{"id":35319,"date":"2025-12-27T01:24:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T06:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/27\/report-man-united-increasingly-keen-on-surprise-move-for-premier-league-star\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T01:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T06:24:43","slug":"report-man-united-increasingly-keen-on-surprise-move-for-premier-league-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/27\/report-man-united-increasingly-keen-on-surprise-move-for-premier-league-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Man United increasingly keen on surprise move for Premier League star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Garner in action during Everton&#8217;s match against Arsenal (Photo by Alex Livesey\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester United are increasingly interested in a potential move for Everton central midfielder James Garner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old is not necessarily a top target in the same category as the likes of Nottingham Forest&#8217;s Elliott Anderson, but interest from Old Trafford appears to be growing.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Daily Mail, Man United are keeping an eye on former player Garner, who is nearing the end of his contract with Everton.<\/p>\n<p>This could give the Red Devils an opportunity to sign Garner on the cheap, with Garner said to be beefing up his January target list.<\/p>\n<h2>Everton will try to hold on to James Garner amid growing interest in a move to Man United<\/h2>\n<p>However, the Mail reports that Everton would ideally like to keep Garner, adding that they will try to negotiate a new contract with the former England Under-21 international.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Everton&#8217;s James Garner (Photo: Alex Burstow\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Toffees will no doubt be pleased with the impact Garner has had, having gone on to make over 100 appearances for the club since joining in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Garner&#8217;s improved performances have shown how capable he is and has attracted interest from a number of other big clubs.<\/p>\n<p>According to Football Insider, Aston Villa have been linked as potential suitors for Garner, while a separate report from Football Insider suggests that Newcastle United could also be considered.<\/p>\n<p>Losing Garner at a time when he is probably at his peak will be a big blow for Everton, but we imagine he will be tempted to return to MUFC.<\/p>\n<p>Garner is a product of United&#8217;s academy who didn&#8217;t get many chances in the first team and was eventually moved on, but he looks good enough to make an impact in a position that had been a problem for Ruben Amorim.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Garner in action during Everton&#8217;s match against Arsenal (Photo by Alex Livesey\/Getty Images) Manchester United are increasingly interested in a potential move for Everton central midfielder James Garner. The 24-year-old is not necessarily a top target in the same category as the likes of Nottingham Forest&#8217;s Elliott Anderson, but interest from Old Trafford appears [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-35319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}