New Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim is reportedly ready to confirm Christian Eriksen will be allowed to leave Old Trafford in 2025 with the club having no plans to extend his contract – while Fabrizio Romano has also dismissed claims which Paul Pogba could return to Carrington to train. , although the two Premier League teams attracted to the Frenchman have been revealed.

A new era is underway at Old Trafford with Amorim trying for the past week to restore the Premier League giants to their former glories. After taking over a team in 13th place in the Premier League, the road to the top should be relatively long for Manchester United.

Indeed, despite spending some £616 million ($737 million, $777.6 million) on new players during his tenure, Erik ten Hag leaves behind a team that still appears seriously short in several areas .

A man who is unlikely to feature prominently in the new manager’s plans is Eriksen. The Dane has done well when called upon this season, having scored seven goals in 13 games so far.

But with Amorim’s favored formation relying on energetic performances from those in his engine room, the 32-year-old could soon find himself surplus to requirements.

And confirming that he should make way for one of them, Romano wrote on X Monday morning: “Manchester United and Christian Eriksen are still expected to part ways at the end of the season.

“No negotiations are taking place on a new agreement, with Ruben Amorim’s opinion also taken into account, but Eriksen’s departure is expected.”

United have also been tipped to let former star Pogba return to Carrington to work on his fitness, with the World Cup winner looking to build up his fitness ahead of a return to action.

However, dismissing these rumours, Romano posted: “Reports of Paul Pogba training at Manchester United’s Carrington are not true.

“Pogba has no plans to train at any club because he works daily in Miami. As soon as he signs for a new club, Paul will be ready to go and train there. No contact with United.

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Pogba is looking for a way to return to football after seeing a four-year ban imposed on him for doping offenses reduced to 18 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). This means he will be able to train with a club of his choice from January, while a return to professional football is considered from March.

And while the 31-year-old has been linked with moves to Ligue 1, Saudi Arabia and Major League Soccer, reports in Spain on Sunday claim both Newcastle and West Ham consider shock plan to offer Pogba a Premier League lifelinebelieving that the player still has “great class and quality”.

However, both sides have already been strongly warned about a move by the midfielder by one of his biggest critics, Graeme Souness, with the pundit once again attacking the player’s work rate.

“If I was a Premier League manager, there is no circumstance in which I would take the risk of bringing in Paul Pogba. He has only played 39 games since the 2021/22 season,” Pogba told Three Up Front Podcast.

“He’s extremely talented, but it’s a wasted talent. The worst thing that happened to him was winning the World Cup because from then on he sat in his chair. When José Mourinho was at Manchester United, he called Pogba a virus.

“He’s a lazy player, but midfield is a position you have to take personally. It’s the only position on the field where you directly compete against someone who is trying to do the same job as you. I always wanted to have a better day than whoever I was against, and the only thing I was taught to do was work harder than my opponent.

Souness concluded: “Pogba just comes out to play and show everyone how cute and smart he is, rather than trying to give his opponent a miserable day. He has all the ability and athleticism you need; There’s just something missing upstairs.

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In the meantime, United received a significant boost in their quest to sign Viktor Gyokeres amid claims Sporting CP will have no choice but to sell the Swede in 2025.

This is according to former Premier League and current Primeira Liga defender Jose Fonte, who also believes that a star shown the door by Ten Hag could be given a lifeline under the new manager. United manager.

Elsewhere, Amorim is also apparently ready to show Manchester United the door to Joshua Zirkzee and Harry Maguire, with a report this weekend revealed that both men had been investigated by the same Serie A team before the January transfer window.

And finally, Romano revealed that Amorim plans to build his Man Utd squad around Leny Yoro and Kobbie Mainoo – two players that the new boss will “love” and with a new contract planned for the latter.

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