As things stand, this is interest and little more. Manchester United are said to be trying to lure Carlos Baleba away from Brighton, but there is no bid on the table, no agreement, and no advanced talks reported. The 22-year-old Cameroon midfielder remains under contract at Brighton until June 2028, with a club option, and the numbers being floated — somewhere between £57m and £80.5m — sit comfortably above his market value of around £47m. For now, it is a story about ambition rather than action. The sourcing is thin and second-hand. Sky Sports News, a reliable voice, framed it eleven days ago as newspaper aggregation: Baleba supposedly discussing a potential move with United players, but no bid and no talks. Tipsbladet, also credible, echoed the same press chatter ten days ago and was blunt that this is a speculative link only. Two trustworthy outlets, then, but both are reporting on stories rather than breaking news of their own. The 7% figure marks this as a longshot. That is what you would expect when there is concrete interest but nothing behind it — no bid, no agreed fee, no momentum, and a player tied down until 2028 with an option. For the number to climb, United would need to turn admiration into a formal approach and meet Brighton's clearly steep valuation. Baleba himself arrived at Brighton from Lille for £23m in 2023, a fee that now looks modest against the prices being discussed for him here. Watch for the first sign of substance: an actual bid lodged, talks opening, or Brighton signalling whether they would even entertain a sale.