Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo is anticipated to reject a brand new contract at his boyhood membership to prioritise a switch overseas, in keeping with a report.
Mainoo has been sidelined for the previous month with a calf difficulty however has already established himself as a key a part of United’s first group regardless of his tender years. The 19-year-old who was born in Stockport has amassed ten senior England caps and scored in final summer time’s triumphant FA Cup last.
Nonetheless, regardless of his standing as an undisputed favorite of the followers and numerous United coaches, Mainoo’s future has been decidedly unsure for months. Within the membership’s continued drive to lift income, promoting the group’s academy graduates affords a fast path to lots of pure revenue.
The prodigious midfielder was considered out there on the market within the January switch window and attracted admiring glances from Chelsea particularly, however nobody was prepared to fulfill his £70m price ticket.
United had resolved to maintain Mainoo and are reportedly making ready a brand new contract supply. However the teenager is not on the identical web page. The Guardian report that Mainoo is anticipated to reject United’s incoming proposal and has his coronary heart set on “a transfer overseas”. No overseas membership was named.
Mainoo is at present one of many United’s lowest earners on £20,000 per week and was considered pushing for a weekly wage nearer to £180,000. The Pink Devils are described as “hopeful” {that a} new deal can nonetheless be struck.
If United are pressured to promote their homegrown asset, they’d reinstate an asking value of £70m for any suitor, although Mainoo can have simply two years left on his current contract by the summer time.
Head coach Ruben Amorim has beforehand harassed his need to maintain Mainoo, hailing the midfielder’s “particular” expertise and talent to play nearer to aim. Whether or not the Portuguese coach can have the ultimate say over {the teenager}’s future stays to be seen.
