Ruben Amorim eyes move for Premier League star as Man Utd boss decides transfer priority

Manchester United caput manager Ruben Amorim is apt to beryllium moving with a constricted transportation fund successful January but that hasn't stopped him from targeting players up of 2025

Manchester United brag Ruben Amorim is said to person acceptable his sights connected Wolves defender Rayan Ait-Nouri.

The erstwhile Sporting Lisbon chief, 39, oversaw his archetypal crippled since joining the Red Devils connected Sunday, wherever the size of the task present facing him was made wide arsenic United drew 1-1 with Ipswich Town.

It's already been reported that Amorim volition beryllium moving with a constricted fund successful January arsenic United question to comply with the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability Rules. But that hasn't stopped the Portuguese manager from targeting Ait-Nouri.

The Algeria international, 23, has been 1 of the fewer agleam sparks for Wolves this play during their torrid commencement to the run - and it seems arsenic though that has alerted immoderate of their top-flight rivals.

According to The Sun, Amorim has made strengthening astatine left-back - wherever United person been abbreviated owed to injuries to Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia - a priority, with Ait-Nouri his preferred target.

The study goes connected to assertion that Ait-Nouri, who has registered 3 goals and 2 assists successful the Premier League this season, is unfastened to leaving Molineux successful 2025.

Liverpool person antecedently been credited with an involvement successful the attacking wing-back, who has clocked up much than 100 appearances successful the top-flight since joining Wolves. He is nether declaration with the nine until the summertime of 2026.

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While it remains to beryllium seen if either United oregon Wolves would beryllium unfastened to doing a woody for Ait-Nouri mid-season, helium isn't the lone Premier League prima connected the Red Devils radar heading into the wintertime transportation window.

It emerged past week that Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite is inactive a people for United, who saw much than 1 bid rejected by the Toffees successful the summer. That hasn't deterred them, though, with Branthwaite yet to motion a caller declaration astatine Goodison Park.

Branthwaite is seen arsenic a subordinate who could thrive successful Amorim's favoured 3-4-3 system, with United unfastened to making a determination for the subordinate successful January owed to precocious involvement successful his services from elsewhere. The centre-half does, however, inactive person 3 years near to tally connected his existent deal, putting Everton successful a beardown position.

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