Manchester United are anticipated to make use of this worldwide break to collect extra info on a pair a younger striker targets, each of whom have already been linked with rivals golf equipment.
United require enchancment all around the pitch after a disappointing season and up entrance has been recognized as an space to recruit.
Ruben Amorim appears extra set on utilizing Joshua Zirkzee as an attacking midfielder now, which helps to unlock the Dutchman’s potential after beforehand struggling as a ‘quantity 9’. It leaves Rasmus Hojlund with minimal competitors or assist as the one true striker within the senior squad, though the development of 17-year-old compatriot Chido Obi affords promise.
With United on the lookout for choices that aren’t the completed product and people which provide long-term growth potential, the Every day Mail writes that the membership could have scouting eyes on Friday night time’s Below-21 worldwide between England and France.
The gamers they need to try are Liam Delap and Hugo Eikitike.
Delap has scored ten Premier League objectives to this point this season – greater than anybody at United – and individually accounts for greater than a 3rd of a struggling Ipswich City’s output. However Chelsea are additionally rumoured to be conserving tabs on his progress and potential availability.
The 22-year-old expertise, son of former Premier League midfielder Rory Delap, had beforehand been at Manchester Metropolis from the age of 16 and price Ipswich an preliminary £15m final summer time. The Suffolk membership’s possible relegation will doubtless see Delap transfer on, though a powerful efficiency at this summer time’s Below-21 European Championship with England might assist Ipswich inflate their asking worth.
As for Ekitike, he has efficiently acquired his profession again on observe since becoming a member of Eintracht Frankfurt, having seen his alternatives restricted following a excessive profile transfer to Paris Saint-Germain in 2022.
The 22-year-old Frenchman was closely courted by Newcastle United earlier in his profession and, due to his resurgent type in Germany, has appeared on the radars of Arsenal and Liverpool as a less expensive various to the a lot talked about Alexander Isak.
Ekitike has scored 13 objectives within the Bundesliga this season and English suitors will get an opportunity to see how he fares towards a Premier League defence subsequent month when Frankfurt face Tottenham Hotspur over two legs within the Europa League quarter-finals.
