Rob Dawson, Correspondent
Manchester United have correct to a offer to signal Rasmus Höjlund from Atalanta, resources have advised ESPN.
The Worn Trafford membership is ready to pay £64 million ($82 million) plus some other £8m ($10m) in add-ons for the 20-year-old Denmark striker. He’ll grow to be Erik ten Hag’s 3rd summer time signing following the arrivals for Mason Mount and Andre Onana.
Höjlund emerged because the supremacy centre-forward goal nearest the verdict to again clear of strikes for Harry Kane and Victor Osimhen. Ten Hag was once first of all prepared so as to add an skilled Negative.9 to his squad, however resources have advised ESPN that the Dutchman has come spherical to the theory of operating with teen Höjlund as a result of his attainable.
Atalanta had demanded £77m for Höjlund pace United, at one level, had been company of their stance that they wouldn’t pay greater than £60m. United weakened their place and correct to pay greater than first anticipated as a result of an acceptance {that a} striker needed to begin sooner than the closing date.
Ten Hag’s staff was once the bottom scoring facet within the Premier League‘s supremacy six endmost season with 58 objectives and Höjlund is certainly one of Europe’s very best younger gamers albeit he’s up to now unproven.
Höjlund is but to play games 100 senior video games in his profession and endmost season scored 9 occasions in 32 appearances in Serie A. He’s scored 27 objectives in his senior profession all the way through spells at Copenhagen, Sturm Graz and Atalanta and has six in six appearances at world stage for Denmark.
His arrival will remove United’s summer time spend alike to £180m and the membership will now must paintings on departures to steadiness the books. Anthony Elanga has joined Nottingham Forest in a offer which might get up to £20m and Alex Telles has joined Al Nassr for £4m.
Dean Henderson is alike to transferring to Woodland on mortgage with a duty to assemble the advance everlasting after summer time, pace United also are discoverable to trade in for Fred, Eric Bailly and Donny van de Beek.
United may even pay attention to bids for Scott McTominay and Harry Maguire, who was once recently the subject of a rejected bid from West Ham United, however it’s going to remove a immense do business in sooner than they’re allowed to shed Worn Trafford.
