Tuesday January 28
Two Premier League clubs have started active transfer talks in the bid to sign AS Monaco loanee Islam Slimani who’s on loan from another Premier League team in Leicester City.
Islam Slimani is an Algerian international striker on loan at French giants AS Monaco for this season having joined them from Leicester City last summer.
Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are the two Premier League teams interested in taking Islam Slimani back to the top flight of English football and the Daily Star said that both clubs have initiated active talks for the player.
Islam Slimani was one of the most in-form strikers in Europe when Leicester City signed him in 2016.
He had scored 48 goals in 82 appearances for Sporting Lisbon before the Foxes snapped him up four years ago.
Slimani went on to score just eight Premier League goals in 39 matches before being loaned out to clubs like Newcastle United in the same English top flight as well as Turkish Super League giants Fenerbahce.
He didn’t achieve much during his loan spell at these two clubs before the AS Monaco loan transfer at the start of this campaign.
In France, Slimani has scored seven goals and seven assists in 13 league matches.
Saturday, January 25
Manchester United target Islam Slimani has been left out of the AS Monaco squad for this weekend’s league game to further heighten the transfer rumours linking the Algerian striker with a move to Old Trafford.
The Algerian national team player has been dropped from the Monaco squad to face Racing Strasbourg at home in the French Ligue 1 later on Saturday night.
Islam Slimani has been the subject of transfer interest from Premier League giants Manchester United who are keen to sign a striker on a short-term to cover for the injury to Marcus Rashford.
The England international has a serious back injury which will keep him out of action until March.
Islam Slimani has been on top form in the French Ligue 1 following his loan move to AS Monaco from Leicester City last summer.
The Algerian attacker has scored seven goals and also added seven assists in 13 league games for Monaco this season.
In total, he has seven goals and seven assists in all competitions.
Manchester United will have to pay around £4m to sign him on loan until this summer as per the recent reports in the British media.
Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo is also a striker target for the Red Devils.
