"To hijack the move" means to take control of or manipulate a situation to serve your own interests or agenda, often by changing its original direction or purpose.
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Liverpool will take advantage of uncertainty about who will manage Arsenal next season by
hijacking their move for highly - rated Leicester City left - back Ben Chilwell.
But Pep Guardiola's side were more than happy to wait until the end of the season and Jose Mourinho is trying very hard to
hijack the move by paying what Arsenal want right now.
But journalist Duncan Castles says Paris Saint - Germain
hijacked the move when they heard of Barca's intentions.
Another forward remains the most necessary area of reinforcement, and since
Arsenal hijacked their move for Deportivo's Lucas Perez, they have moved on to Napoli's Manolo Gabbiadini.
According to Don Balon, as re-reported by The Express, Barcelona are looking to
hijack moves from Real Madrid for Matthijs de Ligt, Alvaro Odriozola, Fabian Ruiz, Maxime Lopez and Nabil Fekir.
Many compared the youngster to former Arsenal legend Robin van Persie with one Arsenal fan urging the Gunners to
hijack the move as he «looks like a very good player».
According to The Mirror, Rudiger has been heavily linked with a # 35m move to Chelsea this week, but City are ready to
hijack that move with a bid of their own for the 24 - year - old.
Another rumoured transfer target for the West London outfit is Nicolas Otamendi, who is also attracting interest from Manchester United, as reports over the weekend surfaced in the Express Sport that agent Jorge Mendes was being recruited to
hijack a move to Old Trafford for Stamford Bridge instead.
The 24 - year - old outshone Romelu Lukaku in that game, despite the Telegraph reporting in the summer that Chelsea tried to
hijack his move to Old Trafford late on.
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Manchester United face a scare over the transfer of Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann as Real Madrid still hope they can
hijack his move to Old Trafford.
That could now change though, as it's added in the report that problems may have arisen between the two parties, which in turn could open the door for Barcelona to
hijack the move and sign the 26 - year - old instead.
Because not only have the Gunners made the Southampton and France international star Morgan Schneiderlin the main transfer target of that central midfield role, but we have already identified and targeted the player to go for in case the recent rumours suggesting that Man United could
hijack our move for Schneiderlin come true.
Arsenal look set to face competition over the potential Nabil Fekir transfer as reports in Spain claim Real Madrid have made steps to
hijack the move.
Strongly targeted by Chelsea, Manchester United could also try to
hijack a move to sign Stoke City goalkeeper Asmir Begovic.
Be really frustrating if wenger does not make 2 - 3 signings cos thats all we need to be real tittle contenders a top forward and dm are a must and if true draxler could join juventus on loan i would love wenger to
hijack the move and bring him to arsenal for season loan the lad is top quality can play on both flanks and even through the middle def worth taking him on loan got nothing to loose if he plays to his potential he will be a great signing.
But Tuttomercatoweb claim that both AC Milan and Napoli are trying to
hijack his move to Anfield after being impressed by his development in Serie A on loan at Empoli.
Bale may not be reunited with Luka Modric in January at Real Madrid, as Juve look set to
hijack the move, says...
Italian side Fiorentina recently agreed a deal to sign Tello on loan with an option to make the deal permanent for # 6m but reports claim that Liverpool are trying to
hijack the move.
The 22 year old Polish midfielder Piotr Zielinski who missed Poland's exit to Portugal on penalties on Thursday has been linked with a move to Liverpool but AC Milan might attempt to
hijack the move for the Empoli midfielder.
However, the Spanish champions are now determined to
hijack a move for the England centre - back after closely scouting him for the past two seasons.
The Greece international is all set to join Roberto Mancini at Zenit St Petersburg according to reports in Italy but the Blues are determined to
hijack the move.
Argentine striker Jonathan Calleri was expected to join West Ham United on loan after the Olympic Games, but La Liga champions Barcelona are reportedly planning to
hijack the move.
Actually, all of his plans are unnecessarily extravagant, like when he employs scuba gear to swim through a building's water main or when
he hijacks a moving monorail car so he can fire a rocket from a great distance to kill one person (There are multiple casualties, obviously).