Here are your Manchester United morning headlines for Friday, December 30.
United's previous plan to sign Bellingham
Jude Bellingham turned down an offer from Manchester United in favour of Borussia Dortmund in 2020 despite the Reds offering a greater financial package than any other suitor.
The Reds offered Bellingham twice as much as other clubs were offering with Ed Woodward extremely keen bringing him to Old Trafford. Bellingham also met with former Chelsea director of football Marina Granovskai and then-manager Frank Lampard but wasn’t convinced.
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Bayern Munich tried to snatch Bellingham from Dortmund’s grasp at the last minute with an improved offer with bags of bonuses attached. Leicester, Wolves and other Premier League also tried to make a move.
Read more about the attempts to sign Bellingham previously here.
United accused of lying about Maguire illness
Former Manchester United player Paul Parker has claimed that reports of Harry Maguire only being fit enough for the bench against Nottingham Forest are 'fabricated'.
The Reds captain had only trained once with United ahead of the Forest clash, with the 29-year-old being named as a substitute for the Premier League visit of Steve Cooper's side. He also missed the League Cup win over Burnley through illness.
The Manchester Evening News reported that Maguire was said to have contracted a virus while away with England at the World Cup, but that the centre-back made himself available to be on the bench for the game against the newly-promoted side on Tuesday.
Read more on Parker's claims here.
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