Manchester United has been cautioned by Joao Felix not to sign him.
As Manchester United looks to add a striker next month, the possibilities are few.
Last summer, United supported Erik ten Hag with record investment, and club officials have often emphasized that the team is farther along in its reconstruction than they expect at this point.
Given their need for an additional body in attack, the club wasn’t planning on making any substantial signings in the next month and only altered their mind in the wake of Cristiano Ronaldo’s fractious departure.
Given United’s limited resources and the selling sides’ knowledge that they may increase their asking price, January is the month in which desperate teams do business, which alone establishes the group of players United will seek.
It indicates that the team is evaluating possibilities that are mostly on loan rather than trying to sign a forward to a permanent contract during the mid-season transfer window.
While Joao Felix is wanting to leave Atletico Madrid after having a falling out with manager Diego Simeone, Memphis Depay is a possibility as he approaches the last months of his contract at Barcelona.
It implies that United may need to seek players who don’t quite suit their ideal profile for a striker in addition to finding quick fixes.
With Anthony Martial’s versatility in the center, Ten Hag has played some of his greatest football this season, but there is a growing suspicion that in the long run, he would like to have a physical option to draw upon in his front three.
Given that Felix would need to be inserted into the United attack and has never truly flourished as a major striker in his career, it is of special interest with reference to a transfer for him.
You merely need to ask Felix to get an idea of the kind of player he is. He is a young player who idolized artistic midfielders as opposed to goal-scoring strikers while he was growing up.
He told BTV three years ago, “I particularly admired Kaká, and after seeing many of his movies, ones in which Rui Costa also starred, he also became one of the players I most wanted to see play. “For me, these two have always served as examples. Do what Rui Costa accomplished; it’s hard to achieve what he won, but I’m going to strive to match or perhaps surpass him in this endeavor.”
The young player’s beautiful approach to the game earned him comparisons to Johan Cruyff during his formative years at Benfica, however club veteran António Simes cautioned that there was still much work to be done before the prince could be compared to a king.
