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Barcelona wonderkid REJECTED Man Utd summer move

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Barcelona wonderkid REJECTED Man Utd summer move

Stade Rennais defender Mikayil Faye rejected a move to Manchester United this summer, his agent has revealed.

The 20-year-old was linked with a Barcelona exit throughout the entire summer transfer window, with Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen and Man Utd among the clubs monitoring his situation at Camp Nou.

He eventually sealed a surprise move to Rennes for €10.3 million in August, although he is yet to make his debut for the Ligue 1 club.

Faye’s agent, Andy Bara, has now confirmed that Man Utd wanted to sign his client this summer. However, the then-Barcelona defender wasn’t interested in moving to Old Trafford.

“Manchester United were interested in Faye, but he didn’t like that option,” Bara told the Inkubator podcast (as per GOAL): “He wasn’t a regular at Barcelona, so what did it matter if he hadn’t had the same at United? His development wouldn’t have progressed at all.

“Barca wanted a buy-back clause in Faye’s contract with Rennais, it was the only condition that Barca accepted. The clause is €30m. Now everything depends on Faye, on how he is going to develop.”