Manchester United transfer news: Jean-Philippe Mateta move depends on 'one key condition'

Manchester United volition reportedly lone see a determination for Crystal Palace guardant Jean-Philippe Mateta if they portion ways with Joshua Zirkzee.

With the Red Devils having won conscionable 1 of their opening 5 Premier League matches, Michael Carrick is nether unit to support his occupation astatine Old Trafford.

Club fable Rio Ferdinand has suggested that United should consider a determination for Karim Benzema, who is disposable connected a escaped transfer.

However, determination is simply a long-standing involvement successful Mateta, with the Frenchman having been linked with an exit from Palace for a fig of transportation windows.

As per Football Insider, a caller effort to motion Mateta whitethorn lone materialise if determination are developments with Zirkzee astatine the commencement of 2027.

Man United Mateta involvement babelike connected Zirkzee?

Transfer analogous Pete O'Rourke believes that United volition beryllium prioritising different areas of the transportation travel the wintertime market.

He told the outlet: "Man United person had a long-standing involvement successful signing Jean-Philippe Mateta.

"A batch volition beryllium connected their ain situation, due to the fact that evidently they person got Benjamin Sesko and Joshua Zirkzee arsenic their attacking options astatine the infinitesimal who tin pb the line.

"So it doesn't look similar signing a caller striker is going to beryllium a precedence astatine the moment, but if 1 of those players was to leave, it could unfastened the doorway to a determination for Mateta.

"Say Joshua Zirkzee was to permission the nine successful January, that could unit Man United into the marketplace to motion a caller striker, and Mateta's his aboriginal astatine Palace is uncertain close now."

Is Zirkzee Man United exit inevitable?

With Zirkzee being constricted to conscionable 70 minutes crossed 4 appearances this season, helium is intelligibly not doing capable to person Carrick that helium deserves much playing time.

The determination to support him astatine Old Trafford was made during the closing hours of the summertime transportation window, the presumption being that helium offers backup erstwhile required.

Nevertheless, if helium continues to hardly play first-team football, his already decreasing valuation volition driblet adjacent further.

United request to find a solution for the 25-year-old successful January, but a instrumentality of conscionable 5 goals and 3 assists from 58 Premier League games is making that effort difficult.