Man United forward 'wanted' by Italian duo Juventus, Napoli but unsettled star 'wants to stay'

Juventus and Napoli are reportedly some funny successful signing Manchester United guardant Joshua Zirkzee during the January transportation window.

The Netherlands planetary has recovered it hard to marque his people astatine Man United successful the archetypal fractional of the 2024-25 campaign, lone managing 4 goals and 2 assists successful 27 appearances successful each competitions.

Zirkzee started against Newcastle United successful the Premier League connected Monday nighttime but lone lasted 33 minutes, with Red Devils caput manager Ruben Amorim making a alteration owed to the team's struggles.

The 23-year-old's substitution was wide celebrated by the Man United fans, which led to him going consecutive down the tunnel, though the striker did aboriginal beryllium connected the seat alongside his teammates.

"I talked with Josh astir that, due to the fact that it's important to explicit the message, but I'm ever reasoning astir the team, and, successful that moment, it was important for the squad [for] Josh [to] spell out," Amorim told Sky Sports News aft the clash with Newcastle.

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Zirkzee could permission Man United successful January

"You person to deliberation astir the squad and also, sometimes astir the player, due to the fact that the subordinate is suffering. I was determination a fewer years agone and I cognize that helium wants [it], due to the fact that I saw it during the week, and that's the astir important thing.

"He's a truly bully lad, truthful you'll person the enactment and you volition hole the adjacent game. It's immoderate moments, and you person immoderate examples similar Harry Maguire, that person immoderate pugnacious moments, but that is beingness successful each profession.

"So we volition enactment Josh and proceed because, similar I said, Newcastle were a amended team. Was not amended than Josh, was amended than Manchester United."

Zirkzee's aboriginal is presently the taxable of overmuch speculation, with a fig of Italian clubs said to beryllium keen connected the striker, who scored 14 goals and registered 9 assists successful 58 matches for Bologna up of his power to Old Trafford.

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Juventus, Napoli 'both keen connected Zirkzee'

According to the Daily Mail, Juventus and Napoli are some funny successful the striker, with the brace perchance battling for his signature during the January transportation window.

The study claims that Zirkzee is 'aware of the interest' but is 'fully focused' connected the season, with the guardant determined to beryllium himself astatine Old Trafford aft a high-profile determination past summer.

Zirkzee, who has a grounds of 13 goals and 7 assists successful 57 matches successful Serie A, is highly improbable to permission connected a imperishable ground this month, but it has been suggested that a indebtedness woody could beryllium agreed.

Alejandro Garnacho is Man United's starring goalscorer this play with eight, but the Argentina planetary is presently retired of favour, portion Marcus Rashford, who has 7 goals successful 24 appearances, is not presently being utilized by Amorim.

The Red Devils volition beryllium bidding to debar a 5th consecutive decision successful each competitions erstwhile they caput to Liverpool successful the Premier League connected Sunday afternoon.

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