Summer Transfer Window Daily Summary Thread, 2020

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• Every rumor will be ranked as per the Tier List

• I will be providing a personal rating so you can know my opinion on the rumor. The same will be done on a scale of 5, 1 being the lowest and 5 being the best.

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Here is the link for the Tier List -

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddevils/wiki/transfer-reliability-guide

• Manchester United anticipated that Matthijs de Ligt may become available in summer 2021, but would be interested in signing him if the opportunity arose earlier.

Source - Paul Hirst for @TimesSport via @utdreport

Tier - 2

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• Jack Grealish is expected to arrive at Manchester United to add competition to the midfield.

Source - Paul Hirst for @TimesSport via @utdreport

Tier - 2

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• United are understood to be monitoring the situation in case Juve decide to cut their losses. Raiola has a reputation for moving his clients on quickly and player could become available next summer or sooner.

Source - Chris Wheeler for @MailSport

Tier - 2

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• Borussia Dortmund’s chief executive will respect Jadon Sancho‘s wishes if the Manchester United target wants to leave the Bundesliga this summer.

Source - Mark Critchley for @IndyFootball

Tier - 4

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• Manchester United are in contact with Jadon Sancho's agent but BVB have not received any official bid yet. It won’t be a quick deal.

Source - @FabrizioRomano

Tier - 1

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• Manchester United are ‘doing their best’ to secure Donny Van de Beek's signature, having been linked with a move for the best part of 12 months.

Source - Marca via @Sport_Witness

Tier - 4

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• Manchester United are prepared to make a renewed bid to sign Juventus defender Matthijs de Ligt this summer if the Italian club are ready to listen to offers for the Netherlands international.

Source - Mark Ogden for @ESPNFC

Tier - 2

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• Sources have told that United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is keen to recruit a centre-back this summer, and the club have already drawn up a list of potential targets, including Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly.

Source - Mark Ogden for @ESPNFC

Tier - 2

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• Juventus have offered Ramsey as a potential makeweight in a player + cash deal for Pogba. Ole is keen on the player. He believes he could provide balance to the midfield.

Source - Duncan castles and @garbosj for @TransferPodcast via @utdreport

Tier - 2

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• United are growing increasingly confident of completing a club-record £135m deal for the Atletico Madrid playmaker Saul Niguez.

Source - Daily Express

Tier - 4

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Day 2

Date - 2nd April, 2020

• Manchester United are ready to rival Real Madrid for Erling Haaland if the striker leaves Borussia D

Source - Rob Dawson for @ESPNFC

Tier - 3

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Day 3

Date - 3rd April, 2020

• Borussia Dortmund's high asking price for Jadon Sancho has discouraged many top clubs, Manchester United on the other hand seem ready to go all in.

Source - [ @honigstein, sport1] via @utdreport

Tier - 1

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• Unofficial sources at Manchester United are confident that the club can get Jadon Sancho.

Source - [ @honigstein, sport1] via @utdreport

Tier - 1

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Date - 4th April, 2020

Day 4

• There were no significant updates on this date.

Date - 5th April, 2019

Day 5

• Marcus Rashford will play a huge role in Jadon Sancho joining Manchester United.

Source - James Cooper via Stretford Paddock

Tier - 1

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Date - 6th April, 2020

Day 6

• United have ‘managed to convince’ Sancho to sign for them ‘despite the fact that the agreement has not yet been made official’. Chelsea have shifted their focus to Coutinho.

Source - Sport via @Sport_Witness

Tier - 4

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• United cannot promise titles to Sancho right now, but they can promise him to be the headliner in a new team that is taking shape and according to what was said to me, that's something he likes.

Source - Honigstein for @TheAthletic via @UtdChart

Tier - 1

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Day 7

Date - 7th April, 2020

• Matthijs de Ligt has no intention of leaving Juventus in the next transfer window.

Source - @FabrizioRomano via @UtdDistrict

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Day 8

Date - 8th April, 2020

• Jadon Sancho, Jack Grealish and Jude Bellingham are Manchester United's leading targets.

Source - James Ducker for @TeleFootball

Tier - 2

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• Jadon Sancho's camp believe now is the right time for the player to leave Borussia Dortmund.

Source - Tom Roddy for @TimesSport via @utdreport

Tier - 3

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Day 9

Date - 9th April, 2020

• Sancho is very open to moving to United and back to Manchester where he has friends. Liverpool and Chelsea would not be inclined to spend the sort of money which BvB want.

Source - Laurie Whitwell for @TheAthletic

Tier - 3

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Day 10

Date - 10th April, 2020

• There were no significant updates on this day.

• Day 11

Date - 11th April, 2020

• United are working through a shortlist of strikers before deciding on Ighalo's future. Kane, Håland, Dembele and Werner are being considered.

Source - James Robson for Evening Standard via @utdreport

Tier - 4

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Day 12

Date - 12th April, 2020

• Tottenham have no interest in selling Harry Kane this summer.

Source - Simon Stone for @BBCSport

Tier - 1

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Day 13

Date - 13th April, 2020

• United are in the market for a holding midfielder and Bellingham is seen as potential in that regard, albeit BvB have long been his preferred destination

Source - Laurie Whitwell for The Athletic via @UtdDistrict

Tier - 3

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• Tottenham Hotspur would rebuff any approach for Harry Kane from Manchester United because they are not prepared to sell their best players to a rival club.

Source - Paul Joyce for @TimesSport via @DrCassOle

Tier - 1

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• Manchester United are interested in signing Dayot Upamecano.

Source - Sky Sports

Tier - 3

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Day 14

Date - 14th April, 2020

• "I think it’s a very big possibility that he [Jadon Sancho] will end up at Old Trafford this summer."

Source - @LaurensJulien via @UnitedNewsHub

Tier - 2

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Even though Van de Beek’s agent talks about interest from elsewhere, he refuses to reveal details of those clubs. The possibility of VI receiving information about United’s interest from the agent cannot be ruled out.

Source - VI via @Sport_Witness

Tier - 2

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• United are leaning towards a move for Grealish over Maddison this summer. Ole and Woodward like the former and believe a deal would be easier to do. LCFC could demand £100m+ for Maddison.

Source - Laurie Whitwell for The Athletic via @utdreport

Tier - 3

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• "Arrival of any midfielder is dependent on what happens with Pogba, as Bruno has been such a smash-hit, but Grealish is probably top of the recruitment list should vacancy arise.”

Source - James Cooper for Sky Sports via @UtdDistrict

Tier - 1

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• “Transfer fee and salary wouldn't be a problem for United and when you throw in Sancho's friendship with Marcus Rashford it appears to be a deal that has all the ingredients to happen.”

Source - James Cooper for Sky Sports via @UtdDistrict

Tier - 1

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Day 15

Date - 15th April, 2020

• ' I have it on decent authority that Sancho is very interested in moving to United' and that move looks like it could well happen.

Source - Laurie Whitwell for Talk of the Devil Podcast via @DeveshUTD

Tier - 3

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