Manchester United have ramped up their attempts to land Bryan Mbeumo and at the same time have received an enquiry from AC Milan as they eye striker Rasmus Hojlund
AC Milan enquired about the possibility of landing Rasmus Hojlund from Manchester United, sooner after after the Red Devils renewed their attempts to sign Bryan Mbeumo.
Ruben Amorim has been chasing the Brentford frontman for weeks, but has seen the saga drag on. Now the club have returned with a fresh package worth £70million, which they hope will be enough to get the Bees to finally cash in on their leading light.
Mbeumo could join Matheus Cunha at Old Trafford with the duo part of a new look attack, which could ultimately see Hojlund be among those to lose out. Sky Sports in Italy reports that Milan have signalled their interest after contacting those in Manchester.
The Dane previously played and impressed in Italy, which convinced United to spend more than £70m on the unproven striker who was then at Atalanta. He's been unable to deliver consistently at Old Trafford and now a move back to Serie A could be on the cards.
Hojlund has been linked with Inter Milan, but their San Siro rivals could now join the party. United will have to accept a considerable loss on their striker, but just how much they demand remains to be seen.
Milan finished a disappointing eighth last term, meaning they are without European football. Christian Pulisic top scored for them with 17 goals but Tijjani Reijnders, who chipped in with 15 goals, has left for Manchester City and the Rossoneri are yet to sign a striker this summer.
United's desire to add more firepower stems from the lack of goals in their team last term. They struggled in the final third and didn't have anyone in attack they could rely on to consistently come up trumps in front of goal. Hojlund scored just four Premier League goals last term.
Amorim accepted that the player was short of expectations, but acknowledged he was bereft of confidence and claimed it was on the entire team to service him and help him out of his rut.
"I think if you look at the games we have several players that miss big chances, not just Rasmus," he said. "Of course, Rasmus, the game is to score goals because he's a striker, but it's a team thing. I already said that. Our team should score more goals, it's not just Rasmus missing chances."
Amorim also added: "It's a team thing. Of course, we have an idea of what this team needs but also the guys we play with, we play at least three guys in front to score goals and we have midfielders that can. All the team needs to score more goals and you have opportunities with the midfielders and the striker. We need to improve as a team because if you don't score goals in this league it's impossible to win games."