Football transfer rumours: Eric Bailly to leave Manchester United?

Today’s tell-all is more tangled Slinky than coiled spring

More or less consigned to the bench without any supper and only two one-minute cameos to his name since his personal horror show against Brighton in mid-August, Eric Bailly is rumoured to be keen on a January exit from Old Trafford. The Mirror says that both Arsenal and Tottenham are interested in signing the 24-year-old Ivorian, who joined United from Villarreal in 2016 and has a little under two years left on his contract.

The future of United winger Anthony Martial also remains up in the air, but Inter hope to bring him to Milan on loan in January. Manchester United, for their part, are unlikely to sanction any such move unless the Italian club make it permanent and give them Croatian midfielder Ivan Perisic in return. United have been linked with the Croatia international for well over a year, but have been unable to agree terms with Inter, who valued their asset at north of £50m long before he starred at Russia 2018.

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