Adrien Rabiot: Manchester United agree deal to sign Juventus midfielder

 

Juventus agree to sell Adrien Rabiot to Manchester United with personal terms still to be negotiated; United also expected to go back in with improved offer for Bologna striker Marko Arnautovic; former target Benjamin Sesko is close to signing for RB Leipzig from Red Bull Salzburg

Manchester United have agreed a deal to sign Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot.

There is still work to do until the deal is complete, with personal terms still needing to be negotiated with his agent and mother Veronique.
Rabiot - who joined Juventus as a free agent in the summer of 2019, is in the final year of his contract and has fallen out of favour at the Italian giants.

Juventus are satisfied with letting Rabiot leave the club this summer before his contract ends in 2023.

United have continued to work on all midfield options as a transfer for Barcelona's Frenkie de Jong has been a complicated one to do, but they have not given up on a deal for de Jong, and there is still a belief there is a deal to be done.
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has reiterated that there have been offers but has indicated that de Jong wants to stay, and that the club want him to stay. However, economic issues have not gone away and the matter of de Jong's deferred wages remains unresolved.
Central midfield has been a priority position all summer for United and signing both Rabiot and de Jong has not been ruled out.
Rabiot had a brief spell in the academy of Manchester City before turning professional at Paris Saint-Germain in his homeland a decade ago.