Manchester United na sa ido kan Andrey Santos, dan wasan tsakiyar filin Chelsea, yayin da manaja Michael Carrick ke neman mafita ga matsalar da ke karuwa a tsakiyar filin, bayan da shirye-shiryen ɗaukar 'yan wasan klabu suka lalace saboda raunuka, gasa, da tattaunawar da ta kasa.

Tsakiyar filin da aka bar fanko

United sun shiga lokacin rani da niyyar sayar da Manuel Ugarte su kuma sayi wanda zai maye gurbinsa. Waɗannan shirye-shirye sun ruguje lokacin da ɗan wasan mai shekaru 25 ya samu abin da ya kwatanta da "mafi tsananin rauni da ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa zai iya fuskanta" a wasan karshen kofin duniya tsakanin Uruguay da Spain — wanda ake zaton ya ƙunshi lalacewar ligament din gwiwar ƙafa wanda zai iya dakatar da shi fiye da 2026.

Da yake kwangilar Casemiro ta ƙare a ranar 30 ga Yuni, Kobbie Mainoo yanzu shine kawai ɗan wasan tsakiyar filin da aka amince da shi a cikin ƙungiyar manyan 'yan wasa. Sai dai idan aka ƙarfafa ƙungiyar Carrick, Mainoo zai kasance da Mason Mount kawai — wanda ake kallonsa a matsayin ɗan wasan farma — lokacin da atisayen kafin kakar wasa ya fara ranar 9 ga Yuli.

Manufofi da aka toshe a kowane juyi

Kamfen ɗin rani na United ya cika da cikas. Elliot Anderson, babban manufofin su na tsakiyar filin, ya koma Manchester City daga Nottingham Forest a cikin kuɗi na tarihin klabu wato £116 miliyan, yarjejeniyar da aka cimma a ranar 25 ga Yuni. 'Yan kwanaki bayan haka, a ranar 2 ga Yuli, Tottenham ya biya West Ham kuɗin tarihin klabu na £85 miliyan don Mateus Fernandes — ɗan wasan da United suka yi ƙoƙari sosai su sanya hannu da shi.

An fahimci cewa United suna shirye su yi daidai da wannan adadi — har da ƙarin kuɗaɗe — amma sun kammala cewa kowane tayin da suka yi zai sa kawai Tottenham su ɗaga nasu tayin. West Ham, ƙarƙashin sabon shugaban haɗin gwiwa Daniel Kretinsky, sun tsaya tsayin daka kan kimanta fiye da £80 miliyan a duk tattaunawar.

An cimma yarjejeniyar £35 miliyan tare da Atalanta don Ederson, ko da yake kiran sa na ɗan gajeren lokaci zuwa ƙungiyar Brazil yana nufin ba za a iya kammala gwajin lafiyar sa ba har sai ƙungiyar Carlo Ancelotti ta fita daga gasar — sannan a sami hutu na tilas na makonni uku.

Santos da sauran zaɓuɓɓuka a tebur

Santos, mai shekaru 22, ya buga wasanni 43 tare da Chelsea a kakar da ta gabata kuma ya yi fice a ƙarƙashin tsohon manaja Liam Rosenior a Strasbourg. Salon wasan sa — ɗan wasan tsakiya mai ƙarfi da ke rufe duk filin — yana kawo kwatancen Casemiro zuwa tunani, ko da yake yana da ƙarancin ƙwarewa a matakin koli. BBC Sport ta ba da rahoto a ranar 3 ga Yuli cewa kulake da yawa suna da sha'awar sa, kuma waɗanda ke kusa da Santos suna alama a buɗe ga canja wuri. An ambaci kuɗin da ya kai kusa da £50 miliyan.

Alex Scott na Bournemouth ana ɗaukar shi a matsayin babban manufofin United a wannan mataki, ko da yake Arsenal ma suna sha'awar sa. Ɗan wasan mai shekaru 22 ya buga wasanni 37 na gasar a kakar da ta gabata yayin da Bournemouth suka ƙare a matsayi na shida — mafi kyawun matsayin tarihin su a Premier League — don samun wuri a UEFA Europa League. Sai dai klabu ya bayyana cewa Scott, wanda yana da shekaru biyu da suka rage a kwangilar sa, ba ya sayarwa.

Tyler Adams na Bournemouth, ɗan wasan tsakiyar filin United States wanda ya buga kowane minti na muhimmanci a kamfen ɗin kasarsa na kofin duniya, na iya kasancewa ya fi sauƙi a samu. Ba kamar Scott ba, Bournemouth an yi imani suna shirye su sayar da Adams tsakanin £40 miliyan da £50 miliyan, duk da cewa kwangilarsa ma ta ƙare a shekara ta 2028.

Felix Nmecha na Borussia Dortmund wani suna ƙarƙashin la'akari. Daraktan ƙwallon ƙafa na United, Jason Wilcox, ya san Nmecha sosai tun lokacin da suka yi aiki tare a Manchester City, inda Wilcox ya jagoranci cibiyar horar da 'yan wasa. Nmecha ya sanya hannu kan sabuwar kwangilar Borussia Dortmund a watan Maris, kuma tushen United sun ce ba a samu wani matakin aiki a halin yanzu ba.

Aurelien Tchouameni na Real Madrid, ginshiƙin ƙungiyar France, ana ganin sa a matsayin mafi jan hankali amma kusan mafi tsadan zaɓi. Sabon manaja na Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho, ana tsammanin zai sami tasiri mai yawa kan ko Tchouameni zai koma ko a'a, kuma alamar yanzu tana nuna zai kasance Bernabeu.

Carlos Baleba na Brighton & Hove Albion, ɗan ƙasa da ƙasa na Cameroon, ya kasance babban manufofin United na gaskiya a lokacin rani da ya gabata kafin ƙoƙarin ya ƙi. Sha'awar ta yi sanyi, amma ayyukan da aka yi a baya na iya sa shi ya sake zama manufa. Duk da haka, Brighton manyan masu tattaunawa ne — ba a samu wata alama da ke nuna kuɗin sayarwar su ya faɗi ƙasa da £100 miliyan ba.

Jadawalin kafin kakar wasa na United yana ƙaruwa cikin sauri, tare da wasan sada zumunci na farko da Wrexham a Helsinki a ranar 18 ga Yuli, wanda ya biyo bayan wasa da Atletico Madrid a Stockholm a ranar 1 ga Agusta. Carrick zai sa ran an warware halin tsakiyar filin kafin manyan wasannin su fara.