According to the English media, the coach of Manchester United, Erik ten Hag, is personally involved in the pursuit of the talent of Bologna, Joshua Zirkzee. The talented Dutch striker performed quite well last season, attracting the attention of many European clubs. One of them is Manchester United, which has placed the player on the priority list of the market this summer.
We remember that the "Red Devils" finished the Premier League in 8th place last season, and apart from the defensive problems, the lack of goals was also a very worrying issue for Ten Hag. Marcus Rashford failed to live up to the expectations asked of him and this makes Zirkzee an even more needed alternative in attack. Bologna want around 34 million pounds for the player's card, and United's leaders are willing to pay this figure. At the moment, concrete talks are taking place between United and the leaders of Bologna. However, the parties still have disagreements regarding the player's salary and the length of the contract.
United's decision to keep Ten Hag in his post came as somewhat of a shock, with Ratcliffe thought to have been leaning towards sacking him. But United bosses then flew to Spain to cut short Ten Hag's holiday and inform him he would remain in charge of the Red Devils. in a recent interview, Ratcliffe has justified this decision by saying that the responsibility for United's failures in recent seasons cannot lie solely with the manager:
"If you look at the last 11 seasons at Manchester United, we've had a whole series of managers, and some of them are very good, maybe we've had seven managers and none of them have succeeded at all. It is not only the coaches' fault. It's the environment they're working in…”
