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Manchester United have been provided a possible low cost of their pursuit of Bologna striker Joshua Zirkzee which may assist the Pink Devils bounce the queue for the gifted Dutchman.
Zirkzee has loved a breakout season in Serie A which even noticed him earn a late call-up to the Netherlands squad for the Euros, changing Atalanta’s Teun Koopmeiners who was compelled to withdraw with damage.
The 23-year-old ahead was a key a part of Bologna securing Champions League qualification for the primary time since 1964 – the identical yr the Italian facet final gained Serie A.
Zirkzee scored 11 targets and supplied 4 assists in 34 league appearances. And whereas these could appear to be comparatively modest numbers, Bologna solely scored 54 instances in Serie A, which means their striker was accountable for 28% of his facet’s whole output. Erling Haaland, as a comparability, accounted for 30% of Manchester Metropolis’s whole league targets final season.
It was Zirkzee’s all-round play which inspired past merely his statistical returns, nevertheless, and put a few of Europe’s largest golf equipment on red-alert for a possible transfer this summer time, given his beneficial launch clause of £34 million (lively from July 1).
AC Milan have been reportedly on the entrance of the queue for Zirkzee, having agreed private phrases with the ahead and seemingly able to pay the discharge clause, although Arsenal and Juventus have additionally been linked with strikes, as have United.
Nevertheless, Zirzkee is represented by Kia Joorabchian – a infamous agent beforehand concerned in Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano’s outlandish strikes to West Ham – who’s demanding €15 million in brokers’ charges to facilitate the transfer.
The Rossoneri are refusing to satisfy this determine which has, in flip, opened the door for United to probably muscle in on the deal. Outdated Trafford executives have contacted Zirzkee’s representatives to discover a switch and, in response to Italian journalist Nick Semeraro, have been met with a optimistic replace.
Semeraro reveals Joorabchian is prepared to “give a reduction on commissions” to United particularly, whereas AC Milan should pay the total worth as relations between the agent and the Italian heavyweight are described as “horrible.”
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⚠️🔴⚫️Kia Joorabchian gave the ultimatum to Milan. The Rossoneri should shut the deal or the dialogue shall be over.
🔴 #MUFC‘s first contacts with the agent have been optimistic. Agent prepared to present a reduction on commissions. No low cost to Milan with whom relations are… pic.twitter.com/LzCOHjjTt1
— Nick Semeraro (@SemeraroNick) June 19, 2024
Tweet – “Kia Joorabchian gave the ultimatum to Milan. The Rossoneri should shut the deal or the dialogue shall be over. #MUFC‘s first contacts with the agent have been optimistic. Agent prepared to present a reduction on commissions. No low cost to Milan with whom relations are horrible.”
With United hoping to spend money on various gamers this summer time, whereas going through the acute stress of the Premier League’s Earnings and Sustainability Guidelines (PSR), the prospect of any kind of low cost for a key goal shall be an enormous increase.
This seems to be a deal quickly gaining traction as INEOS search to make a splash early of their first window on the helm at Outdated Trafford. Watch this house.
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