Manu Kone: Fabrizio Romano drops update on United’s pursuit of French midfielder

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14 July 2026

Manchester United have wrapped up two midfield deals this week, but the club’s recruitment team are not resting.

With the arrivals of Youri Tielemans and Andrey Santos, United now have two midfielders who excel at breaking lines with their passing.

The Red Devils entered the summer transfer window aiming to bring in three midfielders, and they have already identified the profile of their next midfield signing.

On Monday, The Athletic’s David Ornstein

suggested

that

Manchester United

will target midfielders with “legs” to complement Kobbie Mainoo and the two new arrivals.

Now, according to

Fabrizio Romano

, United are “reaching out” to the agents of defensive midfielders after securing Youri Tielemans and Andrey Santos.

“Manu Kone among players being mentioned in internal talks and with initial approach on player side; not the only one,” Romano wrote on X.

Speaking on his

YouTube channel

, the Italian journalist revealed that United “made a call to the agents of” Kone.

The AS Roma midfielder, who has been described as

“enormously underrated”

, is thought to be one of the players Jason Wilcox and company appreciate.

Manu Kone

emerged as one of France’s most effective players at the World Cup. He filled in for the injured Aurelien Tchouameni against Paraguay and Morocco during the knockout stages.

The 6’1″ midfield dynamo did not let Les Bleus miss Tchouameni’s imposing presence ahead of the backline. Furthermore, in possession, he arguably performed better than the Real Madrid star.

Source:

Sofascore

Kone

has three years left on his contract in Rome, but the Giallorossi could

seemingly be forced

into a sale due to financial reasons. It has been suggested that it would take at least £47 million to bring the Serie A outfit to the negotiating table.

Meanwhile, Romano believes United have more defensive midfielders on their list of targets.

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