Romano reveals Man Utd transfer boost as Newcastle make final decision selling Hall to the Red Devils | OneFootball

Man Utd have been handed a transfer boost with Barcelona now “open” to selling left-back Alejandro Balde, according to Fabrizio Romano.

The Red Devils have signed Youri Tielmans and Andrey Santos this summer as midfield upgrades, while back-up goalkeeper Karl Darlow has arrived from Leeds on a free transfer and youngster Tynan Thompson has joined from Tottenham.

Man Utd have also secured a deal to sign Carlos Baleba from Brighton as their third midfield signing of the summer, although a deal has not yet been officially announced.

A new left-back is now their next priority with Newcastle left-back Lewis Hall emerging as their main target in that position earlier in the summer.

The England international could now prove too difficult to land and Man Utd are exploring the possibility of bringing Barcelona left-back Balde to Old Trafford before the transfer deadline.

And Romano has revealed that Man Utd “are in a conversation” over a deal with Barcelona “open to selling” the Spain international.

Romano said on his YouTube channel: “Barcelona had their opening game, with the Spanish champions facing Elche and winning 5-0. Beautiful news for Barcelona. Adeyemi, debut goal. Also Anthony Gordon, debut, delivering two assists. So, a very good impact for the Barcelona new players.

“And also for Barcelona, good luck to Pablo Gavi, who suffered an injury. We have to see what happened there.

“But then, after the game, Hansi Flick was speaking about Alejandro Balde’s situation. Flick said: ‘On Balde, I didn’t tell Balde you have to leave the club. I had a conversation with Balde and I told him, think about your situation, clarify your situation and we’ll speak tomorrow.’

“So what’s the reality? At the moment, Barcelona are open to selling Balde in case of a good proposal. But Balde, I can tell you once again, is not pushing to leave Barcelona.

“So it has to be a top proposal for the club and a good proposal for the player because Balde is not accepting anything. To be honest, I saw some clubs linked with Balde that Balde would never take into consideration. I’m not going to mention them out of respect, but Balde is never going to mid-table clubs. It has to be top, top, top clubs.

“So, for example, Manchester United is a club that called Jorge Mendes. Manchester United are in a conversation and are a possibility, but it depends on the conditions, not only on the transfer fee, but also on the salary, because Balde is on a big salary at Barcelona and that’s going to be a point.

“So let’s follow the Balde situation, but for sure, Man United are still looking for a left-back.”

Lewis Hall to Man Utd is ‘definitely closed’ – Romano

Romano added: “On Man United, Lewis Hall. Today, Matthias Jaissle definitely closed the deal, definitely closed the door to any option for this deal because he said no chance when he was asked about Manchester United trying to sign Lewis Hall.

“So forget about Lewis Hall for Manchester United, said by Newcastle’s new boss, Matthias Geisle, after the game against Liverpool.”