The only thing that has changed is the hairstyle, but Brighton, and Manchester United's alternative, which eventually withdrew from the recruitment of Valieva, is again an Amorim student

Aug 17, 2025

The only thing that has changed is the hairstyle, but Brighton, and Manchester United's alternative, which eventually withdrew from the recruitment of Valieva, is again an Amorim student



The only thing that has changed is the hairstyle, but Brighton, and Manchester United's alternative, which eventually withdrew from the recruitment of Valieva, is again an Amorim student
Manchester United withdrew from the recruitment race after failing to negotiate once. This is the story of Brighton midfielder Carlos Valieva.

Last season United had their worst season. Not a single trophy was lifted. It was the worst performance ever in the league. He recorded 18 losses, the most in the club's history. The ranking also dropped to 15th place. Manchester United replaced Coach Ten Haach and appointed Amorim, who was called Portugal's young master through the acting head coach Ruud Pannistelrooy, to seek a turnaround.

However, contrary to expectations, Amorim also struggled at Manchester United. Since taking office at Manchester United, he has achieved a disastrous record of six wins, six draws and 14 losses in the league. The only place to lean on was the Europa League (UEL). They dramatically beat Lyon in the quarterfinals and reached the final by beating Athletic Clube. The opponent is Son Heung-min's Tottenham. However, contrary to expectations, the result was a complete defeat. He lost 0-1 and eventually stayed in the military.




The atmosphere was simply the worst, with financial difficulties.

Still, he is raising hope this summer. United, who have shown confidence in Amorim, are having a pretty good summer transfer market. Following the signing of Wolverhampton ace Matheus Cunha, he also brought key Brentford striker Brian Mbormo. Manchester United, which left midfield ace Bruno Fernandes, added Benjamin Seschko, who has plenty of potential to the front line. Manchester United poured in 385 billion won this summer alone.

The last puzzle is the midfield. Amorim wants a defensive midfielder to be paired with Fernandes. Casemiro is there, but he has ups and downs due to aging, and Kobe Mainu is not a typical defensive midfielder and has frequent injuries. Valieva came up with the answer. Cameroonian Valieva is short but has excellent athletic ability. It is evaluated that he has excellent passing ability as well as post-pressurization. Valieva, who moved from Lille to Brighton in the summer of 2023, has emerged as the league's best defensive midfielder with a strong performance last season.




England 'Giveme Sports' says that Valieva wants to move to Manchester United' and the matter is negotiations. With the opening just around the corner, Brighton do not want the team's key players to break away from it. In order for Manchester United to persuade Brighton, they have to offer a huge amount of money in the end, but Brighton is currently reported to want £100 million. In fact, it meant that I would not sell it.

Director Fabian Wheeler said, `The only thing that has changed for Valieva is the shape of her hair. That's the only change in two weeks. "I'm very sure he'll stay. Valieva is happy to be a Brighton player. In the end, Manchester United pulled out of the recruitment race. He didn't make an official offer, but after looking at the transfer fee and Brighton's attitude, it was impossible to recruit. From Manchester United's point of view, he made it clear that he has no money and that he will not spend that much money even if he has.

Manchester United is instead preparing to recruit Morten Hiulman, who coach Amorim joined in Sporting.






Reporter Park Chan-joon vanbasten@sportschosun.com



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.