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TRANSFER ALERT: KOBBIE MAINOO PUSHES FOR NAPOLI MOVE AS JANUARY WINDOW APPROACHES FAST

Kobbie Mainoo wants out! Discover why the Man Utd star is eyeing Napoli to join Scott McTominay and Rasmus Højlund in Serie A.

Transfer Alert: Kobbie Mainoo Pushes For Napoli Move As January Window Approaches Fast
Mainoo Family Prefer Napoli Move To Serie A

Manchester United has a tough call to make about Kobbie Mainoo's future this January. Fabrizio Romano is saying what we've been reporting: Napoli is pushing hard to get him over to Serie A.

This 20-year-old midfielder is a really exciting prospect for United, but he's not getting much game time under Ruben Amorim. He hasn't even started a single Premier League game this season.

Our insider, Fraser Fletcher, let us know back on November 10th that Mainoo is into the idea of moving to Napoli. They apparently think he's the missing piece they need to win the Scudetto and the Champions League.

Napoli has been talking with Mainoo's people for a while now, and Romano, who's a trusted journalist, is backing up what we've been hearing.

Romano told Give Me Sport that Mainoo is really keen on Napoli. The move appeals to him and his family.

His representatives are also into it. They're putting Napoli first and appreciate that last summer, when Kobbie was thinking about a loan, Napoli showed a lot of excitement and interest right away.

Mainoo really wants Napoli. He prefers them over the 10–12 other clubs that are after him.

But here's the thing: we're waiting on Manchester United. That's the key.

Napoli is still making progress with the player. And it's a big deal when you have such a good player and so many clubs interested.

So, it's a work in progress. But Napoli is making a strong play for the player.

Kobbie Mainoo's future with Man Utd depends on one big thing: United will only let him go, either on loan or for good, if they sign someone to take his place.

They also won't let the England international leave if they lose another midfielder in January. Manuel Ugarte's name has been mentioned in moves away.

United apparently wants Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest, Adam Wharton from Crystal Palace, and Carlos Baleba from Brighton.

But those guys probably won't be available until the summer, so United needs to look at other options in January.

Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid has been mentioned, and we're hearing that Mamadou Sangare from RC Lens is also on their radar.

Napoli really wants Mainoo in Serie A. He's open to the move, and now everyone's watching United.

EX-CAPTAIN NEVILLE CLAIMS SUBSTITUTIONS MADE MANCHESTER UNITED "WORSE" AGAINST WOLVES

Gary Neville slams Ruben Amorim’s "weird" substitutions and tactical shifts after Manchester United's 1-1 draw with bottom-side Wolves.

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Was the halftime substitution a tactical error or an injury?

Gary Neville said that the performance of Manchester United in their match against winless Wolves was ‘the baddest of the bad.’

United would have moved fourth in the league with a win at Old Trafford last night, although Wolves, who had two points in 18 games before kickoff, ended their record of 11 straight losses with a 1-1 draw.

Amorim’s team had been knocked out of the Carabao Cup by a League Two team, Grimsby, in August, but Neville was convinced that United had hit rock bottom in a game that could have been even more one-sided were it not for two important saves by Senne Lammens.

“That was the baddest of the bad," the former United captain declared on the Gary Neville podcast.

“They weren’t just booed off at the final whistle. The fans waited in the stadium to continue to boo them. They’ve gone backwards.”

United had won at Newcastle 1-0 on Boxing Day, despite being plagued by an injury list that already lacked skipper Bruno Fernandes, Harry Maguire, and Matthijs de Ligt, as well as three players on African Cup of Nations duty.

But they remained flat right from the first whistle, and the header by Ladislav Krejci just before the half bottled Joshua Zirkzee's deflected shot.

Amorim’s formation choice of 3-4-3 was brought into focus once more as the Portuguese opted to go back to his preferred tactic of four at the back against Newcastle.

“This isn’t right. I’ve watched enough of United over the last five or six weeks to know what looks right and what isn’t right,” Neville had declared 20 minutes into his commentary on Sky Sports.

“Because, when I see that we go back (to three at the back) after five minutes tonight, I’m thinking, no, Ruben, why have you done that?

"The manager has to look at that and think, I got that wrong. I complicated it."

However, Amorim decided to substitute Zirkzee at halftime and brought on an 18-year-old Jack Fletcher, who made his third appearance at the senior level.

Regarding substitutions made by Amorim, Neville further added, “They made Manchester United worse. Every single substitution was ridiculous.”

‘If Zirkzee was injured, and it was a tactical substitution, that was a very poor one.’ But Zirkzee isn't Eric Cantona, not by a long shot, and he had to get out there for physicality, for presence, for experience.”

SEE LISANDRO MARTINEZ’S FURIOUS REACTION AFTER MAN UTD’S SHOCK WOLVES DRAW

Lisandro Martinez demands more after Man Utd’s 1-1 draw with bottom-placed Wolves. United ended 2025 sixth in the Premier League.

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Martinez slams United’s tactical mistakes

Stand-in captain Lisandro Martinez was mad that Manchester United dropped points against Wolves, who are at the bottom of the league.

United came into the last game of 2025 after a good win against Newcastle on Boxing Day and were expected to easily beat Wolves.

Joshua Zirkzee scored first for United, but they didn't take their chances. Ladislav Krejci's header tied the game for Wolves, 1-1.

It was only their third point in 19 games, and it stopped their 11-game losing streak. United fans booed at the end of the game.

When Martinez was asked if it felt like a disappointing point, he said, 100 percent.

We are very disappointed. We can't keep drawing or losing points at home. We have to win.

We want to be at the top, competing with the best.

We can't drop points in games like this. We just have to accept it and be hungry for the next game.

Martinez was captain again because Bruno Fernandes is still recovering from an injury.

When United coach Ruben Amorim was asked about injured players for the game against Leeds on Sunday, he didn't give much away. Leeds are really wanting to beat United for the first time since 2010.

Martinez said to MUTV, You can either make excuses, or you can be strong and say, 'We're dropping points, so we need to go for the next one and show what we can do.'

We need to work together and do the easy things to get the three points.

United is in sixth place in the league at the end of 2025, only two points behind Liverpool for the last Champions League spot. Liverpool has a game in hand.

They could be in a better position if they had been better in both boxes. Leeds has been playing well lately, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin doing great up front.

Martinez added, It's about us. I don't like to think about other teams.

I'm thinking about what we can do to get better as a team every day, and we have to learn from this game.

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