After United's 4-0 defeat to Liverpool, Lonnick boasted that the club would undergo a massive rebuild this summer, possibly bringing in up to 10 players. In the past, the Red Devils have never acquired so many players in a single season, and usually four or five people are already the limit. If Lonnick's promise is to be fulfilled, I am afraid that it will first need to clear the redundant staff of the squad. And the British media disclosed good news, and Andreas Pereira and Martial, who may have been returned before, as long as Manchester United cut prices, may be bought out by Flamengo and Sevilla.
Flamengo reached a deal with Manchester United at the beginning of the year to buy out their loan-winning Pereira for 10 million euros (£9 million). In the last season in Brazil, he played well, scoring 5 goals and assisting 1 time. However, after the start of the season, Xiao Pei played poorly, lost the main position, and was even booed by the fans of the team, and Flamengo has not completed the formalities of really buying him out.
The Manchester Evening News reported that United had been asking flamenco to send someone to Manchester for a trade, but there was no response. Now, flamenco magnate Marcos Bratz explains why, saying it's partly because of Pereira's mistake in last season's Copa Libertadores final, which led to the team's 2-1 defeat to Palmeiras and missing out on the title.
Coupled with its sluggish performance this season and its mistakes, the club's board expressed concerns about permanent transfers and asked for a postponement of the trade. Bratz stressed that Pereira's loan period is until July this year, and he is not worried about not being able to complete the transfer in the end.
The flamenco magnate said: "The fact that Andreas (Pereira) made a fatal mistake in the crucial final was an important weight in the transfer. We went to Manchester for the first round of negotiations because United asked us to go there and negotiate in person and they didn't want to just communicate via email. We respected each other's demands and flew to England."
In addition, a loan from flamenco was frozen by the Central Bank of Brazil, which also led to their lack of funds to operate Pereira's transfer. Bratz stressed: "We are calm and even because of the player's contract until July 30, we will use this time to make decisions cautiously. We must also respect the pressure of the audience and make calm judgments."
Brazilian media believe that Flamengo is hoping that Manchester United can continue to reduce prices, otherwise the introduction of Pereira for 10 million euros is not a cost-effective deal. The authoritative German transfer market network has a valuation of only 7.5 million euros (6.22 million pounds). The same thing happened to Manchester United's demon king Martial, who was rented out to La Liga Sevilla in January this year.
Since joining Sevilla, Martial has scored just one goal in 11 games and has been booed by spectators at the Estadio Piz juan. The manager has two years left on his contract with Manchester United, and there is no mandatory buyout clause in the loan contract. It was previously rumored that Sevilla did not plan to make a permanent transfer. However, this week its sporting director Monchi said that if Martial decides to leave Manchester United, at the right price, Sevilla will not rule out a buyout.
Munch told Radio Sevilla: "Martial's transfer is cheaper than you think, six or seven million euros, but for us, it is still a lot of money. Unfortunately, Martial is injured again and it's hard to analyze his level of performance. I'm not going to close the door to buying him out, there's still a lot to discuss with the players after the season."
If United try to take back the €53 million (£44 million) when Anthony Martial was brought in, I'm afraid Sevilla won't accept it. But if United lower the asking price, such as the sale at the German transfer market network's valuation of 28 million euros (23 million pounds), then Martial should still have a market.