In keeping with Belgian outlet Het Nieuwsblad, Manchester United have scouted Royal Antwerp midfielder Mandela Keita on a number of events over the previous few months.
Man United are prone to strengthen the defensive midfield division in the summertime with a number of gamers within the squad underperforming. Sofyan Amrabat has been an enormous disappointment on mortgage from Fiorentina whereas Casemiro has seemed previous his prime and has struggled with the depth in quite a lot of video games.
Scott McTominay has additionally been inconsistent along with his general performances and there was an overreliance on younger graduate Kobbie Mainoo in latest months. Het Nieuwsblad now report that United are constantly monitoring the performances of Mandela at Antwerp and so they have additionally made contact along with his consultant to debate a attainable transfer.
Nothing else is specified within the report, however it’s claimed {that a} proposal could possibly be made by golf equipment in the direction of the summer season. West Ham United, Nottingham Forest and quite a lot of Championship golf equipment are additionally mentioned to be eager on the Belgian ace, who has been a daily starter from the no.6 function for the reigning Belgian champions.
Good potential
Arthur Vermeeren was super for Antwerp of their brief Champions League group stage marketing campaign. The Belgian teenager scored within the shock 3-2 overcome Barcelona and inside a month, he made the transfer to Spanish giants Atletico Madrid. It was a shock as many anticipated him to determine his future in the summertime.
Identical to Vermeeren, Keita made a reputation for himself in Europe. He solely began in 3 of the video games because of a knee damage, however 2 of these had been in opposition to the Blaugrana. The 21-year-old was sensible along with his tackling, duel-winning means and ball recoveries for Antwerp. He additionally impressed along with his interceptions and ball management in tight areas.
This will have grabbed the eye of the talent-spotters at United. The membership could need a younger no.6 to play alongside Mainoo and Keita could possibly be the reply. The midfielder, who has already received a cap with Belgium, has good potential however nonetheless has to enhance along with his distribution to be thought-about as greater than a younger prospect.
