Everton will struggle to convince Amadou Onana to stay if Manchester United table bid
Everton will struggle to convince Amadou Onana to stay at the club if Manchester United intensify their interest in him, according to DH Les Sports+.
Writing on their official website (15 August), the Belgian news outlet reports that Everton will demand at least £50m from the Red Devils to allow Onana to leave the club.
However while they have no intention of selling him and expect him to have a strong second season in the Premier League under Sean Dyche, they admit the player could find a move to Old Trafford too good to turn down.
“The Toffees are unlikely to accept an offer of less than £50m (€58m) to let go of the 21-year-old,” he wrote.
“Liverpool club officials believe his value could rise further if he has a second strong season in the Premier League. But it will no doubt be difficult to convince Onana to stay at Goodison Park if interest from the Red Devils intensifies.”
Uncomfortable
Everton’s stance in the transfer window is usually quite strong to start with, but eventually gets weaker and weaker before we’re forced to do business on someone else’s terms.
We saw it with Richarlison where we demanded £80m before eventually caving to £60m, and Anthony Gordon who wasn’t for sale under any circumstances before eventually leaving for around £45m in the middle of the season.
If Manchester United come in with a big offer for Onana looking to make him part of their midfield, with Champions League football and aspirations of winning the title then you’d expect Onana to be interested in that.
Sean Dyche has been struggling with goals in the team and with incoming transfers seemingly hard to come by right now, the extra money could be a boost too.
It makes for an uncomfortable end to the window, with fans knowing that the right offer could see any of our top players leave and potentially leaving us short for the first half of the campaign.
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