Chelsea ‘leading race’ to sign Kobbie Mainoo from Man Utd
- Kobbie Mainoo in talks over new Man Utd contract
- Slow progress in negotiations has sparked rumours of a transfer
- Premier League rivals Chelsea named as leading suitors
Chelsea to leading the race to sign Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo. If he does not extend his contract at Old Trafford.
19-year-old Mainoo inked a four-year contract in 2023, shortly. Before he made his Premier League debut, and is claim the lowest-paid player in the senior squad with a salary of £20,000 per week.
Despite United’s desire to tie him down to https://ufabet999.app an extension and recognise the midfielder as a key first-team player, progress in negotiations over fresh terms has proven slow and there are now growing concerns about Mainoo’s long-term future at United.
Chelsea have positioned themselves at the front of the queue for Mainoo’s signature, seeing the teenager as a star in the making.
It was previously claim. That Mainoo was part of a small group of players. Who United viewed as ‘untouchable’, although David Ornstein argued. That was not the case. Because of the pure profit that could raise by selling an academy graduate like Mainoo.
“If a departure is going to happen [for Marcus Rashford], a sale in particular, maybe it’s more likely in the summer, but it would represent pure profit, something we hear about so much. Because he was an academy graduate,” Ornstein said. “In the same way that Kobbie Mainoo might be, he’s out of contract in 2027 – no news on a new deal.