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Football: Manchester United target Fulham’s Calvin Bassey

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Football: Manchester United target Fulham’s Calvin BasseyBryan Berlin · CC BY-SA 4.0

Manchester United’s new head coach, Mauricio Pochettino, has named Nigerian Calvin Bassey of Fulham as his top target for the winter transfer window. He plans to push the club to sign him as early as January, seeing him as a fix for the team’s defensive weaknesses, according to The Telegraph.

Manchester United’s new manager, Mauricio Pochettino, has made Nigerian international Calvin Bassey, a Fulham player, his priority for the next transfer window. According to The Telegraph, as relayed by Daily Post, he sees him as the player capable of fixing a defence deemed fragile.

Pochettino intends to push the club’s management to try to sign him as early as January. Bassey is one of the stars of the Super Eagles, Nigeria’s national team.

This lead follows the appointment of Mauricio Pochettino as Manchester United manager on 13 November. The club had previously sacked Michael Carrick on 12 November, after 10 matches.

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