Manchester United fans will be excited to hear that Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba is reportedly ready to hand in a transfer request.

The Cameroon international has impressed a great deal during his time at Brighton and the Red Devils have shown a strong interest in him in recent times.

Baleba has been on Man Utd’s radar for some time now, and journalist Indy Kaila says the player is ready to try to force his way out of Brighton.

See below for Indy Kaila’s post on X, formerly Twitter, as he says that Baleba’s agent will have a meeting with Seagulls chiefs next month…

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Carlos Baleba will request to leave Brighton in January.

Baleba’s agent to meet @OfficialBHAFC in November. pic.twitter.com/qTuH7GGntr

— indykaila News (@indykaila) October 11, 2025

It will be interesting to see how this develops, but it might be tricky for Brighton to keep an unhappy player if he tries to force his way out, as we saw with Alexander Isak and the saga between Liverpool and Newcastle United in the summer just gone.

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