99% done: Manchester United is ‘ready to put €30m’ on the table for Carlos Baleba, a star player for Lille.
Carlos Baleba, a 19-year-old playmaker for Lille, is wanted by four Premier League teams, including Manchester United.
This is what La Voix des Sports and Sport Witness say about Baleba. They say that United and Newcastle are “the most insistent” on getting him.
Several English Premier League teams have “ticked” Baleba’s name, which means they agree that he should be signed.
The Red Devils are said to be “ready to put €30m” on the table to get Baleba. This is a huge amount for a player who only started getting noticed last season.
Sport Witness says, “The player’s group wouldn’t confirm the name of any club, but they did confirm the possible fee.”
Amadou Onana, who plays for Everton and moved from Lille to Everton last summer, is often compared to Baleba.
The Toffees saved themselves from being kicked out of the Premier League on the last day of the season by bringing in the Everton star.
Onana is a player that United has been tied to as they look for midfielders to add to their team.
Baleba is only worth €3 million to Transfermarkt.
Even though he was young, the Cameroonian made an impressive 19 starts in Ligue 1 last season.
Paulo Fonseca, the manager of Lille, put a lot of faith in the young player by giving him five starts out of these 19 games.
The fαct that United went straight to Lille for Baleba instead of waiting for a feeder club to get him easily so they could sell him a few years later for a lot more money is a nice change of pace for the Old Trafford team.