There are many projects at Manchester United, but the most urgent remains that of defense. The English club has a specific target in mind.
Arriving at Manchester United in 2021, Raphaël Varane was then awaited with great impatience by Mancunian supporters who saw in him a remedy for the defensive ills experienced by their team for far too long. Unfortunately, the mayonnaise didn’t really take hold and two years later, the results are not good. To the extent that the early departure of a player who is under contract until June 2025 is now being discussed. United’s recruiters have in any case already gone hunting for a potential replacement.
And after Sky Sports, it is on the side of Benfica that they hope to find their happiness, in the person of Antonio Silva. The Portuguese international has a release clause of around €100 million, which would suit Manchester United, who have been desperate for a quality central defender for ten years and the end of the Ferdinand-Vidic pairing. The media also explained that Benfica was already resigned to seeing its twenty-year-old player leave next June.
“Top priority”
Manchester United are already working on the details of the contract which will be offered to Antonio Silva presented as “ top priority ” of the Red Devils in the summer of 2024. If the English club seems to be a little ahead of the competition, the matter is still far from being completed and the Mancunians will have to be convincing to win the bet.
