Man Utd in transfer talks over signing Aston Villa player who’s regularly on bench to plug Marcus Rashford hole

MANCHESTER UNITED are talks implicit signing Aston Villa winger Leon Bailey earlier the extremity of the January window, reports say.

Any woody for Bailey would beryllium abstracted from Marcus Rashford's pending indebtedness determination to Villa for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.

Rashford’s exit means United request to plug a spread successful attacking areas and capable the spread successful Ruben Amorim's squad.

United are yet to beforehand talks with Villa implicit Bailey but it is understood that Ineos similar a indebtedness woody first, according to The Athletic.

The 27-year-old was a instrumentality favourite astatine Villa Park but is not a guaranteed starter nether Unai Emery.

He has started 13 of Villa's 23 Premier League games this play and been subbed connected 7 times, being unused doubly and injured once.

But the winger has started 5 of the club's 8 Champions League fixtures, arsenic Emery's broadside automatically qualified for the last-16.

Bailey has scored once successful the Prem this term - a precocious victor against Leicester successful January.

But helium was 1 of Villa's standout performers past season, with 10 goals and 9 assists during their march to Champions League qualification.

Bailey joined Villa from Bayer Leverkusen successful 2021 and has scored 21 times crossed 134 appearances, including 14 goals successful 2023-24.

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Rashford volition articulation Villa connected a impermanent woody for the remainder of the run and acquisition his aesculapian connected Sunday.

Villa person agreed to wage 70 per cent of the England international's £325,000-a-week salary.

It’s understood that Villa besides person the enactment to marque Rashford’s determination permanent successful the summer window for £40 million.

While Rashford, 27, likes to play arsenic a left-sided winger, Jamaican planetary Bailey operates connected the close flank.

United archetypal looked astatine Bailey backmost successful 2016, erstwhile helium was inactive successful his teens.

Jim Lawlor, the club's main scout astatine the time, watched Bailey successful enactment for Genk against Sassuolo and saw him people arsenic the Belgian broadside won 3-1.

United past eyed him up again during his 4 twelvemonth spell astatine Leverkusen, but ended up landing Jadon Sancho.

United are present focused connected signing a replacement for their home-grown star.

The nine unveiled near wing-back Patrick Dorgu and Arsenal youngster Ayden Heaven astatine Old Trafford this afternoon.

The nine person already made an attack for Bayern Munich winger Mathys Tel, who has already rejected a determination to Tottenham this week.

Arsenal person present joined the race for Tel.