I will love to play at Old Trafford – Man Utd ‘internally discussing’ high profile free agent signing after surprise transfer message

I will love to play at Old Trafford – Man Utd ‘internally discussing’ high profile free agent signing after surprise transfer message

A fascinating update from Fabrizio Romano is highly entertaining for Red Devils fans, as Manchester United is debating whether to temporarily ignore their transfer strategy in order to pursue free agent Adrien Rabiot.

On June 30, Rabiot (29), who was a free agent, announced the end of his five-year stay with Juventus.

Rabiot is so highly regarded that, despite being single, Didier Deschamps chose him for France’s Euro 2024 squad. It surprised a lot of people, though, that Rabiot still doesn’t have a club when the new domestic season gets underway.

Even Nevertheless, during the summer, major European teams like AC Milan showed interest in signing you. Rabiot has received proposals from more companies recently.
But when taking to X on Sunday morning, transfer guru Fabrizio Romano confirmed Rabiot has no intention of dropping into a lesser league.

“Similar to Turkey, Adrien Rabiot has also currently no plans to accept any proposal from Saudi Pro League,” wrote Romano.

“His priority and desire remain European top five leagues.”

Rabiot was omitted from Deschamps’ France squad for the Nations League clashes with Italy and Belgium in the current international break.

Commenting on the decision, the France boss strongly suggested Rabiot will be recalled once he signs with a new club.

“Adrien Rabiot has a somewhat embarrassing situation,” stated Deschamps (as quoted by Goal). “His contract was expiring and he was solicited by several teams but now he’s without a team and doesn’t train in a group.

“I hope he can quickly choose a club that can then bring him back to us.”

Both Man Utd and Newcastle are weighing up whether to bring the central midfielder on board. Clubs can sign free agents outside of the transfer window and can register those players as long as they free up room in their 25-man squad.

A move to Man Utd would come as something of a surprise given the club’s new transfer initiative under Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

Man Utd have ditched the ‘Hollywood signings’ that often provided a quick short-term boost and little else aside from longer-term problems.

Instead, Man Utd’s five first-team signings over the summer were all aged 26 or under (Noussair Mazraoui the oldest at 26).

In theory, each of that quintet (Mazraoui, Leny Yoro, Matthijs De Ligt, Manuel Ugarte, Joshua Zirkzee) should spend the primes of their careers at Old Trafford and not elsewhere, as was the case with Casemiro at Real Madrid.

But according to a fresh update from Caught Offside, Man Utd are considering shelving their transfer policy on a one-time basis by swooping for Rabiot too.

It’s claimed Man Utd are ‘internally discussing’ whether to bring the veteran Frenchman on board.

Furthermore, it’s encouragingly stated Rabiot is prioritising a move to England ahead of any of Europe’s other top four leagues (LaLiga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1).