{"id":186757,"date":"2024-06-04T17:26:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T17:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/04\/man-utd-liverpool-monitoring-51m-defender\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T17:26:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T17:26:42","slug":"man-utd-liverpool-monitoring-51m-defender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/04\/man-utd-liverpool-monitoring-51m-defender\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd &#038; Liverpool \u2018monitoring\u2019 \u00a351m defender \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Manchester United and Liverpool are both contemplating moves for Sporting CP defender Goncalo Inacio, according to reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The two Premier League rivals are believed to be on the lookout for reinforcements at centre-back this\u00a0transfer\u00a0window and have been linked with a wide array of names.<\/p>\n<p>One player on United and Liverpool\u2019s radars is Inacio, with\u00a0<em>Fabrizio Romano<\/em>\u00a0claiming they are \u2018monitoring\u2019 the 22-year-old. Inacio\u2019s contract contains a release clause worth around \u00a351m.<\/p>\n<p>Inacio featured 49 times across all competitions during a successful 2023\/24 season for Sporting, who reclaimed the Portuguese title ahead of Benfica and Porto. He has also been named in Portugal\u2019s 26-player squad for Euro 2024, though no defender in Roberto Martinez\u2019s side has fewer senior caps than his tally of six.<\/p>\n<p>United\u00a0are still deliberating over just how many centre-backs they want to bring in this summer, with the club prioritising a right-footed defender. The Red Devils confirmed last month that veteran option Raphael Varane will leave when his contract expires at the end of June.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/01hzhahkrjgqzn24qgct.jpg\" alt=\"Raphael Varane\" title=\"Raphael Varane\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Varane is leaving Man Utd \/ Eurasia Sport Images\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Though they were victorious in the FA Cup, United endured a forgettable Premier League campaign, finishing eighth \u2013 their lowest return since 1990 \u2013 and conceding more shots than in any other of their previous seasons on record.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool, meanwhile, are entering a new era following the departure of manager Jurgen Klopp. Arne Slot has been hired as his replacement in the dugout, while the club have a new footballing restructure in regards to recruitment, with Michael Edwards returning as FSG\u2019s CEO of football and Richard Hughes coming in as sporting director.<\/p>\n<p>Reds captain and star centre-back Virgil van Dijk has also revealed talks are not currently ongoing over a new contract, with his current deal up in 2025. Nevertheless, he is relaxed about his future and affirmed his commitment to helping Liverpool navigate the post-Klopp era.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United and Liverpool are both contemplating moves for Sporting CP defender Goncalo Inacio, according to reports. The two Premier League rivals are believed to be on the lookout for reinforcements at centre-back this\u00a0transfer\u00a0window and have been linked with a wide array of names. One player on United and Liverpool\u2019s radars is Inacio, with\u00a0Fabrizio Romano\u00a0claiming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":186759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man Utd &amp; Liverpool \u2018monitoring\u2019 \u00a351m defender \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/04\/man-utd-liverpool-monitoring-51m-defender\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man Utd &amp; Liverpool \u2018monitoring\u2019 \u00a351m defender \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manchester United and Liverpool are both contemplating moves for Sporting CP defender Goncalo Inacio, according to reports. 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