{"id":7265,"date":"2025-02-11T16:51:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=7265"},"modified":"2025-02-11T18:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:38:00","slug":"paul-scholes-says-kobbie-mainoo-is-lost-at-man-utd-after-chelsea-transfer-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/paul-scholes-says-kobbie-mainoo-is-lost-at-man-utd-after-chelsea-transfer-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Scholes says Kobbie Mainoo is \u2018lost\u2019 at Man Utd after Chelsea transfer links"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paul Scholes has shared his thoughts on Man Utd star Kobbie Mainoo (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Paul Scholes<\/a> has claimed that Kobbie Mainoo<\/a> is ‘lost’ at Manchester United<\/a>, with his former club not knowing ‘what to do’ with the midfielder.<\/p>\n

Mainoo was linked with a transfer to Chelsea<\/a> in the January transfer window, with the Red Devils open to selling him at the end of the season<\/a> for the right price if the Blues reignite their interest in the English star.<\/p>\n

Amid the speculation over his future, United legend Scholes feels head coach Rubem Amorim is unsure how to best use Mainoo, who surprisinglyfeatured as a false nine against Crystal Palace<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n

It comes after football pundit Graeme Souness said that the highly-rated 19-year-old star ‘doesn\u2019t understand his position\u2019<\/a> at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

Tony Cascarino has also warned Amorim that he is hurting Mainoo by not letting him play consistently in his most natural midfield position<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scholes has now shared his own thoughts on the situation with the United icon quizzed about Mainoo on The Overlap Fan Debate<\/a>, brought to you by Sky Bet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘I think Mainoo is lost,’ Scholes said. ‘I\u2019ve talked about\u00a0Declan Rice\u00a0being lost before – I think Mainoo is lost as well.<\/p>\n

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Paul Scholes has branded Kobbie Mainoo a ‘great footballer’ (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘They don\u2019t know what to do with him. I don\u2019t think he knows where to play on a football pitch.<\/p>\n

‘He\u2019s been played in one of the\u00a0number 10\u00a0positions, he has been played in the two in the midfield, which I can see probably doesn\u2019t suit him because I don\u2019t think he\u2019s the greatest athlete.<\/p>\n

‘He\u2019s a great footballer. I think the No 10 does suit, [but] the false nine, never in a million years.’<\/p>\n

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Man Utd want \u00a380m from Chelsea in order to sell Kobbie Mainoo (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is believed that United would demand \u00a380m in order to let Mainoo swap Old Trafford for Stamford Bridge at the end of the current season.<\/p>\n

United reportedly require player sales in order to significantly strengthen Ruben Amorim\u2019s squad with new signings in the next summer window, amid concerns over the the top-flight’s profit and sustainability rules (PSR).<\/p>\n

Selling players who have graduated from an academy, such as Mainoo, can be a financial goldmine for clubs, as they are considered pure profit.<\/p>\n

Mainoo is under contract at United until 2027 – but he wants a new deal on a vastly improved salary – as he is currently only paid \u00a320,000-a-week.<\/p>\n

Speaking last month, Amorim challenged Mainoo to show he is worth a bigger salary<\/a> amid his uncertain future at the club.<\/p>\n

‘He is not [the finished product],’ Amorim said about Mainoo. ‘He has so much potential to grow up even more. He is really, really good but he can be so much better.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul Scholes has shared his thoughts on Man Utd star Kobbie Mainoo (Picture: Getty) Paul Scholes has claimed that Kobbie Mainoo is ‘lost’ at Manchester United, with his former club not knowing ‘what to do’ with the midfielder. Mainoo was linked with a transfer to Chelsea in the January transfer window, with the Red Devils…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7265"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7265"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7268,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7265\/revisions\/7268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}