According to the Times, Manchester United regardEd Frank Rice as the number one target in the summer window, and West Ham United's price tag for the "British Emperor Star" is 140 million euros, which is a sky-high price. At the same time, core players such as C Luo may leave.
Rice, 23, has grown rapidly in recent years and is now england's main midfielder. Rice has a good quality on both ends of the board, scoring four goals and assisting four times in 32 games this season, and some have already compared him to the old Gerrard. Such a brilliant local star has triggered a scramble between the Giants of the Premier League, with Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City and others all paying attention to Rice's situation. Rice's contract expires two and a half years before Moyes said his disciple was worth "more than 100 million euros."
West Ham set their "starting price" for Rice: £1.20! (About 1.14 euros) and it's a bit crazy for the price. Currently, the Premier League's signing cost record was set by Romelu Lukaku last summer (115 million), and Rice's transfer fee is bound to set a new record, which will make him the most expensive signing in Premier League history.
United have allegedly seen Rice as their preferred target for the summer window, they are willing and able to meet West Ham's asking price, and City and Chelsea will not back down. In order to raise this huge amount of money, Manchester United need to send some players away, and Lingard, Pogba, Cavani and others are basically determined to leave the team, which can also free up salary space. In addition, Ronaldo may also leave the team, the Portuguese superstar has returned to Old Trafford for less than a season, but if the team fails to qualify for next season's Champions League, he may choose to leave. At present, Manchester United are 4th in the Premier League, and the situation of competing for four is good, but there are still 12 rounds to play, and there are many variables.
There are also many problems in the United defence, with the other three centre-backs outside of Varane having their own problems, especially the recent state of captain Maguire. United want to bring in at least one new centre-back in the summer window, and they have identified two targets, Namely Rudiger and Accangi.
Rudiger's contract is about to expire in the summer and he has a big disagreement with Chelsea. United are said to be willing to meet Rudiger's weekly salary demand of about 200,000 pounds, and exempt the German iron gate in the summer window. However, Manchester United need to compete with real Madrid and Bayern giants, and the possibility of Rudiger and Chelsea negotiating a contract extension in the later stage cannot be ruled out.
Akanji, a 26-year-old Swiss international whose contract with Borussia Dortmund has 17 months to go, has just turned down a offer to renew his contract with an annual salary of 8 million. United are willing to offer Akanji an annual salary of 10 million, and the player's transfer fee is about 30 million, which is basically unimpeded.