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Olympique Lyonnais ahead Malick Fofana has added gas to hypothesis linking him with a transfer to Manchester United by sharing photos of himself in a Purple Devils jersey.
United’s prime precedence going into the summer season switch window was so as to add targets to the group, and so they’ve partly achieved that by securing Matheus Cunha’s signing from Wolverhampton Wanderers. At present, the membership’s consideration is on securing Bryan Mbeumo, following Brentford’s rejection of their most up-to-date provide exceeding £60m.
However, United aren’t carried out but, as they’re additionally on the hunt for a brand new striker.
Extra attacking reinforcements may comply with, particularly amidst uncertainty over the futures of Alejandro Garnacho, Marcus Rashford, Antony and Jadon Sancho. All 4 gamers have been made obtainable for switch and will not be believed to have a future below Ruben Amorim.
Ought to all 4 depart, United might have to herald further reinforcements to make sure Amorim isn’t left in need of broad gamers or attacking midfielders for his most popular 3-4-2-1 system.
Earlier this month, a report coated by The Peoples Individual relayed that United had entered the race to signal Fofana from Lyon.
Fofana has emerged as certainly one of Europe’s most enjoyable younger abilities, impressing along with his mixture of velocity, talent, and a mind for objective. He scored 11 targets throughout all competitions for Lyon final time period.
United obtained a first-hand take a look at what the 20-year-old is able to throughout the dramatic second leg of their Europa League quarter-final tie. Coming off the bench, Fofana prompted the Purple Devils all kinds of issues, even profitable the penalty that gave Lyon the lead, though United rallied to safe victory and e-book their place within the semis.
The report said that Chelsea and Liverpool are additionally admirers of Fofana, who’s valued at €50m by Lyon.
Information on that entrance has been quiet since then, however now, the attacker has sparked some fan frenzy along with his newest social media exercise.
On Sunday, Fofana shared photographs of himself doing low season coaching whereas carrying a United equipment.
Within the photos, the Belgian is seen sporting the inexperienced United third equipment from the 2022/23 season. The equipment has Marcus Rashford’s title on the again.
It could in the end not imply a lot, however provided that he’s been linked with United, it does go away some room to wonder if he’s dropping a delicate switch trace.
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