Manchester United are ‘contemplating’ a shock swoop for Chelsea left-back Ben Chilwell to supply competitors for Luke Shaw, in response to Every day Mail.
Shaw suffered from a recurring muscle harm that stored him out for 227 days and a complete of 34 matches throughout all competitions final season. The 28-year-old solely made 12 Premier League appearances and 15 throughout all competitions throughout a massively irritating marketing campaign.
Tyrell Malacia additionally missed an enormous portion of final season resulting from harm, so understandably, Man Utd are more and more involved about their left-back choices and need to reinforce that place this summer time.
The Every day Mail are reporting that the Pink Devils have earmarked Chilwell as one of many choices they’re ‘contemplating’ a transfer for to supply competitors for Shaw and Malacia.
The membership’s hierarchy are holding a recruitment assembly to debate potential offers that embrace Chilwell, Joshua Zirkzee, Matthijs de Ligt, and Jarrad Branthwaite as they appear to strengthen their squad this summer time.
Chilwell is contracted to Chelsea till 2027 with a €28m (£23m) switch valuation by Transfermarkt, however it stays to be seen if the Pink Devils will formalise their curiosity with a proper transfer for the Englishman.
Proper alternative?
Each Shaw and Chilwell are gamers who often spend prolonged spells on the sidelines with accidents.
With United in search of gamers to bolster their squad, notably in defence, swooping for Chelsea’s vice-captain doesn’t completely make sense presently.
Erik Ten Hag’s facet suffered a myriad of accidents to his backline so he wants to usher in dependable gamers who know how one can keep match. In what can be a must-improve season, the summer time switch window ought to hand them the possibility to bolster their squad with rather more high quality to compete for titles and Champions League qualification subsequent season.
Whereas Chilwell possesses immense crossing capacity, and fluidity whereas in possession, his defensive capacity is usually questionable and isn’t notably an improve to Shaw. Plus, his harm historical past makes him a dangerous choice.
With the Every day Mail reporting that the previous Leicester Metropolis man is just an choice amongst a bunch of others doable targets, it could make sense for Man Utd to maneuver on to options relatively than go for Chilwell.
