Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford is a shock target for Galatasaray, who could make an approach as soon as January, according to reports in Turkey.
As per Kontraspor, the Süper Lig leaders have commissioned super-agent George Gardi to work on a deal to bring the Englishman to Istanbul.
The Italian has an impressive track record of bolstering the Galatasaray squad with superstars. He was instrumental in the signings of Mauro Icardi and Victor Osimhen, and the club are hoping he can repeat the trick with Rashford.
Kontraspor claim that Gardi reached out to the Turkish giants with confidence that he could secure them the services of the 27-year-old forward.
With Icardi sidelined for months with a ruptured ACL Okan Buruk’s side is short in attack, and with question marks persisting over Rashford’s future at Old Trafford Gardi has identified an opportunity to pounce.
Kontrasport say that Galatasaray “will decide whether to make a move after both the transfer fee and the player cost are determined,” so while they do hold an interest there is a lot still to be finalised before it is made concrete.
The report adds, however, that whether in the January or summer transfer window Galatasaray “definitely plans to make a transfer offer to Rashford in case of a possible departure.”
Rashford, who is credited with a market value of €60m, scored the first goal of the Ruben Amorim era to give United a lead after just 81 seconds against Ipswich Town at the weekend.
But it didn’t take him long to lapse back into his old lethargic ways, leaving fans unhappy with his overall performance.
The 27-year-old now has five goals and three assists in 18 matches this season and is generally thought to be in Amorim’s plans.
The Portuguese tactician preferred him to Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee at centre-forward against Ipswich, a clear show of faith in the player.
But his underwhelming showing could see some rotation in tomorrow’s Europa League match against Bodø/Glimt.
Regardless, it would be incredibly surprising to see United part ways with him in January, although should his form fail to pick up for the rest of the season it would be hard to turn down a sizeable offer.
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Joe Ponting
Joe has spent more than half his life writing about football and all of it following United. As a child he told a doctor his name was ‘Paul Scholes’, but could never pick a pass like him no matter how much he tried.
