These 3 star January signings are top of Manchester United’s Christmas list

Jose Gimenez

Photo: Offside/Marca

Photo: Offside/Marca

With Eric Bailly not quite match fit after injury and clear uncertainty over Chris Smalling’s future under Mourinho, the Portuguese boss may look to reinforce his backline.

He has had to mix and match at the back this season, with the recently out of favour Phil Jones partnering Marcos Rojo at centre-back in their last four Premier League games, so Mourinho will likely want more options at his disposal.

One name he has touted as a potential centre-back partner to Bailly is Atletico Madrid’s Jose Gimenez, who lost his place to Stefan Savic at the end of last season.

Nevertheless, the 21-year-old had a superb breakthrough season in the Spanish capital, appearing 38 times in all competitions and striking up a solid partnership with fellow centre-half Diego Godin.

Mourinho is reportedly hopeful of concluding a deal for the Uruguayan international, who has made just four appearances for Diego Simeone’s side this season.

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One response to “These 3 star January signings are top of Manchester United’s Christmas list”

  1. Henry says:

    it is very simple, play the best formations and we wins. we have what it takes to win the league but the players are not used approprately.