Brighton Holds Strong on Baleba as United Show Interest…
Brighton & Hove Albion have made up their minds about Carlos Baleba, as Manchester United swoops by like a toddler trying to snatch a cookie before dinner. United showed interest in boosting their midfield with Baleba, but a deal seems as likely as a penguin winning a marathon. Brighton’s price tag of over £100 million is making United pause like they’ve just seen a ghost trying to rob their bank account. Despite the chase, Brighton trusts Baleba to fill Moises Caicedo’s shoes, or should I say, because feet that size, you’d think they were Bigfoot’s slippers.
Meanwhile, halftime magician Ruben Amorim is still pulling rabbits—or in this case, wallets—out of his hat while trying to plug the midfield shaped hole with three years left on Baleba’s contract. Fabian Hurzeler remains so confident you’ll suspect he actually has a crystal ball hidden somewhere. “More than 100,” he says on the likelihood of keeping Baleba, which might be the number of ridiculous transfer rumors this week. Amorim, who has been on a shopping spree more intense than a flash sale, aims to mend last season’s midfield with a new face—or at least someone who’s got two good knees.
