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Welcome to Wednesday’s round-up of the biggest new Premier League transfer gossip – and today we’re going to spare you the pre-amble and get right down to business with a report which claims that Manchester United are preparing a surprising Serie A raid.
Sport Witness have picked up on a story from the Italian media which suggests that the Red Devils are “thinking about” a move for Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret with talks over a new contract for the 27-year-old stalling.
Apparently United have “long been interested” in Meret and with the goalkeeper keen to evaluate his options before inking a new deal in Naples, they may strike. The report questions the story on the assumption that Meret wouldn’t be able to take the number one spot from André Onana – but could it be bad news for the Cameroonian instead?
The 3AM Verdict: No fee is mentioned in the story, and there is a strong sense that the story is more speculation than solid fact. As Sport Witness point out, it would be a strange move as he’d have to dislodge Onana, but there’s always some chance that new head coach Ruben Amorim isn’t keen on his current number one… We suspect this one doesn’t have much to it, however.
Right-back battle developing
We’re going to stay at Old Trafford for our second story, today. Some of you might have spotted the claim that went around yesterday that Real Madrid were contemplating a surprise bid, worth up to £50m, for Diogo Dalot because they wanted a right-back now rather than waiting for Trent Alexander-Arnold – and now it seems as if they may not be the only team with the same idea.
According to Caught Offside, Barcelona are also keen to kick-start “an auction” for the Italian full-back, who doesn’t seem well-suited to Amorim’s system – despite which, Caught Offside claim that Amorim would rebuff efforts to sign him this January. Real have supposedly opened talks and it doesn’t sound like Barcelona have followed suit, but it seems that they would “muscle in” should the chance arise.
The 3AM Verdict: We’re still scratching our heads over the original story, if we’re honest – even if you decide that £50m is a fair price for Dalot, choosing to pay that rather than pushing to sign Alexander-Arnold on a free seems like an idiosyncratic decision. A lot of news outlets have run with the Dalot claims, but we want to see something solid before we buy it.
Three sides to be disappointed by Serie A man
We’re leaving Manchester United behind now but as it happens, we have another story with an Italian flavour for you – according to Calciomercato, three Premier League clubs are showing an interest in AC Milan and Netherlands midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, whose recent form has been “poetry in motion” and has “turned the spotlight on him”.
The midfielder, valued at no less than €50m (£41.5m) is interesting Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City, but it seems like all three sides may be disappointed – Milan are working hard to tie their man down to a contract extension and a deal is expected to be completed within the next month.
The 3AM Verdict: Reijnders’ name has cropped up quite a few times in recent gossip columns, but we hadn’t seen Chelsea linked with him before – either way, it sounds like it might not matter. The report reckons it even knows the amount he would be getting paid to stay at the San Siro, which hints that there’s enough solid information behind it to be worth believing.