Manchester United’s interest in Ronald Araújo ‘deflates’

THE ‘RED DEVILS’ WOULD HAVE ANOTHER PRIORITY FOR THIS SUMMER

Ronald Araújo’s future at FC Barcelona continues to be a topic that attracts the attention of several sectors of the international football landscape. It seems that this situation will be removed after he finishes his participation in Glass America with the Uruguayan national team. Once the charrúa performance in the said continental competition had reached its conclusion, there will be a meeting between the player’s representative and Deco, the sporting director of the Catalan club, to present him with a salary increase proposal. that, as “Esport3” from “Catalonia Ràdio”, it would increase to 13.5 M€ gross per season. The East mount would place him among the five highest-paid footballers in the Barcelona outfit and would represent a considerable increase compared to the €7m gross he currently receives.

However, while clarifying this situation, the continuity of the Rivera native at the club, with which he has an agreement until 2026, is still in limbo. Faced with this, it’s no surprise that rumors of clubs interested in his services are starting to gain strength. In this sense, Manchester United seemed quite interested in hiring the ‘4’ of the Barcelona distribution to strengthen their defensive line.

Manchester United have “cooled” their interest in Ronald Araújo

However, the interest of the “Network Devils” in the incorporation of Ronald Araújo seems to be much minor compared to what he originally represented. In fact, as journalist Matteo Moretto reported, on time, Old Trafford are increasingly distant from the idea and are making no move to incorporate the defender into their staff this summer.

in his time Moretto suggests Manchester United appear to be leaning more towards signing Bayern Munich defender Matthijs de la Ligt. This is a name Red Devils coach Erik Have Hag knows well, having had him under his management at Ajax. Therefore, this move would have some logic, as it would not be the first time that the Dutch technician looks for the card of a footballer who has already trained before, as happened in the case of Frenkie of Jong.

Now it will be necessary to see how the negotiations with Ronald Araújo develop before the next summer of the market. Although charrúa seems to want to stay at FC Barcelona and Hansi Flick has him in his sporting project as a key piece of the saga, if they cannot reach an agreement to renew his deal, Barça will have to be open to sell him in the same summer, with the end to get as much economic profit as possibletaking advantage of the fact that they have more bargaining power because his deal expires in 2026.