"Fully ready to support City" - Manchester United fans fume as picture of transfer target wearing arch-rivals' kit emerges
Manchester United fans have been left fuming after a picture of transfer target Adrien Rabiot wearing a Manchester City kit emerged.
The Juventus midfielder is reportedly in Erik ten Hag's side's sights as a potential signing this summer.
The Red Devils have failed thus far in their pursuit of Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong and appear to have turned their attention to Rabiot.
However, some United fans have been unenthused by the Frenchman's potential arrival and an image of him donning a City kit has only made matters worse.
Adrien Rabiot knows Manchester is 🔵 https://t.co/aS2h5BXHsd
The French midfielder spent a year at City during his youth career in 2008. Hence, it will be an irritating point made by the Cityzens fans if he does move to Old Trafford.
Here are some reactions from fans on Twitter to the emergence of the picture:
Rabiot with a full Man City kit on 😭😭😭 https://t.co/YPelp1j2sE
Rabiot. Yes, Man City youth product https://t.co/gtgDi66aLL
Rabiot didn’t have a club when he was 17. He was let go by Man City’s U19 & now we want him after he’s flopped at Juve??? No wonder CR7 wants out
Arnautović tho I think is a decent option off the bench for 1/2 years tho not 3
I literally check twitter every morning to see who united are linked with. Fully ready to support city after seeing the Rabiot and Arnautovic links man ☠️
Never in my life did I ever think Rabiot would be in a United kit 😭
Manchester United need to start planning their transfer business better
Manchester United went into the summer transfer window in need of a huge rebuild after a disappointing past campaign.
A sixth-placed finish in the league and trophyless since 2017, the Red Devils were in dire need of a fresh start.
Erik ten Hag is the man who has been put in charge to oversee the new era at Old Trafford and his first three signings were exciting.
Tyrell Malacia, Christian Eriksen and Lisandro Martinez all arrived with a specific style of play befitting that of Ten Hag's vision.
But it seems all of United's focus for the majority of the summer window has been on signing Frenkie de Jong from Barcelona.
That potential move seems more unlikely than ever as the weeks roll on in the summer window.
If Rabiot is United's plan B, it seems like a huge step down from the stature of the players they were targeting in De Jong.
That's not to say that Rabiot doesn't possess talent as he has lined up for PSG, Juventus and the French national side.
He has made 129 appearances for Juve, scoring six goals and contributing as many assists.
What is most incredible about Manchester United signing Rabiot for 18m€,
it’s that aside his poor performances, his contract is expiring next season.
Having second highest Serie A wages at 9m€, Juventus would have pay to get rid of him.
And they are getting 18m€…
But United need world-class stars to come into the team and have them contend against the likes of Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea for a top-four finish.
Ten Hag mentioned at the start of his tenure that there was going to be a process, but the Red Devils can ill afford to slip further behind their rivals with poor outings in the transfer windows.
Ralf Rangnick reveals he wanted a new striker at in January 🗣
“But the answer from the board was: ‘No’. There were Luís Díaz, Julián Álvarez, who will be at Man City in the summer and Vlahovic, who at the time was still with Fiorentina”.
[Fabrizio Romano] https://t.co/oqmz2O0a9J
Alongside Rabiot, Bologna forward Marko Arnautovic is also reportedly now a target.
Whether that's due to uncertainty over the future of Cristiano Ronaldo remains to be seen, but Arnautovic seems far and away from what Manchester United need.
At 33 years of age, Arnautovic seems like an emergency signing.