MU is targeting a potential deal with Brighton's Carlos Baleba during the summer transfer window, thereby completing the middle of the dream to confidently fight in the 2025/26 season.
The Red Devils are looking for a new central midfielder and Balea, 21, has emerged as the top goal for this position. The Cameroon midfielder has 3 years of contract with Brighton, and MU has contacted the “seabird” through intermediaries to explore his ability to bring him back to Old Trafford.
It is known that MU is among the groups of clubs interested in the former Lille player, who has made a strong impression since docking the Premier League in 2023. However, Brighton did not want to sell BaleBa at least until the summer of the next year. There is also acknowledgment that it is quite unlikely to come to MU right now, especially if the Red Devils complete the Benjamin Sesko's recruitment deal from RB Leipzig.
Unless MU has a series of players selling players with great value, they will be difficult to have enough financial to buy BaleBa right this summer. The star's contract born in 2004 in Brighton is said to have a £ 100 million liberation.
If MU can sell players and recruit BaleBa, he will be the perfect piece to complete the “dream” of Amorim's “dream” in the 2025/26 season. BaleBa will take on the position 6 in the 3-4-2-1 diagram of the Portuguese coach.
Backba with BaleBa in the center of the midfield will be Bruno Fernandes. Although Fernandes's most favorite and favorite position is No. 10, with the appearance of rookie Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo – expected to play in two attacking midfielders – Fernandes is likely to back down.
The Baleba – Fernandes couple in the middle line can become one of the best Premier League midfield duo. Above they will be Cunha and Mbeumo, with Sesko stone plugged at No. 9.
So what will the other midfielders of MU be? Casemiro and Manuel Ugarte should be kept to create the necessary competition, similar to Mason Mount – who can play in any position in the middle.
However, to have money to buy BaleBa, Kobbie Mainoo may be sold. The 21 -year -old midfielder did not have a clear role in the system of Amorim, and MU could earn about £ 70 million from this deal.
This is a reasonable deal for both parties: MU earns a net profit from a large value asset, and Mainoo will have the opportunity to play in a more appropriate role at another club, such as Chelsea.
Toby Collyer is the only MU midfielder that has not been mentioned above, but he will be kept as a backup plan and creates depth in case the team has a crisis of injury in the season.
In the middle, in order to have a budget to buy BaleBa, MU was forced to sell redundant players in the squad. Everyone knows that Brighton is not a negotiated club, and by knowing that the partner is MU, the Amex team has a reason to “price”.