Man Utd plan £40m offer for dominant Real Sociedad star ahead of January transfer window -Reports

Man Utd plan £40m offer for dominant Real Sociedad star ahead of January transfer window -Reports

Manchester United are reportedly planning to place a bid for Real Sociedad midfielder Luka Sucic, the value of which could apparently be hard for the La Liga side to refuse.

United are in a transition period under Ruben Amorim. Some of their results have been very positive, such as the 2-1 victory over rivals Manchester City, while a 4-3 loss to Tottenham in the League Cup quarter-final was decidedly less so.

The boss will hope for consistency, and bringing his own style of players in will help with that.

According to Fichajes, United are now ‘willing to launch an offer’ of €40million (£33.1m/$41.7m) to land Real Sociedad midfielder Sucic.

The 22-year-old Croatian is described as a ‘dominant’ midfielder whose contributions in both defence and attack have made him crucial for their system, and that could be the same under Amorim.

Sociedad have shown they will not be made to let players go for below their value previously, but it’s stated the figure United would offer ‘could be difficult to turn down’ given Susic was signed for just €10million (£8.3m/$10.4m) in the summer.

Sociedad exodus to Prem could continue
Sociedad have lost some big-name players to the Premier League in recent seasons. In 2022, they sold Alexander Isak to Newcastle for a record price of £63million.

This summer, Arsenal signed Mikel Merino from them for in a fee which could total almost £32million.

Martin Zubimendi is also on the radar of some big Premier League sides, such as Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City.

Losing both him and midfield partner Sucic in the same window would be hugely detrimental, but Premier League money has been too hard to turn down in the past for Sociedad, and could be again