Manchester United are eyeing a participant considered the following Erling Haaland – who will value them £40 million.
The Pink Devils have loved an excellent season and final night time confirmed participation within the Champions League for subsequent season with an emphatic 4-1 victory over Chelsea. However regardless of final night time’s purpose glut, the striker place has been a tough one for supervisor Erik ten Hag.
Cristiano Ronaldo infamously departed midseason after falling out with the Dutch supervisor, who introduced Wout Weghorst to Manchester United on mortgage as a makeshift answer. United are believed to be concerned with bringing a world-class ahead on this summer season, nonetheless, with Harry Kane believed to be the highest goal.
In response to the Guardian, Victor Osimhen of Napoli and Rasmus Hojlund of Atalanta are the 2 choices subsequent on the shortlist for the No.9 spot. Osimhen’s £130m-odd asking value, nonetheless, places him firmly out of attain.
That simply leaves Hojlund, who has been in comparison with Norwegian purpose sensation Haaland for his comparable type. The Dane is simply 20 years outdated and like Manchester Metropolis’s record-breaking ahead, is a tall, bodily risk in assault and a pure finisher.
In response to The Instances, Hojlund would set United again £40m, with the Dane being seen as an choice for the longer term relatively than somebody to set the aspect alight instantly.
Whereas it stays unlikely that United would dedicate sufficient of their finances to Hojlund and certainly one of Kane or Osimhen, they might discover themselves within the state of affairs they have been in once they purchased Edinson Cavani on Deadline Day of 2020. United signed the Uruguayan veteran as cowl in assault but additionally introduced in Amad Diallo – from Atalanta, by the way – and Facundo Pellistri as choices to develop within the coming years.
Hojlund might be seen as an analogous type of switch to Ten Hag. United could also be letting go of Anthony Martial amongst different forwards, making a void of squad gamers who can slot in at No.9.
Hojlund is valued at valued by Transfermarkt to be price round €35m.
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