Ben Jacobs reports Raum, Jorge Salinas and Myles Lewis-Skelly were all put to the club, while Fabrizio Romano guarantees the left-back search runs to the wire. The window shuts on Tuesday night.
Fabrizio Romano put a rare word on Manchester United's last weekend of the window. "I can guarantee to you that Manchester United are still looking for a solution at left-back," he said on his YouTube channel on Friday 28 August, carried by football365 and Yahoo Sports, adding that he expects a busy final few days and that a short-term signing in the shape of the 2023 Sergio Reguilon loan is one live route. REPORTED, and nothing is agreed with any club.
The names now on the table came in rather than went out. Ben Jacobs reports that Manchester United have been offered three left-backs: David Raum of RB Leipzig, Jorge Salinas of Racing Santander and Myles Lewis-Skelly of Arsenal, with Raum viewed as the most likely of the three. Raum is 28, the Leipzig captain, a Germany international at the 2026 World Cup, and his contract runs to 2027. FootballTransfers reports a deal could be done for about 34 million pounds.
The two doors that shut this week stay shut. Alejandro Balde told Barcelona he wants to stay and fight for his place, per Fabrizio Romano and ESPN on 26 August, and Newcastle United's head coach Matthias Jaissle answered the Lewis Hall question on camera on 23 August with "No chance! No chance!", carried by Goal and football365.
The receipt behind the scramble: 148 million pounds up front on midfielders this window, per football365's tally, split across Andrey Santos, Carlos Baleba and Youri Tielemans, with BBC Sport's Simon Stone putting the total summer outlay at 153 million. Baleba, confirmed on 25 August at 65 million plus 5 million in add-ons, is not expected back from his ankle injury until mid-September, per Sky Sports News.
Ipswich Town visit Old Trafford on Sunday at 16:30 BST, and the window shuts on Tuesday 1 September. Whoever plays left-back this weekend was already at the club in July.
Sources: Fabrizio Romano, 28 August 2026, via football365 and Yahoo Sports (the guarantee quote, the busy finish, the Reguilon-style route); Ben Jacobs, via FootballFanCast and football365, 28 August 2026 (Raum, Salinas and Lewis-Skelly offered, Raum most likely); FootballTransfers (Raum contract to 2027, the 34 million pound figure); Fabrizio Romano and ESPN, 26 August 2026 (Balde staying, as recorded in the 27 August entry); Goal and football365, 23 to 24 August 2026 (the Jaissle exchange); football365 (the 148 million pound midfield tally); Simon Stone, BBC Sport, 21 August 2026 (153 million total); Sky Sports and Sky Sports News, 25 August 2026 (Baleba fee structure, the ankle injury and mid-September return); manutd.com and premierleague.com (Manchester United v Ipswich Town, Sunday 30 August, 16:30 BST).
