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Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata has signed a new two-year contract, the Premier League club have announced.

The 31-year-old Spaniard, who moved to Old Trafford from Chelsea in 2014, was scheduled to be out of contract at the end of this month.

“Manchester United is delighted to announce that Juan Mata has signed a new contract, which will keep him at the club until June 2021, with the option to extend for a further year,” United said on their official website.

Mata has scored 45 goals in 218 appearances for United, who are also considering an ambassadorial role for him down the line, Press Association Sport understands.

“It is a real honour to continue to represent this amazing club and our incredible fans,” Mata said.

“I have been at Manchester United for five years and I’m proud to call Old Trafford my home.

“I’m looking forward to working with Ole (Gunnar Solskjaer) and his fantastic coaching staff; the vision that they have for the club is truly exciting and I am so happy that I will be a part of that.”

Solskjaer added: “Juan is the ultimate professional and one of the most intelligent players I have worked with. He is a great example to our younger players in his approach.

“He understands what it means to be a Manchester United player and has embraced everything about this great club.”

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Since arriving at Old Trafford, Mata has won an Emirates FA Cup, a League Cup, the UEFA Europa League and FA Community Shield.

He has been capped 41 times by Spain and was a member of the squad that won the 2010 World Cup and the 2012 European Championship.

Mata has signed his new deal as fellow midfielder Ander Herrera and captain Antonio Valencia prepare to leave the club on free transfers.

There are also questions marks over a number of other key players, including Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sanchez and David De Gea.

 

Manchester United are accelerating their interest in Norwich City defender Max Aarons, according to reports.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka has been heavily linked over the last month with a move to Old Trafford with United looking for a replacement for Antonio Valencia.

The Crystal Palace right-back is understood to be one of the Red Devils’ priorities in the transfer market this summer.

But Palace have been left distinctly underwhelmed with the nature of the negotiations with United and reportedly rejected a £50million offer on Tuesday.

And now Sky Sports claim that knock back has led to United ‘intensifying their pursuit’ of Norwich City full-back Aarons.

Aarons, who was the EFL Young Player of the Season, was an important part of Norwich’s squad that was promoted to the Premier League at the end of the last campaign.

Sky in Italy also claims that Elseid Hysaj – who has said he wants to leave Napoli this summer – is another alternative being considered by United if they can’t land Wan-Bissaka.

United have been in contact with Napoli over the 25-year-old after he said he wants to “play for another team”.

 

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Manchester United are in the best position to sign Real Betis midfielder Giovani Lo Celso, according to reports.

Lo Celso has emerged as one of Tottenham’s primary targets this summer, with the club already having one offer rejected by Real Betis.

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The north London club will continue to pursue the midfielder, whose reported €75million release clause is proving inhibitive to any deal.

Spanish outlet Estadio Deportivo claimed on Friday that United ‘are very interested’ in signing the 23-year-old, particularly if Paul Pogba leaves this summer.

And now El Desmarque Sevilla (via Sport Witness) says that United are ‘best placed’ to sign Lo Celso despite interest from Atletico Madrid.

Diego Simeone recently told Argentina media that he likes Lo Celso, further stoking rumours of his possible arrival at the Wanda Metropolitano.

In Portugal, several newspapers are reporting that United, Spurs and Atletico are also the three clubs battling it out for Sporting Lisbon’s Bruno Fernandes, highlighting the need for those sides to reinforce their midfield.

 

TalkSPORT host Andy Goldstein claims that Manchester United have made a “first offer” of £70m for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

United have been linked with a slew of players this summer, and have a ‘complete list’ of 18 targets.

They are ‘prioritising’ the signing of Aaron Wan-Bissaka before any other, however, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer eager to bring in young, hungry recruits.

Yet Goldstein claimed on Tuesday evening that United ‘are interested in Aubameyang,’ and have already made an opening offer.

“I’ve got someone on the inside – not United, by the way, someone on the inside – who, every so often, will tell me transfer gossip. I would say he has a hit ratio of about, quite high, 75-25. Right? He’s told me quite a few that does happen, not just at United but other clubs as well.

“He told me about Anthony Martial, which I tweeted two days before United even approached. It was one of those, ‘how do you know?’. It was one of those.

“He has told me that United are interested in Aubameyang. What do you make of that? He’s got two years left on his deal, just under. He is 29 years old. He’s the finished article. United did something similar with Van Persie. Romelu Lukaku isn’t doing it for Solskjaer, I’m led to believe.

“Do you want to know the number I’m being told? I think it’s crazy money for a 29-year-old. What would you say? Two years left on his deal, scores goals.

“That’s what I’m being told,” he adds, holding up a sheet which apparently has ‘£70m’ written on it.

“There’s the first offer. For a 29-year-old. He’s only got two years left. If you’re at Arsenal and you’re in roughly the same sort of place as United at the moment, and United come in for you, where do you go?

“I think it fits quite well. I’m not saying it’s gonna happen but the person who’s told me, as I said, is a 75-25.”

 

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Former UEFA president Michel Platini has been detained for questioning by French police over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.

France’s financial prosecutor’s office confirmed to Press Association Sport that 63-year-old Platini had been detained.

Platini, who has never denied voting for Qatar but has always rejected any claims of wrongdoing, was detained in a suburb of Paris on Tuesday morning.

The Parquet National Financier has been investigating the December 2010 decision to stage football’s biggest tournament in the small but wealthy Gulf state since 2016.

Qatar beat bids from Australia, Japan, South Korea and the United States in a vote by the executive committee of world football’s governing body FIFA, but more than half of that 22-man panel have now been accused of receiving bribes.

Platini was head of European football’s governing body until 2015 when he was handed an eight-year ban over ethics breaches that was later reduced to four years on appeal.

The ban expires this October and he has previously suggested he intends to return to football politics.

Platini and former FIFA boss Sepp Blatter were banned for eight years by FIFA’s ethics committee in December 2015, although a FIFA appeal body reduced that to six years, for a “disloyal payment” of £1.5million paid by Blatter to Platini.

The pair then made separate appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which upheld Blatter’s sanction but cut a further two years off Platini’s. Blatter has always denied any wrongdoing.

The French authorities have also arrested Sophie Dion, a former adviser of ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and questioned Claude Gueant, Sarkozy’s ex-chief of staff.

Sarkozy’s support for Qatar World Cup bid has been the subject of considerable speculation for several years and it is understood the French authorities want to know what promises were made at a lunch at the French premier’s Elysee Palace on November 23, 2010 – 10 days before the FIFA vote.

At that lunch were Platini, Sarkozy, the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad al Thani and Qatar’s former prime minister and foreign minister Sheikh Hamad Ben Jassim.

It is no secret that Sarkozy was eager to foster close economic links with Qatar, but the investigation is also looking into the June 2011 deal that saw Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund the French leader’s favourite football team, Paris St Germain, and the subsequent launch of BeIN Sports, the Doha-based media company run by PSG’s chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi. Al-Khelaifi has denied any wrongdoing.

Platini had a glittering playing career, winning the 1984 European Championship with France and also league titles in France and Italy with St Etienne and Juventus. He won the Ballon d’Or in three successive seasons from 1983 to 1985.

UEFA declined to comment on Platini’s detention when contacted by Press Association Sport.

A FIFA spokesperson said: “FIFA reiterates its full commitment to co-operating with the authorities in any given country of the world where investigations are taking place in connection with football activities.”

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Tottenham have identified Joachim Andersen as one of their ‘possible replacements’ for Toby Alderweireld.

It remains to be seen whether Alderweireld will choose to leave Tottenham this summer, with one year remaining on a contract that has a £25m release clause.

But the London Evening Standard say Andersen is one centre-half Tottenham ‘are tracking’ in case the Belgian leaves.

Juventus and Manchester United are known admirers of the 23-year-old, who has impressed at Sampdoria after joining in 2017.

Tottenham ‘are unlikely to make a move’ for the Dane ‘until Alderweireld’s future is resolved’, with midfield reinforcements also a priority.

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Chelsea have rejected two £35million bids from Barcelona and Atletico Madrid for winger Willian.

With Chelsea starting a FIFA-imposed two-window transfer ban this summer, the club are understandably reluctant to sell any player unless they absolutely have to.

Willian has just 12 months remaining on his contract at Stamford Bridge and, at 30, his value is likely to deteriorate in the coming years.

But Chelsea’s probable inability to sufficiently replace him with a new signing has seen them turn down two offers of £35m from La Liga.

Sky Sports say both Barca and Atleti have lodged offers for a player potential incoming Chelsea manager Frank Lampard said “could easily play in any team in the world” in March 2018.

Willian joined Chelsea from Anzhi Makhachkala just one year before Lampard left the club, but it is thought the 40-year-old would not want to lose him if, as expected, he is appointed Blues manager.

Barca have a long-standing interest in Willian, offering £50m for him in January and making three bids alone last summer.

 

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Manchester United could offer Andreas Pereira as a ‘sweetener’ in a deal to sign Harry Maguire from Leicester.

Maguire is one of 18 players United are targeting this summer, with the club eager to strengthen their centre-half ranks.

But the £90m valuation placed on Maguire’s block head is proving understandably prohibitive.

United have not withdrawn their interest in the England international but are reluctant to spend a world-record fee for a defender.

They could therefore use Brendan Rodgers’s previous interest in Pereira to try and bring the cost down.

Rodgers ‘is a big fan’ of the midfielder, having tried to sign him during his time at Celtic.

Yet this would not be a straight swap: the 23-year-old’s Old Trafford contract was extended by another year recently, and discussions over a long-term deal have been held.

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United would therefore offer Pereira only on loan in an attempt to assuage the Maguire move.

What is their obsession with trying to swap their current players for shiny new ones?

 

Derby owner Mel Morris has stressed the club want to keep Frank Lampard as manager “for the long term” amid reported interest from Chelsea.

Following Maurizio Sarri’s move to Juventus, former Blues midfielder Lampard has emerged as the favourite for the Stamford Bridge vacancy.

Lampard, who turns 41 on June 20, enjoyed a hugely successful spell as a player for the Blues, becoming the club’s record goalscorer and winning three Premier League titles as well as the Champions League.

Morris, though, maintained the Championship club, who missed out on promotion when they were beaten by Aston Villa in the play-off final at Wembley last month, are determined to hold onto Lampard’s services.

“There’s no change in the situation at present, except for the fact that Chelsea no longer have a manager,” Morris told Sky Sports.

“We have made it clear to everyone, but most importantly to Frank, that we want him and to retain his services for the long term.

“If Chelsea want to hire Frank, then it is in their gift to make an offer in pursuit of that.

“In the meantime, we will continue to put our best foot forward to continue with our plans for the coming season, to work with Frank for him to know how much he is wanted by everyone associated with the club.”

Lampard is reported to have already told Derby he would be interested in talking to Chelsea if an approach was made. Both clubs have been contacted for comment by Press Association Sport.

The former England midfielder remains the overwhelming favourite to take over at Stamford Bridge.

Moving for such a rookie coach would be a bold appointment by Chelsea and a big step for Lampard, but it would be a hugely popular move with supporters.

Former Chelsea bosses Rafael Benitez and Jose Mourinho have also been touted as potential replacements for Sarri, who guided the London club to Europa League success last season.

Harry Redknapp, though, suggested it appeared only a matter of time before his nephew returned to Stamford Bridge.

“I think it would be a major surprise if he doesn’t get the job. It looks to me as though it will happen,” Redknapp said on talkSPORT’s Sports Breakfast.

“It would be brilliant for him. A shame for Derby as Mel Morris gave him the opportunity there and he’s done a great job. But it’s a great move; he’s absolutely idolised at Chelsea – a genuine legend there.

“He knows the game, he knows what it’s about, he’s got a touch of class… it will be great.”

Sarri’s successor will be the 14th different manager employed at Chelsea since owner Roman Abramovich took over in 2003.

The 60-year-old Italian was in the position for just one year after succeeding compatriot Antonio Conte last summer. He guided the team to Europa League success, third place in the Premier League and the Carabao Cup final.

But the former investment banker failed to win over all Chelsea fans, with frustration at his regimented tactics and an apparent reluctance to play homegrown talents Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Callum Hudson-Odoi.

Form was also inconsistent at times and, with Sarri hankering after a return to Italy, the club decided not to stand in his way when Juventus expressed an interest. A compensation package understood to be in excess of £5million was agreed with the Serie A champions.

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