Man United are looking out for a brand new striker, and in line with current experiences, have recognized Burnley’s Wout Weghorst.
Though Weghorst, 30, is on Burnley’s books, he’s at present having fun with a good mortgage spell in Turkey with Besiktas. Scoring 9 and offering 4 assists in his first 18 matches, it’s clear the Netherlands worldwide is in good type, and it’s that good type that’s understood to have alerted Erik Ten Hag to his doable availability.
In response to a current report from The Athletic, the 20-time league winners are giving severe consideration to bringing the 30-year-old to Outdated Trafford in a short-term deal.
Nevertheless, regardless of being a fully-fledged senior worldwide for Louis Van Gaal’s Oranje, one one that doesn’t assume the previous Wolfsburg ahead is worthy of such a high-profile transfer is former Aston Villa and Liverpool attacker Stan Collymore.
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Evaluating Weghorst’s proposed transfer to United to Liverpool’s signing of Andy Carroll again in 2011, Collymore believes Burnley’s on-loan striker is a ‘Poundland’ signing and one the Purple Devils mustn’t make.
“He’s massive, he’s robust and he has some actually good urgent stats, however make no mistake… He’s no Man United participant,” Collymore stated in an unique interview.
“It goes with out saying that United want a striker however Wout Weghorst could be a punt and an enormous gamble. I simply don’t see him as a Premier League high quality participant and somebody who has ever needed to present that he can deal with the monumental strain that comes with main United’s assault – It appears like one other Andy Carroll signing for Liverpool state of affairs.
“I’m positive the membership and the followers will get behind him and provides him what he wants, however, like Carroll not being ok for Liverpool, Weghorst, in my opinion, isn’t ok for United.
“Nevertheless, as I discussed, he has a very good work charge, so it could be that United and their followers love him and he finally ends up being an essential participant. However for me, personally, he’s a Poundland signing, versus a Waitrose one, and never one I’d be seeking to make.”
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