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Manchester United are desperately in want of targets and are “critically contemplating” a transfer for Lille striker Jonathan David to deal with the issue, in line with stories in Italy.
The Canada worldwide has entered the final six months of his contract and is bound to be on the transfer come summer time, and United are considered on the head of the queue to carry him in.
Based on TuttoJuve, the striker “represents a golden alternative for Manchester United who’re critically contemplating the choice of creating a transfer for the Les Dogues hitman.”
The report provides that “it seems to be like there will probably be a frantic race” for the participant who “Juventus additionally like.”
With each targets and cash in seemingly brief provide at Outdated Trafford, David on a free switch might be a masterful piece of enterprise.
The 24-year-old has bagged 17 targets in 28 matches for Lille this season as he continues to construct his repute as one of many deadliest strikers in Europe.
He has scored 26 targets in every of the final two seasons, displaying a consistency United’s present crop of forwards can solely dream of.
It’s thought that Lille would relatively lose their talismanic ahead free of charge on the finish of the season relatively than settle for a charge for a January change, as reported by Fabrizio Romano again in November.
The revered journalist reported {that a} contract provide had been made to the participant, however the expectation remained that he would depart on a free in the summertime.
The Pink Devils have been desperately poor on the sharp finish of the pitch this season, managing solely 23 targets within the Premier League – solely 4 groups have scored fewer, and two of these are within the relegation zone.
Joshua Zirkzee was signed in the summertime so as to add to United’s firepower however has struggled to adapt to life in English soccer, managing simply 4 targets from 29 appearances in all competitions.
Rasmus Hojlund has additionally appeared out of his depth this season however has barely higher stats, with seven targets in 24, and the contributions from different attackers have been cheap at finest.
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