Sky: ‘The deal is off’ – United now braced for approach from PL rivals after they miss out on first-choice target

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·11 Juni 2025

Sky: ‘The deal is off’ – United now braced for approach from PL rivals after they miss out on first-choice target

Chelsea’s frantic attempts to get a deal over the line for Jamie Gittens before they kick-started their Club World Cup campaign have failed.

Sky Sports’ Florian Plettenberg confirmed just before the first phase of the window came to an end at 8pm last night that the move had collapsed, adding ‘the deal is off’ after receiving confirmation from Borussia Dortmund that their starlet would be staying for the time being.

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In turn, Chelsea could look to do business for another target whose club are fully open to selling in the form of Alejandro Garnacho.

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Garnacho bid farewell to the United faithful on the last day of 2024/2025 but did not feature in the match. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

It’s been widely reported heading into the summer that the Stamford Bridge outfit retain their interest in Garnacho following their brief approach in January. They, unlike Napoli, opted against making a bid mid-season, but it was claimed shortly after the winter window closed that Chelsea were confident they’d ‘laid the groundwork’ for a future coup.

They have been prioritising Gittens thus far, but will be well aware of the Argentine’s precarious situation at United, which has seen all parties come to the conclusion that his sale is the most suitable outcome in the coming months.

The 20-year-old’s bombshell post-Europa League final interview, during which he labelled his side’s campaign as ‘sh*t’, rued Ruben Amorim’s decision to bench him for the tie, and hinted a move away, resulted in him being omitted from the matchday squad for United’s last match of 2024/2025 at home to Aston Villa.

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In the subsequent days, it was revealed that Amorim had told Garnacho in training to ‘pray’ he could find another club to take him on board and, as such, set in stone that the academy graduate’s Red Devils tenure would be coming to an end after five years.

Along with Chelsea, he has garnered interest from Bayer Leverkusen, Aston Villa, Atletico Madrid and Napoli again, whilst Argentine reporter Gaston Edul has claimed Arsenal are also keeping tabs on his situation from afar.