Man Utd have £17m Plan B as hopes of Rasmus Hojlund swap deal go up in flames
With United’s monetary limitations in the intervening time, Ten Hag should wait till a number of gamers have left to signal the Dane. And it will not be simple to dump all of them with a bid for Fred from Galatasaray having been rejected because of it falling approach under expectations.
The Red Devils could battle to get the costs they want for out-of-favour gamers. They need £20m for Fred, £50m for Harry Maguire, £30m for Dean Henderson and £30m for Scott McTominay. There will likely be loads of back-and-forth negotiating earlier than agreements may be reached.
Ten Hag although would ideally wish to get a brand new striker in as early as potential to assist his ambitions of being Premier League and Champions League challengers. Yet whereas United wait to see if they’ll signal Hojlund, maybe Porto’s Mehdi Taremi may develop into an inexpensive possibility in whom the Dutch tactician may depend on if the Atalanta man by no means arrives at Old Trafford this summer time.
Taremi’s agent Borna Khoramdel, the CEO of Arvand Sport who signify the striker, posted an image of the United badge to his Instagram publish final week whereas tagging Old Trafford as his location. It is believed he was not truly at United’s stadium however the publish is nonetheless engaging.
United have expressed interest in Taremi – who scored twice in opposition to England on the Qatar World Cup final yr – already. That’s with Tottenham’s Harry Kane too costly at round £100m. Bayern Munich wish to snap up the England captain, who will likely be obtainable on a free subsequent summer time if he doesn’t go away Spurs within the coming weeks.
Taremi could be less expensive than the likes of Hojlund, Kane and Randal Kolo Muani with a price ticket of round £17m. The Iranian is 30 years outdated and so shouldn’t be the long-term resolution within the place {that a} Hojlund could be – however he could be an excellent stopgap.
With Marcus Rashford thriving out large on the left and Anthony Martial’s damage file questionable, Taremi – a participant championed by United legend Rio Ferdinand – represents a professional possibility. He scored 5 objectives in seven Champions League begins final season – and netted 22 occasions in Liga Portugal.
He ended on 31 objectives and 14 assists in 51 video games in all competitions, and that return wasn’t a one-off. He produced 26 objectives and 17 assists in 48 outings for Porto in 2021-22. And the 2020-21 season yielded 23 objectives and 18 assists in 48 matches. Taremi has the flexibility to be a proficient goalscorer and goal-creator, and positively a goal man extra prolific than Wout Weghorst.
It would not be the proper summer time – signing Hojlund after Andre Onana then including one other centre-back and a central midfielder could be. But in a window the place Ten Hag faces having to compromise somewhat, Taremi may very well be a discount purchase – particularly if United can go and get a Kane-level No 9 subsequent summer time too.