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Manchester United is already in negotiations to sign center Xiao Yao for 3 million in January! La Jue continues to win, and the 10-goal shooter in a single game is out of favor

2:27pm, 29 October 2025【Football】

According to reports from Sky Sports Germany, Manchester United is in substantive negotiations with Swedish AIK Solna and intends to sign Kevin Filling in the winter transfer window in January next year. Sir Jim Ratcliffe is very fond of the "scratch lottery" of youth training, bringing in young talents from all over the world.

Recently, Manchester United confirmed the signing of Colombian midfielder Christian Orozco, who will join when he turns 18 next summer. At the same time, a deal to introduce the highly regarded Senegalese teenager Mohamed Dabo is also in progress.

The 16-year-old Filin is the latest target of Manchester United. Several Bundesliga clubs are also interested in this young striker who is 185cm tall. He has played 7 times in the Swedish top league and has 2 goals, including a header to win the goal. Therefore, AIK Solna is asking for €3 million (£2.6 million).

Florian Plettenberg of Sky Sports Germany revealed that Manchester United has conducted specific negotiations and may complete the transaction as early as the winter window and allow him to join the team's youth training system. Filin's desire to be immediately called up to the first team by Ruben Amorim now seems unlikely. Manchester United may even postpone his move to England and allow him to continue training in Sweden.

There are also rumors that Manchester United is also one of the three top European teams paying close attention to the situation of Kerim Alajbegovic of Austrian Red Bull Salzburg. The other two teams are Chelsea of ​​the Premier League and FC Porto of the Portuguese Super League. The player is the youngest ever Bosnian international and scorer. Bayer Leverkusen of the Bundesliga has priority to repurchase him.

Ala Ibegovic is a versatile frontcourt player. He is mainly a left winger and can also play in the center and right wing. He has scored 6 goals and 1 assist in all games he represented Salzburg.

If Manchester United continues to introduce forwards, Danish forward Chido Obi, who was once popular last season, may gradually fall out of favor. Obi became famous after scoring 10 goals in a single game between Arsenal's youth team and Liverpool, and he chose to switch to the Red Devils. However, when Manchester United had an injury crisis last year, the 17-year-old Obi failed to seize the opportunity. Outsiders believe that he is accustomed to using his body like he did in youth training games, but unfortunately he does not have the physical advantage in the adult team.

Now, Obi has to return to the U21 youth team to play. He has four goals in nine games, including one against Rochdale in the National League Cup on Tuesday. However, his popularity has long been surpassed by Gabriel, the 15-year-old "kid Messi" of the U18 youth team. United were knocked out of the League Cup by Grimsby in the second round and did not qualify for Europe, so players like Obi had fewer opportunities to break into the first team.

Manchester United has signed another French forward Enzo Kana-Biyik this summer. He transferred from Le Havre and then joined Ineos' Lausanne in Switzerland on loan for a season for training.

In addition, Manchester United has basically no youth training center that has successfully become the main force in the history of the Premier League. The only exception is Mark Hughes when the league was first established. Not only that, there are very few examples of European giants whose youth training has become the main No. 9 player. The top scorers are usually outsourced superstars. Therefore, whether Gabriel, Obi or Filin and others who may join, becoming a backup center may be the highest goal in Manchester United.