MU is strengthening the interest in Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins after seeming to have accepted the defeat in the transfer of Viktor Gyokeres.
Man United successfully recruited Matheus Cuha from Wolves after breaking the provision of the Brazilian star's contract release. Currently, the Red Devils are interested in signing a contract with Brentford's Bryan Mbeumo to complete the position of the striker.
In addition, coach Ruben Amorim is also hunting for a new number 9 player, after being too disappointed by the performance of Rasmus Hojlund, who only scored 4 goals in the Premier League last season. Striker Gyokeres is in the sight of the Portuguese strategist because they have worked together at Sporting Lisbon.
However, the Swedish striker is said to be about to move to Arsenal. The star decided to leave Portugal and reached an individual agreement with the London Gunners. This seems to make the BLD MU come to the decision to “let go of the gun” to focus on other transfer goals.
Striker Ollie Watkins emerged as the goal of Man United when the Aston Villa player expressed his desire to be transferred to Old Trafford. The Mirror newspaper emphasized that the Red Devils considered England as the goal that MU would put all their efforts in this 2025 summer market.
The source also emphasized that Man United had preliminary negotiations with Aston Villa about signing a contract with Watkins, who became unstable in the previous season after no longer being respected.
Watkins still has 3 years in the contract and Aston Villa wants to sell a 29 -year -old player for about 60 million pounds. However, Man United did not want to pay that money because he was older and there was no value when reselling. The Red Devils are ready to bring Marcus Rashford into the exchange agreement for Watkins, but Aston Villa decided not to sign a contract with the Red Devils striker after lending.
This is the knot that makes the parties still need more negotiations to find a common voice. Besides, MU is not allowed to attend European tournaments may also be an obstacle.