United didn't do much in the winter transfer window in January, with the club only leasing youth youngster Teden Mengi and subloan Ethan Laird and Tuanzebi to Championship Bournemouth and Serie A Napoli respectively. As for the first-team players, neither new signings have been added nor redundancies have been purged. However, if United are willing to accept flamenco's offer, Brazil international Andreas Pereira is expected to be the first person to sell in the winter window.
Flamengo has already offered €10 million, equivalent to £8 million, in hopes of buying out Pereira on loan. The 26-year-old Pereira was mediocre at the Red Devils and was mocked as "mediocre", but returned to Brazil to play well, scoring five goals in 21 games. For comparison, in 75 games for Manchester United, Pey has only scored four goals and five assists in total, and it can be said that his performance in Brazil is far better than in England.
So while Pereira made a fatal mistake in the Copa Libertadores final, which led to flamenco losing the title, fans and clubs still supported him, hoping to buy it out. Little Pei was very touched and made it clear that he wanted to stay in flamenco and repay the support of the fans with the championship.
Under United's loan contract with Flamengo, the Brazilian club had a preferential buyout clause at the end of the season, but the amount was as high as 20 million euros (16 million pounds). Flamenco does not have so much money, so it is only hoped to be introduced at half price.
Britain's "Sun" said that manchester United's board felt that the price of 10 million was too low and may not accept it. But if the Red Devils do this, they may be blamed by the fans, because everyone knows that there is no club in the world that is willing to spend 20 million euros to buy out Pereira!
But there are many examples of the manchester United club's unexpected operation, including Pereira himself. Last season, he was loaned out to Lazio in Serie A, and at the end of the season, the Blue Eagles also asked about the price of the Manchester United buyout, and got a "£21 million" check price reply. The Italian scoffed, turning around and signing veteran Felipe Anderson from West Ham for £3m, letting him wear the No. 7 shirt left by Pereira.
After halfway through the season, Anderson scored four goals in 27 games and assisted three times. In contrast, when Pereira went on loan to Lazio, he played only 33 games in a season and scored only one goal.
Pereira's contract with Manchester United expires in 2023, and if he refuses to sell for 10 million euros this time, he may be forced to stay in the team, unable to play or sell, just like the Argentine double stars Marcos Rojo and Sergio Romero in the past.
In 2019, Everton asked Manchester United for Rojo, but the Red Devils bid 30 million euros (25 million pounds) to scare off the other side, and in the end, Rojo stayed at Manchester United until the end of his contract, and joined Boca Juniors on a free transfer. A year later, Everton was willing to take on the full salary loan to Romero, but Manchester United asked the other side to give 10 million euros (8 million pounds), the Toffee once again to no avail, and Romero joined Venice in Italy for free after a season of white-collar salary.
Manchester United fans have lamented that the club's transfer sales are worse than the level of reinforcements, which can be said to be a heart higher than the sky, and life is thinner than paper. The British "Manchester Evening News" disclosed that Manchester United's winter window plan has been determined, and it is likely that it will only be in and out.