Football transfer rumours: Liverpool look to move for Marcelo Brozovic?

As their focus has swung wildly from Marko Arnautovic to Adrien Rabiot in recent days, Manchester United’s summer transfer strategy has started to look increasingly unstrategic. In the words of Roy Keane on Sunday: “My goodness. What’s going on?”

Having spent so much of the summer fruitlessly toiling over Frenkie de Jong, their scramble for reinforcements in the middle of the park could end up with them landing on Sergej Milinkovic-Savic. United’s record of signing midfielders from Lazio is mixed, as Juan Sebastián Verón can attest. Torino goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, Sergej’s brother, was briefly on the books at Old Trafford, so at least they can get a decent character reference. He may not have the fondest memories of that period of his career, however, given that he couldn’t get a work permit and failed to make an appearance for the club.

Over in Spain they seem to think that United would rather sign Guido Rodríguez from Real Betis, who will settle for nothing less than €25m (£21.1m) for the Argentina international. That’s just the three midfielders – four, if we’re still counting De Jong – they are chasing at the moment, then.

In better news for United, they may have found a buyer for Eric Bailly. According to L’Equipe, Monaco are keen to sign the injury-hampered defender. That’s where the good news ends, unfortunately. It looks like RB Leipzig are going to beat United to Benjamin Sesko, the promising teenage forward who plays for fellow energy drink marketing vehicle RB Salzburg.

Going back to the theme of midfielders, Liverpool could be in for Marcelo Brozovic following injuries to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Thiago Alcântara. Internazionale don’t want to sell their musclebound enforcer, but might be tempted