Man Utd savaged as Chelsea star issues one-word response to transfer question

Manchester United aren’t enjoying the champion of times connected the transportation and person conscionable been made to look foolish disconnected of it by an in-form Chelsea player

Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana has ridiculed struggling Manchester United, comically admitting helium would ne'er articulation the Red Devils.

Fofana arrived astatine Stamford Bridge successful the summertime of 2022, having emerged during a two-year spell with Leicester City. His £70million positive add-ons interest raised eyebrows but promised the Blues a antiaircraft stalwart.

However, a genu wounded sustained during his debut play sidelined him for astir of the term, and his sick luck continued into 2023, with an ACL teardrop seeing him miss an full twelvemonth of football. Now, nether Enzo Maresca, Fofana is backmost to afloat fittingness and playing regularly, helping his broadside to a 2-1 location triumph implicit Newcastle this weekend.

At the aforesaid clip arsenic this victory, United were being enactment to the sword by the aforesaid people successful eastbound London. With the Manchester nine present sitting down successful 14th, their wounds had brackish rubbed into them by the Frenchman, who amusingly claimed post-match helium would ne'er leap vessel for Old Trafford.

Driving backmost from the Newcastle clash, Fofana tin beryllium seen successful his car speaking and taking photographs with complementary fans. However, erstwhile a instrumentality of the Red Devils approaches and asks, "are you coming to United”, the 23-year-old tin beryllium heard laughing and simply replies: “Never.”

The instrumentality further questions, “why not?” It prompted Fofana to past waggle his digit successful the aerial portion continuing to prolong an amused grin astatine the thought of joining the in-peril United.

Fofana is heading successful the close absorption to warranting his immense transportation interest this campaign, and caller brag Maresca has been complimentary of his performances, stating earlier successful the term: “Wes is simply a subordinate that I truly love. I americium successful emotion with Wes!

“He is doing fantastic aft 1 twelvemonth injured and, for immoderate subordinate successful the world, erstwhile you are retired for 1 twelvemonth and past you travel back, it is not easy, and helium is doing top. This is the lone happening we privation from him.”

On the different hand, those who person been brought successful to antheral the backline astatine Old Trafford person been acold from satisfactory. Despite its arguable nature, Matthijs de Ligt, who arrived from Bayern Munich for £42million this summer, gave distant the precocious punishment that saw United stunned astatine the London Stadium.

The Dutchman has been considered lacklustre truthful acold this term, and those astir him person often been the taxable of criticism, too, particularly during immoderate of the club's much embarrassing results against the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham - some of which ended 3-0 to the opposition.

Such antiaircraft frailties, partnered with a deficiency of attacking potency, person seen manager Ten Hag called into question. A 2-1 triumph against Brentford reinstalled him with immoderate trust, but this latest nonaccomplishment has seen the calls turn erstwhile much for him to beryllium relieved of his duties.

Fofana’s Chelsea question to Old Trafford connected Sunday successful a crunch match, and the defender could treble down connected his mercilessness by helping his broadside enactment the last nail successful under-pressure Ten Hag and United's coffin.

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