{"id":22673,"date":"2022-07-04T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/04\/free-agent-christian-eriksen-closing-in-on-manchester-united-move-following-verbal-agreement\/"},"modified":"2022-07-04T09:00:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T13:00:35","slug":"free-agent-christian-eriksen-closing-in-on-manchester-united-move-following-verbal-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/04\/free-agent-christian-eriksen-closing-in-on-manchester-united-move-following-verbal-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Free agent Christian Eriksen closing in on Manchester United move following verbal agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr>\n<p>Christian Eriksen is closing in on a move to Manchester United this summer, having verbally agreed to join Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford before next season.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old is a free agent following the end of his contract with Brentford, and despite the Bees\u2019 hopes of keeping the Dane in London, the prospect of playing European football once more was clearly too good to turn down.<\/p>\n<p>As per David Ornstein of The Athletic, the former Tottenham midfielder has verbally agreed to accept a three-year deal at Old Trafford, where he will add significant technically quality to a side that relied heavily on Scott McTominay and Fred in their engine room last summer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? EXCLUSIVE: Christian Eriksen has verbally agreed to join Manchester United as a free agent. 30yo playmaker has communicated desire to play for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MUFC<\/a> + accept 3y deal. Contract needs to be finalised &amp; medical conducted before move complete <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAthleticUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YPnPldXRhg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/YPnPldXRhg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1543913048586567680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>The first of several signings<\/h2>\n<p>Manchester United are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/revealed-how-many-signings-manchester-united-are-aiming-to-make-this-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hoping to complete five signings this month<\/a>, or which Eriksen is one.<\/p>\n<p>They are also close to announcing a deal for Feyernoord defender Tyrell Malacia, while they are confident that they can see off competition from Arsenal for Ajax defender Lisandro Martinez.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils will also sign a backup goalkeeper following the departure of Dean Henderson, and continue to try and force a deal for Frenkie de Jong, though that is proving more difficult than initially anticipated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Frenkie de Jong situation ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FCB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FCB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f Man Utd &amp; Bar\u00e7a agreed \u20ac65m fixed fee but still discussing on \u20ac20m add-ons structure;<br \/>\n\u25ab\ufe0f Personal terms never discussed yet;<br \/>\n\u25ab\ufe0f Frenkie\u2019s priority has always been to stay at Bar\u00e7a;<br \/>\n\u25ab\ufe0f Salary reduction \u2018very unlikely\u2019 option on Frenkie side. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bXcGIB3II3\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/bXcGIB3II3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1543650039133782018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It is set to be a busy few days at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/cristiano-ronaldo-outlines-manchester-united-demands-amid-pre-season-no-show\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Cristiano Ronaldo outlines Manchester United demands amid pre-season no-show<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/chelsea-offered-cristiano-ronaldo-and-neymar-deals-as-raheem-sterling-signing-nears\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Chelsea offered Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar deals as Raheem Sterling signing nears<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Eriksen is closing in on a move to Manchester United this summer, having verbally agreed to join Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford before next season. The 30-year-old is a free agent following the end of his contract with Brentford, and despite the Bees\u2019 hopes of keeping the Dane in London, the prospect of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-22673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}