Man United transfer news: Red Devils could sign perfect Joshua Zirkzee replacement this summer with £34.5m deal 'on the cards'

Manchester United scouts volition reportedly ticker Bologna guardant Santiago Castro successful enactment during Thursday's Europa League quarter-final 2nd limb against Aston Villa.

Bologna mislaid 3-1 astatine location to Villa successful the archetypal limb of their last-eight clash and are truthful facing a pugnacious task erstwhile it comes to reaching the semi-finals of the competition.

According to Il Resto del Carlino, determination volition beryllium scouts from Man United astatine Thursday's contest, with the Red Devils expressing an involvement successful signing Bologna attacker Castro.

The study claims that Chelsea are besides keen, portion Arsenal person antecedently been credited with an involvement successful the 21-year-old, who has scored 11 goals and registered 4 assists successful 44 appearances for Bologna during the 2025-26 campaign.

Man United scouts 'to watch' Bologna's Castro vs. Villa

Castro has scored doubly and registered 1 assistance successful 11 Europa League appearances this term, portion helium has 7 goals and 3 assists successful 29 Serie A matches.

The Argentina Under-23s planetary has a declaration with his existent nine until June 2030, but it is understood that a transportation could hap this summer.

There person antecedently been suggestions that Bologna would find it hard to cull an connection successful the portion of €40m (£34.5m) for the Argentine astatine the extremity of the season.

Castro came done the younker strategy astatine Velez Sarsfield earlier representing their archetypal squad connected 64 occasions, scoring 9 goals and registering 2 assists.

The guardant has a grounds of 22 goals and 13 assists successful 98 outings for Bologna, meanwhile, which includes 7 appearances successful the Champions League.

Do Man United request to motion different striker?

Man United signed Benjamin Sesko past summer, portion they besides person Bryan Mbeumo and Joshua Zirkzee arsenic options done the middle.

Zirkzee could beryllium allowed to permission successful the upcoming market, though, and the nine volition request much options adjacent word owed to their imaginable instrumentality to the Champions League.

Man United volition besides beryllium hoping to beforehand further successful the FA Cup and EFL Cup adjacent season, truthful the squad is successful request of a boost successful the attacking areas, and Castro could beryllium the cleanable addition, with the Argentine showing existent committedness during the aboriginal stages of his career.