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After Kim Min-Jae, Manchester United may very well be heading for extra disappointment as Premier League rivals Arsenal have reportedly made a transfer for rumoured goal Jurrien Timber.
David Ornstein of The Athletic experiences that the Gunners have made a gap bid of £30 million for the versatile defender.
The Netherlands worldwide has prior historical past with United supervisor Erik ten Hag, beneath whom he loved his finest soccer when the duo was at Ajax.
Ten Hag has reportedly been interested by Timber for some time now, with the membership particularly weighing up a transfer for him after Kim Min-Jae appears a lock for Bayern Munich.
Notably, the Ajax defender was current within the stands throughout the Manchester Derby within the FA Cup Remaining, additional fuelling hypothesis about his future.
He has two years left on his contract and Ornstein’s report states that the Amsterdam membership will ask for a payment within the area of £50 million for a deal to happen. Private phrases have additionally been reportedly agreed with the participant.
Timber is extremely wanted for his versatility- he can play as a centre-back in addition to a right-back. He has management qualities, as Ten Hag referred to in his last interview as Ajax boss. Moreover, having been schooled within the Cruyff fashion of soccer, he’s extraordinarily snug together with his toes.
In a little bit of added blow to United, Fabrizio Romano additionally confirmed that Jurrien Timber is a “concrete risk” for Arsenal who see him as a participant within the mould of Oleksandr Zinchenko.
For United, lacking out on the Dutchman will probably be one other blow in a switch window that’s seemingly headed to nowhere.
The membership are locked in negotiations with Chelsea over Mason Mount and have already been priced out of a cope with Tottenham over Harry Kane.
Rasmus Hojlund of Atalanta is wanting extra unattainable day-after-day because the Bergamo outfit’s asking worth stays exorbitant and the membership additionally seems set to overlook out on Kim Min-Jae, a precedence goal.
Nonetheless, optimistic followers might take a look at the state of affairs and really feel a way of deja vu to a different Ajax man who was near becoming a member of Arsenal, earlier than United ultimately pipped them to a deal. Romano alluded to it as effectively.
Lisandro Martinez final yr was in the same place. Arsenal have been pushing to get him however as soon as United entered the image, then with the Erik Ten Hag connection, there was solely going to be one touchdown spot for the Argentine.
The Manchester United supervisor appears to price Timber equally extremely and the truth that United nonetheless haven’t made a transfer for him may point out that their priorities simply lie elsewhere.
Even when Timber is a goal, it might simply be a case of United enjoying the ready sport and hijacking the deal later, in one other little bit of deja vu to the Tyrell Malacia state of affairs final yr.
For now, Arsenal have made the primary transfer. The chips are nonetheless in United’s favour. It stays to be seen in the event that they take the following step.
