Man Utd news LIVE: Ed Woodward £120m Jadon Sancho transfer warning, Chelsea prepare move
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Jadon Sancho: Pundit on why youngster would join Man Utd
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Wednesday, March 11
Manchester United are leading the charge to sign Dortmund star Jadon Sancho
Chelsea are the latest club to register their interest in Jude Bellingham
Man Utd and other top-flight clubs are queuing up to sign Brighton’s Ben White
Ed Woodward and Matt Judge didn’t act quick enough to sign Erling Haaland
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Jadon Sancho warning
Manchester United are leading the charge to sign Borussia Dortmund star Jadon Sancho.
That’s according to ESPN, who claim the 13-time Premier League champions are under considerable scrutiny from their fellow European heavyweights.
It’s believe United’s pursuit of £120million-rated Sancho, who Dortmund are resigned to losing, is seen as a test of their abilities to complete high-profile transfers.
Though the front-runners to sign the England international, sources have toldESPNthat executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward and co. will need to “get their act together quickly” or risk losing him to a rival.
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Chelsea are the latest club to register their interest in Birmingham’s Jude Bellingham, theMENreport.
Bellingham, 16, has attracted interest from Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United, who have already opened discussions with the player’s representatives.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side are currently viewed as favourites to seal a deal for the teenager but Frank Lampard now wants him at Stamford Bridge.
Bellingham currently earns a reported £145-a-week with Birmingham, as he is on an academy wage, and is expected to sign a lucrative first professional contract when he turns 17 in June.
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Manchester United missed out on signing Erling Haaland, but reports claim Ed Woodward played a significant role in swaying the decision in Borussia Dortmund’s favour.
ESPNclaim they have spoken to sources close to Haaland who claim Woodward’s lack of progress on the deal put the youngster off a move to Old Trafford.
They say Woodward and contract negotiator Matt Judge took too long to sell their vision.
By the time they got their act together Dortmund had agreed terms with Red Bull Salzburg and the player to complete the formalities.
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Wanted: Ben White
Premier League clubs are queuing up to sign Brighton defender Ben White.
White, 22, is currently enjoying a season-long loan spell with Championship leaders Leeds, where he’s racked up 37 league appearances.
His exploits haven’t gone unnoticed with four top-flight sides chasing his services.
The Sun claim Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Leicester have all been impressed by the centre-back and could make an approach this summer.
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Biggest ever
LASK president Siegmund Gruber expressed his frustration that the "biggest match" in the club's history against Manchester United will be played behind closed doors.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men head to Austria as the country, just like the rest of the world, tries to get a grip on the coronavirus outbreak.
Under the measures announced by the Austrian government on Tuesday, the crowd at LASK's eagerly-anticipated Europa League last-16 first leg was reduced from a 14,000 sell-out to just 500 spectators.
The Austrian Bundesliga leaders could have sold out their Linzer Stadion three times over such was the interest in a match that will now be what is known in German as a 'Geisterspiel' - a ghost game.
"For us it's the biggest match but not most important in history - that was when we were promoted from the third division," LASK president Gruber said.
"But it would be a reward for the club, for the city, for the people here to stage this important match tomorrow in front of our supporters. It's a pity that it can't take place like that.
"We would have loved to see and enjoy the atmosphere here in the stadium playing against such a great opponent as Manchester United is."