Gary Lineker laughs on Twitter at this Manchester United rumor

One of the worlds best was linked to Manchester United and social media just laughed

17/01/2024, 05:58 PM +00:00

The legendary striker laughs at the latest United transfer rumor

There is no club in football that gets linked to more players than Manchester United. The club are a media goldmine, have one of the most extensive scouting networks out there, and agents love to involve their clients with Manchester United. So, when a player is on the transfer list, or the club is looking to push that narrative the first club mentioned is Manchester United.

One of the most common occurrences with this is Real Madrid players. A common theme over the last decade is when a Real Madrid player might potentially be available or is looking to extend their contract but needs leverage, United are always mentioned. We have seen it with Sergio Ramos, Tchouameni, the rumored return of Cristiano Ronaldo every summer that never happened.

Madrid has a long-standing interest in Kylian Mbappe, and the rumor is in Spain, that for Mbappe to move to Spain, Madrid would have to offload a big name. How does Manchester United play a hand in this? Well, the most rumored name to leave to accommodate the arrival of the Frenchman would be the man with the number seven on his back Vinicius Jr. Mbappe’s demands if he were to test the market as free agent would be astronomically high and are rumored to be $38 million a year in salary. Over the course of an entire contract that is $190 million. If Madrid were to sell their most valuable asset, it would be Vini.

Spanish outlet Sport reported that Manchester United are willing to offer $165 million dollar fee to Real Madrid to bring Vinicius to Manchester. This would break the Premier League record transfer fee that was set this past summer in the Moises Caicedo transfer to Chelsea. Vinicius would bring a lot to United and would offer that superstar feeling that the club have not really felt since Cristiano Ronaldo was running down the wing.

Gary Lineker and fan’s hilarious reaction to the rumor

No one took the transfer rumor of Vini to United seriously and all it ended up doing was cause a good laugh. Legendary striker Gary Lineker went on twitter and replied to the rumor with a series of laughing emojis. Lineker had fans agreeing with him and one fan tweeted “I'm a United fan, and whoever posted this needs psychological advice.”