According to british media, Manchester United's offer is only 5 million pounds away from Wolves' pricing for Ruben Neves. But Wolves are confident the Red Devils won't sign the Portugal international before the winter window closes, and Neves could play for the team until this summer.
The British "Sun" said that Manchester United was interested in bringing in the 24-year-old Neves earlier this month, and the club hoped to sign Neves for 35 million pounds. However, this price did not reach the psychological price of Wolves, who wanted a transfer fee of 40 million to 45 million pounds.
Although it seems that there is only a difference of 5 million, Wolves feel that Manchester United will not raise the offer, the Red Devils have a similar precedent in the past, Mourinho when he is in charge, asked to bring in Croatian winger Perisic, Manchester United gave an offer, thinking that Inter will definitely accept in order to meet the financial fair play rules, who knows the other side resolutely does not comply, and finally Mourinho has no chance to get the sabre.
Wolves have two more years to go on a contract with Neves, with the Portuguese midfielder eager to play in Europe and the team looking to qualify for the Europa League this season. It is reported that Neves had a good time at the Molyneux Stadium, but has no intention of renewing his contract for the time being and is waiting to see the future.
If Manleon signs Neves in January, it will have to hurry up, because if winger Adama Traoré joins Barca or Tottenham, Wolves may not let Neves go at the same time.
Whether United sign Neves or other new midfield signings, it will be a fatal blow for Dutch midfielder Van de Beek. Since joining Manchester United for £39m, Van de Beek's coveted transfer has turned into a nightmare.
Britain's Manchester Evening News revealed a tragic tidbit. Last month, when Van de Beek left his downtown apartment to the Laurie Hotel, where he stayed before the Manchester League, fans at a nearby house chanted his name: "Downey, Downey!"
Xiao Fan thought that his fans were encouraging him, and when he looked up, the other party immediately shouted the second half of the sentence: "You are shit!"
It turned out that it wasn't his fans, but fans of United's sworn enemies, holding white, blue and yellow flags, which were the colors of Leeds United.
Last week at Brentford, Van de Beek was treated better, and after he finished warm-up, some enthusiastic fans chanted his name, applauded him and shouted, "We love you." Van der Beek waved at them.
United and team reporters are used to the same plot, every time they come to the scene of the game, they will see Van de Beek familiar with the stadium 90 minutes before the start of the game, and then sit on the bench, after the game, while the stadium administrator sorts out the turf, he is on the side to jog after the game, which is a routine for players who have not played.
In a year and a half with Manchester United, Van der Beek has only made four Premier League starts, two of which have been pointless games, including a former double against Leicester City with Liverpool and Wolves who played away to Neves before the Europa League final. This season, Phil Jones has started more in the Premier League than Fan.
Sources said van der Beek was disappointed, especially believing that former manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had deceived him, for which the Netherlands international fired then-agent Guido Albels. But his personal situation has not improved, interim manager Lonnick, like the manager, wants to keep Van de Beek, but does not want to reuse him, they only see the Dutchman as a "prepared" substitute.
Manchester United fans and even teammates are very sympathetic to Van der Beek, and in last November's Manchester Derby, the Red Devils fell behind Manchester City 0-2 to lose, but Van de Beek received loud applause from the audience when he came off the bench at garbage time.
According to the Manchester Evening News, Van der Beek's move to Manchester United was doomed to fail as he was never the club's first choice for signings(doomed to fail by his ranking on Manchester United's transfer shortlist).
The player Solskjaer wanted to buy at the time was Aston Villa captain Glallish and the second option was Leicester City's James Madison, but both were priced at £80m, with Manchester United opting for the cheaper Van der Beek with a £35m down payment plus a $4 million floating clause, the deal was closed, but he was only United's third option.
United's data analysts believe he is too small to succeed in the Premier League, even if Pogba is injured and Bruno Fernandez is suspended, he did not get a chance to start.
Van de Beek was also unlucky, with Lonnick giving him a start in the inconsequential group stage finale of the Champions League when his pass was cut off, causing the underdog Berner youngster to equalise. Now, Van de Beek hopes to leave Manchester United on loan before the Premier League closes its winter window at 23:00 next Monday night, and his future father-in-law, Bergkamp, has contacted Crystal Palace for him, whose manager Vieira was the Arsenal team-mate of the Ice Prince.
The Manchester Evening News reported that there were even indications that even Ajax manager Ten haag had succeeded Ronnick as manchester United's official manager, which would not have stopped Van der Beek from seeking a permanent transfer this summer, as he had already been heartbroken by Manchester United.