Bayern Munich will receive £17million as part of the deal involving Joshua Zirkzee's move to Manchester United from Bologna.
The Red Devils appear to have already agreed terms with the Dutch forward and his representatives in relation to a move and are now faced with the decision of whether to activate his £34m release clause or to negotiate another figure. It is said the release clause needs to be paid in full.
Reports in Germany suggest that Bayern hold a 50 per cent sell-on clause from when Zirkzee made the move to Bologna in 2022. Therefore, should United finalise a £34m deal for the forward, Bayern will collect £17m after inserting the clever clause. The 23-year-old striker made 17 appearances for the Bundesliga giants and enjoyed loans to Anderlecht and Parma before moving to his current club.
Zirkzee spent five years in Bayern's set-up after a youth career that saw stints with Spartaan '20, ADO Den Haag and Feyenoord. The Netherlands international has seen his reputation grow during his two years with Bologna however, and he netted 12 times in 37 appearances last term.
The young forward is currently at Euro 2024 in Germany. Zirkzee made his first appearance at the tournament against Turkey as Netherlands came from behind to record a 2-1 win and progress to the competition's semi-final stage to face England.
Following that match, Zirkzee was coy on his future when journalists asked if he would remain in Italy for 2024/25. "I don’t know, let’s see," he simply replied.
That his future instead lies in Manchester appears increasingly likely. The 13-times Premier League champions have made Zirkzee their priority striker target this summer.
United's recruitment team have determined that the former Bayern prospect is the ideal candidate to supporter Rasmus Hojlund. The club's ambition is to both provide competition for the Denmark striker and to ease the burden place on him to deliver goals.
Hojlund netted 16 times last season, 10 of which came in the Premier League. United managed just 57 goals in the division as the finished in eighth to record the club's worst finish in 34 years.
While Zirkzee offers plenty as a forward, he is also comfortable linking play in deeper positions and drifting out wide. It is said he will also be able to complement Hojlund, with one of his greater strengths being his ability to receive possession deep, often on the turn, to then run with the ball and take on the opposition.
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Ten Hag played as a centre-back and began his career with Eredivisie club Twente. He joined De Graafschap in 1990, and won the Eerste Divisie in his first season. He rejoined Twente in 1992 and transferred to RKC Waalwijk two years later, where he remained for one season before signing with Utrecht in 1995. Ten Hag returned to Twente for a third time in 1996, where he won KNVB Cup in 2001. He retired in 2002, at age 32. Ten Hag began his managerial career in 2012 at Go Ahead Eagles, where he led the club to promotion to the Eredivisie in his debut season. He then joined Bayern Munich II in 2013, winning promotion to the Regionalliga Bayern in 2014. He returned to the Netherlands in 2015 as sporting director and head coach at Utrecht. He joined Ajax in 2017, where he won three Eredivisie titles, two KNVB Cups, and led the team to the semi-finals of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League. In 2022, he was appointed as the manager of Manchester United. In his first two seasons with the club, United won the EFL Cup and FA Cup.
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