In line with Italian outlet Gazzetta dello Sport, Manchester United have joined Roma within the race to signal Palmeiras midfielder Richard Rios within the present switch window.
The Pink Devils have primarily targeted on bolstering the ahead division through the summer season. They’ve already bought Matheus Cunha from Wolves whereas Bryan Mbeumo is poised to affix from Brentford fairly quickly.
A defensive midfielder might be focused subsequent, and reviews declare that United are able to battle it out with Roma to buy Rios. Palmeiras have opened the door for his switch for £26 million.
The Pink Devils are eyeing a brand new possibility within the no.6 function, having grown pissed off with Casemiro’s performances.
High quality midfielder
Rios has been a key participant for Palmeiras over the previous few seasons. He appears set to pursue a much bigger problem in European soccer. Roma have opened talks with the Brazilian heavyweights, however are reluctant to pay greater than £21 million together with add-ons.
United may capitalise on the state of affairs to convey him to Outdated Trafford this summer season. The Colombian was massively spectacular for Palmeiras within the latest Membership World Cup regardless of their restricted possession. He received virtually 7 duels per look.
The 25-year-old additionally registered 4 recoveries, 2 tackles and a couple of interceptions per outing for Palmeiras. He had a superb passing accuracy of 86% and confirmed his willingness to take dangers with ahead passes and high quality lengthy balls to provoke counter-attacks.
He has already developed into a top quality all-round defensive midfielder and could be a superb competitor within the United squad alongside Casemiro and Manuel Ugarte. Ugarte has but to search out consistency since his big-money transfer from Paris Saint-Germain.
Casemiro had a superb finish to the earlier marketing campaign within the Europa League, however he has struggled to deal with the upper depth and excessive urgent within the Premier League. Regardless of this, he’s ready to honour the ultimate yr of his United contract.
With the membership’s incapability to dump Casemiro, an economical successor might be most well-liked. Rios could be a implausible buy for the Pink Devils, offered they’ll persuade him to affix the membership with out the assure of a beginning function subsequent season.
