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Manchester United are “carefully monitoring” Sevilla midfielder Lucien Agoume and will formalise their curiosity with a “concrete supply” on one situation, in line with a report from Spain.
The Want for Velocity
Ruben Amorim not too long ago bemoaned the “lack of tempo” in his midfield unit after the irritating 0-0 draw with Leeds United in pre-season.
Not one of the senior choices at Previous Trafford – Bruno Fernandes, Kobbie Mainoo, Casemiro or Manuel Ugarte – are notably cell. The one possibility who’s, 21-year-old Toby Collyer, can also be anticipated to depart on mortgage.
United are on the hunt for a brand new midfielder this summer season however the bulk of the membership’s funds have been directed in direction of the misfiring ahead line with over £130 million already spent to signal Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo.
A blockbuster transfer for RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko can also be underway with the German membership demanding at the least £65 million for his or her attacking starlet.
As such, there’s little room left within the funds for a midfielder – with a rising sense that an present midfielder might have to depart so as to facilitate a brand new possibility being introduced in.
But when United are capable of muster the funds to focus on a brand new midfielder then Spanish outlet Fichajes reveals Agoume is taken into account a “worthwhile addition” by Previous Trafford executives.
The N’Golo Kante
Agoume, 23, has quietly emerged as a stand out performer in La Liga regardless of enjoying for an underperforming Sevilla facet who completed seventeenth final season, coming perilously near relegation.
The Frenchman gives a potent pairing of velocity and power, mixed with wonderful defensive instincts and an underrated technical skillset.
He has even drawn comparisons to legendary World Cup and Premier League profitable star, N’Golo Kante – and there are few midfielders in latest reminiscence who may inject extra tempo, as Amorim has demanded, right into a staff’s engine room than Kante.
Fichajes contend Agoume is on United’s “radar” with the membership “valu[ing] his age [and] expertise in top-flight leagues, equivalent to Ligue 1 and LaLiga,” corroborating a report relayed by The Peoples Particular person final month of curiosity from the Purple Devils and Arsenal.
There was “no formal supply” however Sevilla are “conscious” of the curiosity from Previous Trafford. The report additional reveals Agoume is open to a swap to the Premier League and would welcome a proposal from a “main venture” like United.
Fichajes concludes by stating United’s curiosity within the French powerhouse “may rapidly flip right into a concrete supply” if “any of its present midfielders go away”.
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