Ollie Watkins is probably going to stay at Aston Villa, thus Manchester United's efforts to get a brutal striker who can score goals this summer have once again failed.
Despite recent connections to the Red Devils and Arsenal, David Ornstein of The Athletic asserts that Villa has no plans to let go of the "terrific" Englishman.
Rumour had it that the Birmingham-based team was open to doing business for about £60 million, which was beyond INEOS' means.
With the Villans interested in Alejandro Garnacho, there was a possibility that the co-owners would try to lower the price or present a possible trade opportunity.
Villa refuses to part with Ollie Watkins.
However, the respected Ornstein claims that Unai Emery has made plans for the forthcoming season with the 29-year-old as their man in mind from the beginning.
Additionally, he asserted that all communication has so far been between the England international's entourage and the 20-time English league winners, with no club-to-club discussions having occurred.
According to our colleague Laurie Whitwell, Ollie Watkins is on Manchester United's list of potential hires. If he wasn't on the major teams' recruiting lists, I'd be shocked.
They may have made some queries with his camp, and he's a great striker and a lovely guy. I don't know if Villa has received that personally.
According to what I've heard from Villa, they don't intend to break up with Ollie Watkins. For them, they want him to stay with him up front.
United's choices for strikers are running low.
Up until now, United's attempts to replace Rasmus Hojlund have not gone as planned. The team first lost out on Liam Delap before conceding defeat in the competition for Viktor Gyokeres.
Ollie Watkins is the greatest choice on the market right now, and Victor Osimhen appears to be returning to Turkey as well.
It will be fascinating to observe how INEOS responds to this change. Other backup choices are Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Dusan Vlahovic, Randal Kolo Muani, and Moise Kean.
On paper, none of them may be particularly noteworthy additions, but United is in dire need of a top player, and there aren't many good players available right now.
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