Manchester United eye double swoop for Joshua Zirkzee and Matthijs de Ligt forward of the upcoming season.
Bologna striker Zirkzee, regardless of being at Euro 2024 with the Netherlands, has entered negotiations with United.
The 23-year-old was instrumental in Bologna’s spectacular second-place end within the Serie A final season, scoring 11 league objectives and offering 4 assists.
His profession had been threatened by a knee harm whereas on mortgage at Parma, however profitable stints at Anderlecht and again in Italy have put him again on monitor.
Zirkzee lately made his debut for the Netherlands of their 2-1 quarter-final win over Turkey, changing into solely the third Dutch participant to earn his first cap at a European Championship, following Martien Vreijsen and Cody Gakpo.
Manchester United have been ready to activate Zirkzee’s £34 million launch clause as early as late June, and Bologna director Giovanni Sartori has acknowledged that the striker is sort of sure to go away.
“Joshua Zirkzee has a launch clause in his contract and I consider he’s 99 per cent gonna depart the membership,” Sartori said, as reported by talkSPORT.
Along with Zirkzee, United are additionally making important progress of their pursuit of Bayern Munich centre-back Matthijs de Ligt.
Each gamers are reportedly eager on transferring to Previous Trafford.
United supervisor Erik ten Hag is acquainted with De Ligt, having coached him at Ajax for 2 seasons.
Through the 2018/19 season, De Ligt was a key determine in Ajax’s outstanding Champions League run, which included a win over Actual Madrid and a semi-final look.
Since leaving Ajax, De Ligt has performed for Juventus and Bayern Munich however has struggled to duplicate his early success.
Identical to Zirkzee, he’s additionally a part of the Netherlands squad at Euro 2024.
