{"id":72129,"date":"2024-07-21T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/56d7c1f0a71ecec783c586cb"},"modified":"2024-07-21T07:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T07:00:10","slug":"manchester-united-in-discussions-with-greek-outfit-panathinaikos-over-facundo-pellistri-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/manchester-united-in-discussions-with-greek-outfit-panathinaikos-over-facundo-pellistri-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United in discussions with Greek outfit Panathinaikos over Facundo Pellistri transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/manchester-united-in-discussions-with-greek-outfit-panathinaikos-over-facundo-pellistri-transfer.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>With Leny Yoro and Joshua Zirkzee already though the door at Old Trafford, Manchester United&#8217;s drastic shift in approach towards transfer window under the new INEOS-shaped transfer team is for everyone to see this summer as they look to shape a new-look team for Erik ten Hag ahead of the 2024\/25 season.<\/p>\n<p>While more <span class=\"waslinkname\">incomings are in the pipeline<\/span>, the Red Devils also need to move on players and raise capital to balance their books, having already sold Mason Greenwood earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>Another player who spent last season out on loan was Facundo Pellistri, with the Uruguayan winger spending the latter half of the season at Spanish side Granada.<\/p>\n<p>Erik ten Hag handed a fair few opportunities to the 22-year-old since his 2020 move but he failed to impress and looked far too inconsistent for a club of United&#8217;s stature.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"waslinkname\">All the latest EPL club news<\/span>&nbsp;| <span class=\"waslinkname\">Team-by-team Premier League schedule for 2024\/25<\/span>&nbsp;| <span class=\"waslinkname\">Latest Premier League top scorer rankings<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In La Liga, the former Penarol star scored twice and provided two assists in 15 appearances, notably making a strong impression against Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Pellistri&#8217;s contract with United runs until 2025, and the Red Devils are open to a sale. According to journalist Giannis Chorianopoulos, Greek Super League side Panathinaikos are the latest club to express interest.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.9848484848485\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2757 Panathinaikos are in talks with Manchester United to sign Facundo Pellistri. Greece is not player&#8217;s priority but it&#8217;s an open case \ud83d\udfe2\ud83d\udd34<span class=\"waslinkname\">@paofc_<\/span> <span class=\"waslinkname\">@ManUtd<\/span> <span class=\"waslinkname\">#paofc<\/span> <span class=\"waslinkname\">#Panathinaikos<\/span> <span class=\"waslinkname\">#MUTD<\/span> <span class=\"waslinkname\">#ManUtd<\/span> <span class=\"waslinkname\">#ManchesterUnited<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Giannis Chorianopoulos (@choria80) <span class=\"waslinkname\">July 20, 2024<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Corinthians, Flamengo, Besiktas, and Boca Juniors have all shown interest in acquiring Pellistri&#8217;s signature recently following his bright showing at Copa America in USA, where he helped Uruguay to achieve a third-place finish.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether this develops into something concrete and Panathinaikos actually table a bid to sign the Uruguayan international this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Leny Yoro and Joshua Zirkzee already though the door at Old Trafford, Manchester United&#8217;s drastic shift in approach towards transfer window under the new INEOS-shaped transfer team is for everyone to see this summer as they look to shape a new-look team for Erik ten Hag ahead of the 2024\/25 season. While more incomings &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","has-thumb","has-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}