Ole Gunnar Solskjaer goes through a sweet moment in Manchester United. His team is one of the fittest in Europe and has found stability on the bench net that at the beginning of the season it seemed impossible.
In the last meeting, United thrashed Bournemouth 5-2 and after the match the coach greeted some visiting players. Among them, was central defender Nathan Aké. TV cameras captured a brief conversation between the two, which has now come to light: “We need a left-handed center back, keep it up.” Solsjkaer said to Aké. All a declaration of intent, to congratulate … and to get closer to the Dutch. The truth is The Bournemouth defender is one of Bournemouth's most outstanding players and is on the agendas of the major Premier clubs.
At 25, he has a contract until 2022 and arrived at Bournemouth in 2017 from Chelsea, in exchange for 22.5 million euros. The Stamford Bridge club had a repurchase option but has not made it effective. The truth, is that United is looking for a central defender to accompany Maguire, forced to play many games in the left-handed profile despite being right-handed. The Swedish Lindelof usually accompanies the captain in the middle of the rear, but he is also right-handed. Like the other options, Eric Bailly and Phil Jones. The only left-handed is the Argentine Marcos Rojo, but he does not count as a coach for the red devils. Solskjaer's words again set off rumors of a United offer for Aké.
Matic renews until 2023
United announced on Monday the extension of the Serbian Nemanja Matic contract, 31 years old. The midfielder will be a United player until 2023, after extending his relationship to 35 years. “I am very happy to continue being part of this great club”, said the Serbian, who came to the club from Chelsea in 2017 for almost € 45M.