{"id":45890,"date":"2026-04-15T15:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/manchester-united-lead-the-e80m-race-to-sign-man-city-related-star-with-player-pushing-for-transfer\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:42:10","slug":"manchester-united-lead-the-e80m-race-to-sign-man-city-related-star-with-player-pushing-for-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/manchester-united-lead-the-e80m-race-to-sign-man-city-related-star-with-player-pushing-for-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United lead the \u20ac80m race to sign Man City-related star, with player pushing for transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Morten Hjurmand has been linked with a move to the Premier League in recent months, with Manchester United interested in him.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Manchester United are leading the race to sign the 26-year-old Denmark international midfielder, according to soccer sources, despite his links with Manchester City. The player is also reportedly pushing for a move to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City were also linked with the player, but they do not see him as a priority target. They are interested in signing Elliott Anderson from Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United are now certain of signing the player and have also expressed interest in signing him. It remains to be seen whether the Red Devils can close out a deal. We need more quality and depth in the middle of the park.<\/p>\n<p>Casemiro is set to leave the club in the summer and the team needs a replacement. The 26-year-old will add physicality and defensive cover to the team. He is at the peak of his career and has proven his quality with Sporting CP in Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>His contract includes a release clause of 80 million euros, but it would be reasonable to think he could be acquired for a more reasonable sum. It remains to be seen whether Manchester United will take over their interest and conclude a deal with a formal offer.<\/p>\n<p>If we want to compete for major trophies next season, we need to improve in the middle of the park. They are aiming for a top-three finish in the Premier League this season and will aim to improve even further next year.<\/p>\n<p>Yurmand will also want to prove his quality at the highest level. A move to Manchester United would be ideal for him.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morten Hjurmand has been linked with a move to the Premier League in recent months, with Manchester United interested in him. Manchester United are leading the race to sign the 26-year-old Denmark international midfielder, according to soccer sources, despite his links with Manchester City. The player is also reportedly pushing for a move to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-45890","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\/45890","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=45890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}