Christian Pulisic, Frenkie de Jong, Sergino Dest: Manchester United offered 15 players in one week of transfer window

15 players were offered to Man Utd in a single week The Sun reveal that Manchester United were offered 15 different players in a single week of the summer transfer window. The Premier League club were desperate to sign a central midfielder after their well-documented pursuit of Barcelona’s Frenkie de Jong came to an end. United were offered Adrien Rabiot, Leonardo Paredes and Weston McKennie, while an approach for Moises Caicedo was rejected by Brighton.

The club also wanted a winger and a right-back so were offered Sergino Dest, Thomas Meunier, Christian Pulisic, Yannick Carrasco and Hirving Lozano. Eventually they signed Real Madrid’s Casemiro and Antony from Ajax, while they did not sign a right-back. Ad TransfersMan Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea all linked with Brighton midfielder Caicedo — Paper Round17 HOURS AGO Paper Round’s view: Every club in world football knew Manchester United were struggling in the transfer market.

Rival clubs probably saw it as an opportunity to try and offload their unwanted players to the Premier League club. The list of players mentioned in the Sun report were all at relatively big clubs and you’d imagine they are stuck on big contracts. United didn’t panic and sign any unwanted star names, but actually signed their top targets in Casemiro and Antony.

Rabiot was probably the closest to moving to Old Trafford, but that deal eventually fell through. Read the full story Griezmann saga causes friction Atletico Madrid have caused fury at Barcelona with their management of on-loan forward Antoine Griezmann. The World Cup winner returned to his former club on loan and reportedly has a clause in his deal that would force Atleti to pay a €40-million transfer fee for Griezmann if he plays