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Manchester United’s pursuit of ahead reinforcements is taking them spherical the homes as precedence targets are snapped up by rivals leaving Ruben Amorim’s squad dangerously light-weight.
The seek for a brand new striker specifically shouldn’t be going to plan, with United crushed to the punch for Liam Delap by Chelsea early within the switch window.
Sporting CP’s Viktor Gyokeres now appears to be on the cusp of becoming a member of Premier League rivals Arsenal, and Napoli hitman Victor Osimhen seems to favour making his mortgage at Galatasaray everlasting.
Additional again, a deal for Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo to fill one of many quantity 10 positions has been dragging on, killing the momentum of the early acquisition of Matheus Cunha from Wolverhampton Wanderers stone lifeless.
Nkunku curiosity
One other identify routinely linked with a transfer to Outdated Trafford is Chelsea attacker Christopher Nkunku, at the moment in motion on the Membership World Cup with the Blues however prone to depart in the summertime.
The Pink Devils reportedly explored a deal to signal the Frenchman in January however finally their curiosity got here to nothing.
Nkunku has had a largely underwhelming stint at Stamford Bridge the place he has scored 18 objectives in 60 video games, failing to recapture the potent goalscoring which led to 70 in 172 for RB Leipzig.
And with Chelsea bringing on board a slew of recent gamers, the 27-year-old is now seen as surplus to necessities.
Bundesliga return
In response to The Athletic the Blues are “prepared to take heed to bids” for Nkunku, who was valued at £65m in January, and can “insist on a everlasting deal”.
Whereas United “stay eager” on the participant they’re prone to discover stiff competitors for his signature from Bayern Munich, who’ve additionally been strongly linked earlier than.
The Bundesliga champions are smarting having missed out on main targets akin to Florian Wirtz and Nico Williams this summer season, and at the moment are taking a look at Nkunku as a doable reinforcement.
It was reported earlier this month that Bayern had been additionally taking a look at United winger Marcus Rashford, who has no place at Outdated Trafford beneath Amorim.
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