The 2018-19 Premier League season is
little more than two weeks away with Manchester United kicking off the
campaign against Leicester City at Old Trafford on Friday 10 August.
So far this summer Jose Mourinho has
been relatively quiet during the transfer window, only bringing in
central midfielder Fred, young full-back Diogo Dalot and backup
goalkeeper Lee Grant.
It sounds as though a move to sign left-back Alex Sandro from Juventus could happen before the transfer window slams shut on Thursday 9 August.
On top of this we continue to be linked
to a number of centre-backs and right wingers, the two other positions
the boss wants to address before the start of the new campaign.
One right winger that has been linked to
us time and time again is Chelsea’s Willian. The 29-year-old
previously worked under Jose at Stamford Bridge. And we have now been
given a clear path to sign the Brazilian international as Barcelona have
pulled out following the signing of Malcom on Tuesday.
Despite the appointment of Maurizio Sarri as the new Chelsea manager last week, it is still being reported that Willian wants to leave West London.
With Barcelona out of the race we would
just need our Premier League rivals to accept an offer for the 2018
World Cup star, and Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo are now reporting that we are prepared to meet Chelsea’s asking price for the winger.
However, that fee could be as much as £70 million
if reports earlier this month are anything to go by. Chelsea certainly
aren’t going to make it cheap or easy for us to land our target and
given that the player is 29 I wonder if Jose Mourinho will look
elsewhere instead.
Last season the Portuguese coach used
Juan Mata, Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard among others down the right
wing and never settled on a single player, so bringing in a player to
play regular is certainly on his agenda.
There’s no doubt Willian would be a fine
signing for us as he’s proven himself in the Premier League. He works
hard off the ball to win back possession for his side, has pace to offer
down the wing and gets among the goals.
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