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title: "Manchester United: Red Devils rebuff reports that Wolves striker Raul Jimenez is ‘on his way’ to Old Trafford"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/man-united-deny-jimenez-transfer-reports/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Thomas Ward"
section: "Manchester United Football Club"
published: "2020-08-01T08:15:32Z"
modified: "2020-08-01T08:15:32Z"
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# Manchester United: Red Devils rebuff reports that Wolves striker Raul Jimenez is ‘on his way’ to Old Trafford

**Manchester United have denied reports suggesting that Wolves striker Raul Jimenez is ‘[on his way](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-transfer-rumours/manchester-united-wolves-striker-raul-jimenez-is-reportedly-on-his-way-to-old-trafford/?utm_source=snack-poll)‘ to Old Trafford, via [Manchester Evening News](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-united-raul-jimenez-transfer-18692522?_ga=2.69477712.1563425187.1595852174-1903454202.1584469799).**

Portuguese broadcaster RTP claimed that [Man United](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-transfer-rumours/manchester-united-wolves-striker-raul-jimenez-is-reportedly-on-his-way-to-old-trafford/?utm_source=snack-poll) are close to signing the Mexican forward but the club have moved to swiftly deny the claims.

[Ole Gunnar Solskjaer](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-transfer-rumours/manchester-united-wolves-striker-raul-jimenez-is-reportedly-on-his-way-to-old-trafford/?utm_source=snack-poll) had been seeking to add to his firepower ahead of the 2020/21 Premier League season but these plans seem to have been shelved for the time being.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/THE-BREAKDOWN.png)

Jimenez has been in impressive form at Molineux this season, having scored 17 goals and supplied six assists in the [English top flight](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/108186/Show/Ra%C3%BAl-Jim%C3%A9nez) as Nuno Espirito Santo’s side finished seventh in the [table](https://www.premierleague.com/tables), tied with Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur on 59 points.

Senior sources have told the outlet that the reports are widely inaccurate, although [Solskjaer](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-united-raul-jimenez-transfer-18692522?_ga=2.69477712.1563425187.1595852174-1903454202.1584469799) is believed to be an admirer of the Mexican, and United had been interested in the 29-year-old after Marcus Rashford suffered a back injury in [January](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-united-raul-jimenez-transfer-18692522?_ga=2.69477712.1563425187.1595852174-1903454202.1584469799).

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Jimenez’s contract is set to expire in [2023](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/raul-jimenez/profil/spieler/206040) and United turned their attentions to Shanghai Shenhua striker [Odion Ighalo](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-united-raul-jimenez-transfer-18692522?_ga=2.69477712.1563425187.1595852174-1903454202.1584469799) instead. They recently reached an agreement with his parent club to extend the Nigerian’s stay at Old Trafford until [January 2021](https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/man-utd-extend-odion-ighalo-loan-from-shanghai-greenland-shenhua).

The 82-cap Mexico international has hit [double figures](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-transfer-rumours/manchester-united-wolves-striker-raul-jimenez-is-reportedly-on-his-way-to-old-trafford/?utm_source=snack-poll) for the past few seasons and scored the same amount of goals as Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford in the [Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/players/goals) this term.

After a dodgy start, Martial has emerged as United’s frontman, scoring 22 goals in 39 starts for [Solskjaer’s side](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-united-raul-jimenez-transfer-18692522?_ga=2.69477712.1563425187.1595852174-1903454202.1584469799), while Rashford can also lead from the front and Greenwood became the first 18-year-old since Michael Owen to score 10 or more goals in a single season in [the English top flight](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8553453/Mason-Greenwood-par-Wayne-Rooney-George-Best-teenage-dog.html).

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdict.png)

In short, Solskjaer has a dearth of attacking options at his disposal and he has focused all of his efforts on signing Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund this summer.

Valued at £36m via [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/raul-jimenez/profil/spieler/206040), Jimenez would not come cheap as his contract will run out in two years’ time anyway, by which stage he will be 31.

***United fans, do you think Ed Woodward will sign Jimenez this summer? Let us know your views by commenting below!***