Erik ten Hag was pressed on Liverpool’s swoop for long-term Manchester United goal Cody Gakpo after his aspect’s 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest.
- United linked to Gakpo for the reason that summer season
- Liverpool have since swooped for Dutchman
- Ten Hag careworn monetary facet of switch
WHAT HAPPENED? It was first reported that United have been eyeing a January transfer for the Dutch ahead, however Liverpool now seem near finalising a deal for a price within the area of £44m ($53m). Ten Hag was fast to quell fears that his aspect had missed out, although, with the United head coach claiming that any gamers corresponding to Gakpo – who’s the Eredivisie’s high scorer with 9 objectives in 14 matches – should match the membership’s monetary technique, in addition to sporting.
WHAT THEY SAID: “We’re all the time out there. However what you say, it has to match the sporting standards but in addition the monetary standards,” Ten Hag informed reporters after United’s dwelling win over Forest. “We’ll do what we will to deliver that participant in who we want. I don’t discuss particular person circumstances. We’re on the lookout for offensive gamers. We’re on the lookout for a striker.
“It will be good [to get one in] as a result of with the video games coming, so many after one another, each three days, it’s powerful and we need to play in all of the competitions which we’re now in. We need to keep in these leagues. So, hopefully we will preserve going till the tip of the season. You want numbers within the squad to cowl all of them.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Regardless of Ten Hag’s emphasis on extra offensive reinforcements, his aspect have been again totally firing on their return to Premier League motion. Targets from Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Fred sealed a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest, taking United to inside one level of Tottenham in fourth with a recreation in hand.
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WHAT NEXT FOR UNITED? Whereas Gakpo might need slipped by means of the cracks, the opening of the January switch window in a couple of days’ time will permit Ten Hag to discover different choices, with Benfica’s Enzo Fernandez dominating the most recent rumours.