Manchester United continue to be linked with a move for Sporting CP defender Maxi Araujo.<\/strong><\/p>\n SportWitness reports that Arsenal are also a target for the 26-year-old, with two Premier League clubs already making inquiries about the player. It will be interesting to see if they respond to that interest and make a formal offer to sign the player.<\/p>\n His contract has a release clause of \u00a370m and it would be quite surprising if Manchester United or Arsenal decided to pay such a sum for a left-back. There is no doubt that he is a quality player and he has shown that ability both at club and international level. However, they will likely look to sign him at a more reasonable price.<\/p>\n Manchester United need a quality long-term replacement for Luke Shaw and Araujo would be a fantastic signing. He is at the peak of his career and it is the perfect time to take on a new challenge and join a big club.<\/p>\n Arsenal, on the other hand, could use a specialist left-back who can contribute at both ends of the pitch. The 26-year-old will continue to help out defensively and create chances for his teammates. He could add a new dimension to Arsenal’s attack. Araujo has contributed to 12 goals this season.<\/p>\n The Portuguese club would need to make reasonable demands to make the transfer happen. It remains to be seen where Araujo will go. The 26-year-old defender could be an asset to both clubs if they can sign him for a reasonable fee.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta looks disappointed after the Premier League match against Manchester United (Photo by: Michael Regan\/Getty Images) Manchester United continue to be linked with a move for Sporting CP defender Maxi Araujo. SportWitness reports that Arsenal are also a target for the 26-year-old, with two Premier League clubs already making inquiries about the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-47576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47576","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=47576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}