With the Premier League transfer window ending on the 9th of August, most clubs are running around looking for last-minute signings to reinforce their sides.
Manchester United’s manager, Jose Mourinho, has publicly expressed his frustration at the Red Devils’ activity in the ongoing transfer window. However, latest reports from The Sun claim that United have, indeed, joined the likes of Premier League rivals Liverpool and Arsenal in the hunt for Lyon’s forward Nabil Fekir.
Liverpool were the first team to be linked with Frenchman earlier this summer but seemed to have developed cold feet over the player’s fitness before the start of the 2018 World Cup, before subsequently cooling their interest.
However, the Reds are still believed to be monitoring the situation and could make a late swoop for the 25-year-old.
On the other hand, Chelsea could soon lose in the battle to keep Eden Hazard at the Stamford Bridge and are reportedly eyeing Fekir as a replacement to help the side cope with Hazard’s loss.
Now, according to the report stated above, Mourinho is allegedly growing sick of Manchester United’s lack of transfer business, and with Anthony Martial’s future growing more uncertain with each passing day, Fekir is being viewed as a suitable signing to bolster United’s attack.
However, Lyon have announced that they still haven’t received any official bids for the Fekir, who just won the World Cup with France. Fekir himself also seems set to stay in France, but has left the door open for a potential move, as he recently said:
“As you can see, I’m in Lyon. I am very good here. But the transfer window is still long and everything goes very fast in football. We do not know what will happen in the future but I am very good at OL.
“I feel great in the group, a good group very homogeneous. We have very good players and there is a very good atmosphere. It’s a bit like the French team, there is a mix of old and young, more experienced players than others.”
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