Manchester United to bid for Pau Torres in January and more transfer rumours

United will be without left-back Alex Telles, who is still absent after testing positive for Covid-19, with Eric Bailly and Jesse Lingard also missing out through injury. Marcos Rojo, Phil Jones and Sergio Romero aren't registered for United in this competition.Dean Henderson, Axel Tuanzebe, Donny van de Beek and Juan Mata are all pushing for starts against Basaksehir, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer likely to freshen up his team after the Arsenal defeat at the weekend.

straight to your inbox every day, free Manchester United have left Sergio Romero and Phil Jones out of their 25-man squad submitted to the Premier League, but Marcos Rojo is included. Goalkeeper Romero wanted to join Everton on deadline day and his wife accused the club of showing him 'no respect' by denying him the loan move.

straight to your inbox every day, freeErling Braut Haaland would rather join Real Madrid than Manchester United when he leaves Borussia Dortmund, according to reports.Haaland has firmly established himself as one of the world's best young strikers over the last year after initially bursting onto the scene at Red Bull Salzburg before joining Dortmund last January.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer coached his countryman at Molde and United were interested in signing the 20-year-old before he moved to Germany,

straight to your inbox every day, freeOle Gunnar Solskjaer has refused to say whether Sergio Romero, Marcos Rojo and Phil Jones still have futures at Manchester United. The trio were excluded from United's 25-man Champions League squad and Romero's wife, Eliana Guercio, accused United of showing her husband 'no respect' by denying him a deadline day transfer.

straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United could use star midfielder Paul Pogba in a swap-deal to sign Federico Valverde from Real Madrid, according to reports.Although the window shut at the beginning of October, Pogba has once again fuelled speculation that he could leave Old Trafford by declaring it's a 'dream' of his to play for Los Blancos.Zinedine Zidane's side have long been linked with the Frenchman but a move has not yet materialised and it was announced on Friday that

straight to your inbox every day, freeFormer Manchester United coach Rene Meulensteen has identified two key areas he feels the club made mistakes in during the summer transfer window.It was a window of mixed fortunes for United as they missed out on main target Jadon Sancho but managed to land the likes of Alex Telles and Edinson Cavani.Meulensteen has wondered why it took United until transfer deadline day to sign Cavani, however, and argued that the club should have prioritised signing a

straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United star Paul Pogba is 'interested' in joining Barcelona on a free, according to reports.Although the transfer window has now closed until January, Pogba has been stoking speculation over the last week as he once again threw his future at United into doubt by casting flirtatious glances at Real Madrid's direction.The Frenchman has long been linked with a move to Zinedine Zidane's side and while away on international duty he said: "We have all

straight to your inbox every day, freeSevila centre-back Jules Kounde is reportedly the latest name that Manchester United have added to their defender shortlist.Despite a late flurry of activity on transfer deadline day that salvaged their summer, United frustrated supporters by not bringing a new centre-back to Old Trafford before the deadline.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side have had a dreadful start to the Premier League season, conceding 11 goals in their opening three games, and the defence has

straight to your inbox every day, freePaul Pogba retains the support of the Manchester United dressing room despite openly flirting with Real Madrid again.Pogba, 27, expressed his desire to join Madrid while on international duty with France last week, having said it was a 'dream' to play for the Bernabeu club in March 2019.The MEN understands Pogba's popularity at United has not waned amid his open interest in a move to Real and the players still believe he is the best player at the club. 

straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United are planning a move for Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane next summer - according to reports in Spain.United were linked with a host of defenders during the summer transfer window but did not sign a central defender.

straight to your inbox every day, freeBarcelona could reportedly sell Ousmane Dembele for just €50million in the January transfer window with Manchester United mentioned as a possible destination.Dembele was a summer target for the Reds as they sought alternatives to bringing in Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund.

straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United will target a new centre-back next summer and Dayot Upamecano, Raphael Varane and Kalidou Koulibaly are all on their shortlist, according to reports.The transfer window came to a close earlier this week and United secured four signings on deadline day, though none of them were a centre-back.Calls for the club to strengthen their back-line intensified following last weekend's 6-1 loss to Tottenham, with Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelof and

United completed deadline day transfers for Edinson Cavani, Alex Telles and Facundo Pellistri, to add to the addition of Donny van de Beek earlier in the window.

straight to your inbox every day, freeHere are the latest Manchester United evening headlines for Thursday, October 8.Manchester United squad for Champions League group phase confirmedManchester United have revealed their squad for the Champions League group stages with new signings Alex Telles, Edinson Cavani and Facundo Pellistri all included.Unfortunately, there was less good news for a trio of first-team players with Sergio Romero, Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo all omitted from the 25-man

straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United and Liverpool are leading the race to sign RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano, according to reports.United sold Chris Smalling to Roma on deadline day but failed to offload Marcos Rojo and Phil Jones.

straight to your inbox every day, freeBarcelona are furious with Ousmane Dembele for rejecting a move to Manchester United as it cost them the chance to sign Memphis Depay, according to reports.The transfer window finally came to a close on Monday and it was a busy deadline day for United, who secured the services of four more players following the earlier signing of Donny van de Beek.Borussia Dortmund star Jadon Sancho did not arrive despite being Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's top target for a number

straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United have no intention of signing any players from further down the English Football League pyramid ahead of next week's domestic transfer deadline.United experienced a busy end to the international window which saw the club agree deals for four new players on Monday.Edinson Cavani, Alex Telles, Amad Diallo and Facundo Pellistri joined Donny van de Beek as the new summer arrivals at Old Trafford as they continue their revamp under Ole Gunnar

straight to your inbox every day, freeLiverpool and Bayern Munich have overtaken Manchester United in the race to sign Jadon Sancho, according to reports.The summer transfer window came to a close on Monday night and while United managed to complete four deals before the the deadline, none of them were top target Sancho.United had identified Sancho as their priority months in advance of the window but after missing Borussia Dortmund's August 10 deadline for a deal to be done and failing to meet

Daily Mail that the former Paris Saint-Germain striker, 33, is demanding more than £200,000-per-week and that Atletico Madrid, Benfica and Inter Miami are all keen.Cavani is vastly experienced and played alongside another former United free agent in Zlatan Ibrahimovic for PSG.