Manchester United defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka will now have to ‘seriously’ consider a move away from the club, according to journalist Dean Jones.
The 24-year-old has slipped down the pecking order at Old Trafford over the last year and was linked with an exit over the summer but was kept around after a suitable successor was not found.
Back in June, it was reported that new United manager Erik ten Hag had informed Wan-Bissaka that he was free to leave as he did not feature in the Dutchman’s first-team plans.
BBC Sport then disclosed that the right-back’s former club Crystal Palace were interested in re-signing him as intrigue in his services began to ramp up, just three years after he departed south London for £50 million.
And The Athletic disclosed in the final days of the summer transfer window that both Palace and West Ham saw approaches for Wan-Bissaka rejected by the Red Devils as it would have been too late to bring in a replacement.
The former England Under-21 international has found opportunities extremely difficult to come by in 2022/23, though, and has played just four minutes in all competitions.
Wan-Bissaka’s cameo appearance off the substitute’s bench against Liverpool is his only outing this season, indicating an imminent exit could be on the cards.
Jones believes that Wan-Bissaka’s move to United ‘hasn’t gone to plan’ and that he will now have to contemplate starting afresh elsewhere to revive his stuttering career.
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In an interview with GiveMeSport: “As a player, you have to push yourself to the limit, and when Wan-Bissaka moved it was a significant transfer that should have been a great moment.
“It hasn’t gone to plan amid all
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