Given Manchester United’s difficulties in front of goal this season, head coach Ruben Amorim is desperate to revamp the team’s attack with the futures of several high-profile names up in the air.
Marcus Rashford, who has already declared his desire to try a new adventure, is the likeliest to depart but so far, a January exit has not materialised with Barcelona looking favourites currently.
Alejandro Garnacho was also being heavily linked with a shock exit this month with Chelsea and Napoli among his suitors but recently, his game-time seems to be on the rise.
But with the club eyeing pure profit from his sale, a departure cannot be ruled out. And Rasmus Hojlund’s horrible form as striker has seen him get linked with an exit with Serie A clubs chasing his signature.
United to revamp their attack
The Red Devils are eyeing Borussia Dortmund’s Jamie Gittens as the perfect replacement given he can play as a winger, as an attacking midfielder and even up front on his own with versatility a huge draw for the current United boss.
The Englishman has 11 goals and five assists already this season and despite being only 20, is already the club’s second top-scorer.
With a Champions League spot seemingly heading out of their grasp, Dortmund are preparing for the worst and are open to the former Manchester City academy graduate’s departure in the summer.
However, owing to a potential funds crunch that might follow due to missing out on European football, the German side are looking to raise as much as €100 million from his sale and want to ensure domestic rivals Bayern Munich do not land him.
Which is why they have offered the wonderkid to English sides first and it seems INEOS are undaunted by that crazy valuation with the player also ready to return to the English top-flight.
They have already touched based with the London-born star’s camp as they look to stave off competition from domestic rivals Chelsea and Liverpool as per Sky Sports.
“In order to ward off competition from Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund’s management recently opened the door to English clubs in the Jamie Gittens case.
In talks with Gittens’ camp
“Although he will finish the season with the Yellow and Blacks, the Londoner trained at Manchester City is prioritizing a return to the Premier League before starting the 2025/2026 season and Manchester United has already approached his entourage in order to gain points in the competition with Chelsea Football Club and Liverpool in this case.
“Extremely ambitious in this matter, the leaders of Borussia Dortmund intend to raise the stakes and will deliver the English talent to the highest bidder.
“An amount of 100 million euros is hoped for as this will be seen as an economic cushion allowing the German club not to suffer the backlash in the event of a possible non-qualification for the next Champions League.”
Amorim will expect INEOS to sign an out-and-out striker and a midfielder as well in the summer and it remains to be seen if an approach for Gittens makes sense financially.
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Ayantan Chowdhury
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