{"id":9197,"date":"2026-03-21T02:37:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T00:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2026\/03\/21\/summer-rumour-round-up-united-in-talks-real-interest-alters-midfield-chase\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T02:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T00:37:06","slug":"summer-rumour-round-up-united-in-talks-real-interest-alters-midfield-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2026\/03\/21\/summer-rumour-round-up-united-in-talks-real-interest-alters-midfield-chase\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer rumour round-up: United in talks, Real interest alters midfield chase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh set of transfer rumours has left several Premier League squads weighing options ahead of the summer window.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United are tracking multiple defensive and midfield targets. They have shown interest in Fulham left back Antonee Robinson, but concerns remain over his asking price of over $40.1 million (\u00a330 million). United are also in advanced talks with Newcastle United over midfielder Bruno Guimar\u00e3es, though Real Madrid\u2019s emerging interest could derail a proposed Old Trafford move valued at $92.3 million (\u20ac80 million, \u00a369 million).<\/p>\n<p>On defensive options, Brentford centre back Nathan Collins is a concrete target for United after scouting by Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. Liverpool\u2019s Ibrahima Konat\u00e9 may head to Saudi Arabia this summer when his contract expires if Real Madrid or Inter opt not to bid.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s recruitment focus includes Nottingham Forest\u2019s Elliot Anderson as a preferred replacement for the unsettled Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez. Another Chelsea midfielder, Andrey Santos, has attracted interest from Inter after being observed against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Several clubs are considering centre backs. Aston Villa are prepared to rival Chelsea for Lazio\u2019s Mario Gila, whose fee would exceed $34.6 million (\u20ac30 million, \u00a325.9 million). West Ham United want to sign Axel Disasi permanently but have balked at Chelsea\u2019s asking price as the Blues seek to recoup about $43.6 million (\u00a338 million).<\/p>\n<p>Big-name scenarios continue to shift. Erling Haaland has decided he will leave Manchester City within the next two years, possibly as early as this summer, with Real Madrid unable to find space for him and Barcelona unable to afford the move. If Barcelona do not trigger their option to sign Marcus Rashford permanently, Arsenal will pursue the Man Utd loanee; Chelsea and Juventus are also interested and United say they will not renegotiate Barcelona\u2019s current agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Other reported links include Nottingham Forest striker Arnaud Kalimuendo being of interest to Aston Villa or Tottenham, Newcastle\u2019s pursuit of forwards Liam Delap and Nicolas Jackson, potential departures Sandro Tonali and Tino Livramento attracting Arsenal interest, Barcelona attempting a swap for Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez, and Real Madrid ruling out moves for Rodri and Nico Schlotterbeck this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transfer update: United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Barcelona and Real, all linked to several possible moves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1083,1397,1163],"tags":[944,808,853],"class_list":["post-9197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-man-utd","category-transfer-news","category-transfers","tag-andrey-santos","tag-axel-disasi","tag-bruno-guimaraes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}