{"id":5200,"date":"2025-01-21T23:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T23:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/?p=5200"},"modified":"2025-01-21T23:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T23:02:13","slug":"man-united-move-defender-andreas-christensen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/man-united-move-defender-andreas-christensen\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United weigh up move for FC Barcelona defender Andreas Christensen in busy end to January window"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amid links to a potential move for Lecce defender, Patrick Dorgu, reports out of Spain have now also linked Man United with a surprise move for former Chelsea center half, Andreas Christensen — in a bid to sign the FC Barcelona defender to bolster their defensive options in the last months of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this week, reports emerged detailing how Man United had held talks with Serie A side, Lecce regarding a potential move for Danish full back, Dorgu — in a deal which could amount to \u20ac40,000,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And amid links to a massive 1\/1 odds move for Marcus Rashford to the La Liga side — fans and punters can still find the best slots <\/a><\/strong>and betting odds on the English forward’s potential move from Old Trafford to Camp Nou this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As for potential incoming targets this month, United have been further linked with the above-mentioned move for Dorgu, with the 20-year-old Danish defender targeted to provide competition to Portuguese defender, Diogo Dalot — who has largely struggled for form in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And according to a report from The Athletic<\/a><\/em> — Man United are currently locked in talks to add Dorgu to their squad in this January transfer window, in a bid to bolster their wing back position<\/a> — currently occupied by Dalot, with both Tyrell Malacia and Luke Shaw struggling for fitness since the new season began last summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Man United\u2019s move for Dorgu, who is left-footed, indicates there is an internal desire to add attacking oomph from wing-back, and more generally back Amorim\u2019s tactical idea,” Laurie Whitwell wrote. “Dorgu has scored three goals with one assist in 20\u00a0Serie A\u00a0appearances this season for a side battling to avoid relegation, and is regarded as being comfortable in the final third. Lecce\u2019s sporting director Pantaleo Corvino told Italian news outlet Gazzetta dello Sport last month: \u201cLeft or right winger, he runs like three players and can find the goal. He has an engine that no one else has.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Man United exploring deal for Andreas Christensen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“Corvino also said Dorgu is not for sale in this window, but Lecce entertaining negotiations shows he might leave for the right price. The allure of selling to a club the size of United could appeal, given Lecce\u2019s excellent record at finding new players and turning a profit. United executives may travel to Italy as talks continue.”<\/canvas>Furthermore, reports coming from Spain this week have revealed United’s new coach, Ruben Amorim is also looking to strengthen his defensive quarters in the center — with former Chelsea center back, Christensen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moving to FC Barcelona three years ago, under new German head coach, Hansi Flick, Christensen has struggled for appearances this season in La Liga — featuring just once in the league — and in all competitions, in fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, over the last two seasons, Christensen would feature an impressive 74 times in all competitions under the tutelage of former FC Barcelona midfielder, Xavi Hernandez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Man United’s potential outgoings beyond Rashford feature both wide player duo, Antony, who is set to make a loan move to La Liga side, Real Betis — while Argentine winger, Alejandro Garnacho continues to draw links with a move to both Napoli and above-mentioned Premier League rivals, Chelsea. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amid links to a potential move for Lecce defender, Patrick Dorgu, reports out of Spain have now also linked Man United with a surprise move for former Chelsea center half, Andreas Christensen — in a bid to sign the FC Barcelona defender to bolster their defensive options in the last months of the season. Earlier…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"Soccer"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MixCollage-21-Jan-2025-10-58-PM-6481-1024x536.jpg",1024,536,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Ross Markey","author_link":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/author\/rossmarkey\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"Soccer","slug":"soccer","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":504,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":504,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Soccer","category_nicename":"soccer","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5200"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5206,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5200\/revisions\/5206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}