Real Sociedad midfielder Luka Sucic has reacted positively to speculation linking him with a move to Man Utd ahead of the January transfer window.

The Red Devils are being linked to numerous players with the winter market set to open in the new year and Ruben Amorim’s side in desperate need of an overhaul.

Amorim has come across similar problems to his predecessors at Old Trafford with the new Man Utd boss also struggled for consistency in performances and results.

One player who has been linked with improving Amorim’s side is Real Sociedad midfielder Sucic, who signed from Red Bull Salzburg in the summer transfer window.

After making 18 appearances since joining the La Liga side, reports have emerged claiming that Man Utd are interested ahead of the winter market but Sucic is not aware of their interest.

Sucic told Sportske Novosti: “I was told of such a possibility that appeared in public. I read about it myself later.

“No one called me from England. I’m contracted to Real Sociedad, where I feel good, nice, where I fit in perfectly. Did the clubs talk? I don’t know, and I’m not bothered by this topic. There have been stories like this before, and there will be again.”

When asked specifically about links to Man Utd, Sucic added: “United are a global giant, a respected giant in the world of football. Of course, I like my name associated with the Red Devils, but I’m keeping my feet on the ground.”

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Man Utd director Christopher Vivell knows Sucic from their time at Red Bull Salzburg and reportedly recommended the midfielder to the Red Devils’ recruitment team.

When asked about this, Sucic continued: “Mr. Vivell knows me well from my Red Bull days, I can only say that, and unfortunately I cannot know what anyone does and does in the football business. They say that the Lord’s ways are strange, and so are professional football players…”

Man Utd boss Amorim insists that he knew what he was signing up for when he took the job at Old Trafford after a difficult start to his tenure.

Speaking in today’s matchday programme ahead of their match against Newcastle, Amorim said: “When I took this job, I knew that I was signing up for a lot of work.

“If we are to make the long-term changes that we want to make to Manchester United, then we have to go through that step by step. We are looking to implement a new way of playing, at the busiest time of the year, so there are short-term costs for our long-term aims.

“I will say, though, that the players are working hard to take on and use all the new information and instructions they are getting. The longer they do this, the easier it will become for them, and then the comfort and confidence in our game will grow.”

Man Utd have held talks with Real Betis over allowing Antony to leave on a potential loan to the Spanish side in January, according to reports.

The Red Devils have had an appalling season with Ruben Amorim’s side currently 14th in the Premier League table ahead of their match against Newcastle on Monday night.

Amorim is finding it hard to turn around their inconsistent performances and results with the Portuguese head coach winning just four of his first 10 matches in charge of Man Utd.

Antony, who signed from Ajax for £85m in 2022, has played 349 minutes in all competitions this season over 11 appearances, three of which have been in the starting XI.

His time in the team has slightly improved since the arrival of Amorim as manager but it’s understood that the new Man Utd head coach is unlikely to stand in the way of his exit from Old Trafford.

And now Spanish outlet ABC de Sevilla insist that Real Betis are ‘monitoring the situation of a footballer who is theoretically out of the Betis’ financial reach but in Heliópolis they want to exhaust the options of convincing the parties to incorporate him on advantageous conditions’.

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The player they are referring to is Antony at Man Utd and the winger is ‘on the table of Betis officials as a possible January reinforcement given the player’s ostracism at his club, his desire to change leagues and the footballing conditions that fit the Betis squad to be able to be recovered in the hands of Manuel Pellegrini after having caused a stir in 2022 with a stratospheric transfer of one hundred million euros from Ajax to United.’

A potential loan is seen as ‘very difficult’ for Betis to pull off because of Antony’s salary ‘but the operation that is initially proposed as a loan includes sharing the salary with United and the player giving up amounts to be able to address his arrival, which also depends on the departure of some Betis asset such as Assane, who has been valued at around fifteen million euros’.

ABC de Sevilla adds:

‘With this entry, a good part of Antony’s cost could be covered, although it is necessary to take into account the competition that Betis will have when it comes to signing a player of this level, with many candidates on the market given the level he displayed not so long ago with his national team and with Ajax , mainly (with 22 goals and 24 assists in 82 official matches), although he is on the decline at United being only 24 years old.’