tapsoba-scouting-ongoing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/04\/23\/manchester-united-edmond-tapsoba-scouting-ongoing\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Been Scouting for a Long Time\u2019: Man Utd Face Potential Tottenham Competition for \u2018Frightening\u2019 Bundesliga Ace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United just about managed to get into the 2023\/24 FA Cup final after playing with just one natural centre-back (Harry Maguire) in the 3-3 (4-2) win over Coventry City in the semi-final. Amid their ongoing centre-back injury crisis, it seems that the Red Devils are looking at a possible future move for Bayer Leverkusen man Edmond Tapsoba.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United Continue Scouting Work On Edmond Tapsoba<\/h2>\n<h3>Which Premier League Club Could Compete For Tapsoba Signing With United?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedailybriefing.io\/p\/excl-bernardo-silvas-surprise-arsenal\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> has reported that the Red Devils are one of the major clubs who have looked into the possibility of signing the 25-year-old centre-back after witnessing his heroics in Leverkusen&#8217;s Bundesliga-title winning campaign. He adds that United are on the lookout to sign a new centre-back in the summer transfer window and have &#8220;been scouting Tapsoba for a long time&#8221; as well.<\/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\/2024\/03\/24\/erik-ten-hag-manchester-united-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Erik Ten Hag: Insights From A Turbulent Season At Manchester United As Immediate Future Clarified<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The journalist has also revealed that scouts from three top unnamed teams were in attendance to watch the Burkina Faso defender in action during Leverkusen&#8217;s 1-1 draw against Borussia Dortmund at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Romano claims that the 25-year-old&#8217;s situation could be &#8220;one to watch&#8221; in the summer and has also noted that Tottenham Hotspur <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/06\/22\/edmond-tapsoba-talks-with-tottenham\/\" target=\"_self\">showcased an interest<\/a> in signing him in the past and it remains to be seen if the Lilywhites enter the race to sign him again, with Bayer Leverkusen yet to decide a price-tag for their player.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THREE WAY WAR - Who Wins The Premier League?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6XQStPx9Lw0?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<h3>Who Else Is On United&#8217;s Wishlist?<\/h3>\n<p>Romano has also named a few other centre-back targets that the Red Devils are monitoring ahead of their first summer transfer window since Sir Jim Ratcliffe became a co-owner and took over sporting control of the club.<\/p>\n<p>He claims that United have a long list of names on their wishlist, which includes OGC Nice man Jean-Clair Todibo, Juventus centre-back Bremer, Everton&#8217;s Jarrad Branthwaite, and Benfica youngster Antonio Silva.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/04\/17\/manchester-united-kobbie-mainoo-contract-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">\u2018INEOS Are Pushing\u2019: Man Utd Prioritizing New Contract For \u2018Fabulous\u2019 Sensation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It has already been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/transfer-paper-talk\/12709\/13113886\/raphael-varane-set-for-man-utd-free-transfer-over-wage-requirements-paper-talk#:~:text=Raphael%20Varane&#039;s%20time%20at%20Manchester,next%20Republic%20of%20Ireland%20manager.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> that Raphael Varane will likely leave Old Trafford after this season, which would automatically require the club to sign a replacement.<\/p>\n<p>However, they can be smart in signing a combative defender like Tapsoba, who has been praised as a powerful, quick defender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Edmond+Tapsoba+frightening+bundesliga.com&amp;sca_esv=dbec97f3c192e658&amp;sxsrf=ACQVn0-gJcUV7qMIQbkY3N0h7oVYz3Fa7g%3A1713786356963&amp;ei=9E0mZsCqOp7H4-EPzLWP-AU&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjA9JvY39WFAxWe4zgGHczaA18Q4dUDCBE&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=Edmond+Tapsoba+frightening+bundesliga.com&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiKUVkbW9uZCBUYXBzb2JhIGZyaWdodGVuaW5nIGJ1bmRlc2xpZ2EuY29tMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAFIujJQsAJYiTJwBHgAkAEAmAGOA6ABiziqAQgwLjcuMjYuMbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCH6AC-DDCAgQQIxgnwgIFEAAYgATCAgYQABgWGB7CAgoQIxiABBgnGIoFwgILEAAYgAQYkQIYigXCAgsQLhiABBiRAhiKBcICChAAGIAEGBQYhwLCAgsQABiABBiGAxiKBcICCBAAGIAEGKIEwgIIEAAYogQYiQXCAgcQIRigARgKmAMAiAYBkgcKMi4zLjI1LjAuMaAH5YkB&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with &#8220;frightening heading abilities&#8221;<\/a>. The 25-year-old has made 38 appearances in all competitions for Leverkusen this season, helping them keep 15 clean sheets and remain undefeated in a historic 2023\/24 season for the German club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United just about managed to get into the 2023\/24 FA Cup final after playing with just one natural centre-back (Harry Maguire) in the 3-3 (4-2) win over Coventry City in the semi-final. Amid their ongoing centre-back injury crisis, it seems that the Red Devils are looking at a possible future move for Bayer Leverkusen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":633338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[7210,7380],"class_list":["post-638908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-edmond-tapsoba","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Delight Wellington","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638908","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=638908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}