In the summer, Ten Hag brought in five standout players: Manuel Ugarte, Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui, Joshua Zirkzee, and Leny Yoro.
Three of these players are now fixtures in the starting lineup, with the remaining one still getting some experience.
Due to a foot fracture sustained during the preseason, Leny Yoro is presently sidelined. Dan Ashworth and associates are still working on their transfer window plans in the interim.
According to Christian Falk on Caught Offside on The Daily Briefing, Man Utd are evidently in agreement to sign.
The Red Devils were interested in signing the 29-year-old back in the summer but the transfer did not materialize. Man Utd submitted a £33.8m offer to sign the German midfielder in what was an explicit request by Erik ten Hag.
As per Falk, despite deciding to stay at Bayern, Goretzka is enduring a difficult time, having played just a solitary minute in the Bundesliga so far. Here is what the journalist had to say on the £290,000 a week star and why Man Utd might have an advantage:
“Manchester United were previously interested in his services and they’ve seen that they can make good deals with Bayern Munich having landed both Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui in the summer.
“They also have Joshua Zirkzee who was a quasi-Bayern player in the sense that United paid a fee to them for his transfer.”
Clearly, relations between the two clubs seem to be at an all-time high after the summer transfers. Man Utd will be looking to revisit their interest in Goretzka who is struggling under Vincent Kompany and could benefit from a transfer.
Bayern, who are usually very astute with the way they go about their business find themselves in a rather strange scenario.
They have more players in the squad than they need and the potential sale for Goretzka could help them out financially. Let’s wait and see how it goes
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