{"id":8942,"date":"2022-02-09T09:10:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/09\/manchester-united-very-keen-to-sign-bvb-defender-who-rejected-latest-contract-offer\/"},"modified":"2022-02-09T09:10:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:10:08","slug":"manchester-united-very-keen-to-sign-bvb-defender-who-rejected-latest-contract-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/09\/manchester-united-very-keen-to-sign-bvb-defender-who-rejected-latest-contract-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United very keen to sign BVB defender who rejected latest contract offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Manchester United are showing an interest in Borussia Dortmund defender Manuel Akanji, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The centre-back is under contract in Germany until the summer of 2023, meaning he will have one year left on his current deal at the end of 2021\/22.<\/p>\n<p>So, Borussia Dortmund are seemingly trying to sign the Swiss star to a new deal. However, according to Sport 1\u2019s Patrick Berger, Akanji has rejected BVB\u2019s latest contract offer, believed to be \u20ac9.5m-a-year.<\/p>\n<p>It is added that Manchester United are very keen to sign him in summer, with Akanji\u2019s price-tag believed to be \u20ac30m:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Manuel Akanji has rejected a latest offer of \u20ac9.5m salary p.a. to extend his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BVB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BVB<\/a> contract (running until 2023), as we already reported. Been told Manchester United are very keen to sign him in summer. Price tag: \u20ac30m. Reunion at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MUFC<\/a> with his buddy Jadon Sancho? ?\u26aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPORT1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SPORT1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Patrick Berger (@berger_pj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/berger_pj\/status\/1491150505636417536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nWho is Manuel Akanji?<\/h2>\n<p>Akanji would join up with Borussia Dortmund in January of 2018, departing Swiss powerhouse FC Basel.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the 26-year-old has become a key cog in Dortmund\u2019s side, notching 148 appearances across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Akanji, who has made 38 appearances for the Swiss national team, is still a key figure at Dortmund and has made 26 appearances for them this season so far.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/revealed-how-much-niklas-sule-demanded-from-chelsea-ahead-of-dortmund-switch\/\">news<\/a> broke recently that Niklas Sule will be joining BVB in the summer when his current Bayern Munich contract runs out. Could this see Akanji\u2019s game time limited with Dortmund?<\/p>\n<p>Either way, it is clear Manchester United could do with some fresh legs at centre-back as Raphael Varane has been their only semi-reliable option this term.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/al-hilal-vs-chelsea-betting-tips-fifa-club-world-cup-preview\/\">Al Hilal vs Chelsea betting tips: Club World Cup semi-final preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/wolverhampton-wanderers-vs-arsenal-betting-tips-premier-league-preview\/\">Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Arsenal betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United are showing an interest in Borussia Dortmund defender Manuel Akanji, according to reports. The centre-back is under contract in Germany until the summer of 2023, meaning he will have one year left on his current deal at the end of 2021\/22. So, Borussia Dortmund are seemingly trying to sign the Swiss star to [&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-8942","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\/8942","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=8942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}