Man United could do with Joshua Zirkzee transfer what they did with Hojlund

In the space of four days in August 2022, two forwards moved to Serie A clubs for a combined fee of €25.5m. The arrival of Rasmus Hojlund at Atalanta and Joshua Zirkzee at Bologna attracted little attention outside of Italy at the time.

With Zirkzee having a €40m release clause it is an easier deal to do with Bologna and it looks like a more realistic fee for a striker who has made a breakthrough but is still a work in progress at the age of 23. His move to Serie A came after a successful loan move at Anderlecht, with Bologna seeing enough to sign him from Bayern Munich.

On paper, neither's goalscoring record suggests a striker that you could describe as the finished article. United accepted that with Hojlund and the issue they had this season was that with Anthony Martial injured, Marcus Rashford out of form and no other striker arriving, he was forced to play more often than they had perhaps expected, enduring some barren spells as a result.

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