A standout performance from Jude Bellingham. Dortmund planning for a summer 2023 departure. Liverpool and Real Madrid are the frontrunners but it’s an open race. Erling Haaland has already told him to join Manchester City. Chelsea also in the race and they want Declan Rice, too.
Both Rice and Bellingham expected to be sold in summer 2023. West Ham won’t be as bullish as last summer and Dortmund always resigned to losing Bellingham. No price has been set yet. Dortmund wisely waiting until after World Cup.
Real, however, now accept they won’t get Bellingham for under £100m despite originally hoping the asking price would drop.
Bellingham, a bit like Haaland, is also expected to ‘score’ his next move to help add a more dispassionate metric alongside his gut feeling. This may make it tough for teams without #UCL football next season.
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Nasser Al-Khelaifi tells @business PSG are considering leaving the Parc des Princes. Moving to the Stade de France is a possibility. “Paris deserves a better stadium. My first option is we don’t move. But the city of Paris is pushing us to move.”
Khelaifi says he has three options. One is buying the national stadium. French Government are encouraging this. Told the other two are new sites close to the Parc de Princes.
PSG don’t own the Parc des Prince and although they want to undertake a €500m stadium expansion at it (creating a 60,000 capacity) they won’t do so unless they own the stadium first.
🚨 The Glazers preference is a full sale of Manchester United, as reported yesterday. Raine Group are not anticipating minority investment even though all options are being explored.
Told, much like with the Chelsea sale, suitors will follow quite a rigid process, although there is no hard deadline for offers. #CFC required this due to the urgency of their sale.
But elements of the Chelsea sale procedure will be replicated to ensure prospective suitors have a clear plan if successful. This is also because with all options explored, investors could yet end up working with the Glazers should a full buyer not be found or chosen.
Raine Group, who oversaw the Chelsea sale, is acting as #MUFC's exclusive financial advisor. This is significant. The Glazers, like FSG at #LFC, saw the Chelsea sale and realised there was a strong range of suitors with an appetite to buy a Premier League club for billions.
FSG and the Glazers seemingly feel now is the right time for investment or to sell, especially knowing the ESL (and its promised financial bounty) is unlikely to return and remains strongly opposed by fans.
Manchester United are not guaranteeing a sale, but Raine Group certainly know how to get one done. This feels like another process designed by Americans for Americans.
Bit more info on a prospective #LFC sale. My understanding is that FSG would prefer a full sale over minority investment despite hearing offers of all kinds. And the expectation, from those familiar with the process, is that a sale may happen sooner rather than later.
Important to note, 'sooner' in a sale context still takes a fair amount of time, especially with no interested party in exclusive talks or having undertaken due diligence. But sources do stress wheels are very much in motion with Mike Gordon now focused on finding options.
Jurgen Klopp has been given guarantees, regardless of timescale, that the next two transfer windows won't be affected by the process. It's business as usual on the recruitment and planning side.
“The Glazers, they don’t care about the club… they don’t really care in my opinion.”
Ronaldo tells Piers Morgan he hasn’t spoken to the owners since re-joining #MUFC
#MUFC waiting for the full interview fallout before determining a response beyond their initial statement. But club are furious & exploring legal options surrounding Ronaldo’s contract. One gripe is also that due to the timing there’s no immediate chance to engage with Ronaldo.
Club essentially looking at different scenarios (and punishments) which will be communicated and, I am told, ideally discussed with Ronaldo. But therein lies the challenge and frustration. If all goes well for Portugal he won’t engage for weeks.
Mykhaylo Mudryk tells Vlada Sedan (TV presenter and Zinchenko's wife) he'll be disappointed if he doesn't get a January move from Shakhtar. He confirms he spoke to coaches at Nice, Leverkusen & Brentford last summer. And he again hints at Arsenal being his choice of preference...
Sedan asks Mudryk if playing on the same wing as her husband excites him. Mudryk replies, "Yeah, it does".
And Mudryk confirms he watches #AFC. "They are a very dynamic side not just in how they control possession but also the way they score."
It's also put to Mudryk that he may start more games at Arsenal compared Real Madrid and he replies: “From a purely theoretical fantasy perspective if there was the option of being a bench player for Real Madrid or a starter for Arsenal, I’d probably choose Arsenal."