As The Pitch Prospect has learned, Joshua Zirkzee will join Manchester United after signing a five-year contract.
The 23-year-old Dutch international was eliminated from the 2024 European Championship against England on Wednesday evening.
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But his future should soon be clear after the agreement with the Red Devils. The contract is expected to become official in the next few days.
They are about to activate his £34 million release clause.
Zirkzee played a key role in Bologna’s fifth-place finish in Serie A last season, which qualified the team for the Champions League.
He scored twelve league goals and provided four assists, completing the potential he demonstrated at Bayern Munich.
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A knee injury during a loan spell at Parma threatened to derail his promising career, but stints at Anderlecht and now his return to Italy have given him a new direction.
And the 1.93m tall striker is a full-fledged international, having made his debut for the Netherlands in their 2-1 quarter-final win over Turkey.
He is only the third Dutch star, after Martien Vreijsen and Cody Gakpo, to play his first international match at a European Championship.
He may have been knocked out of the European Championships by England, but fans noticed that Kobbie Mainoo appeared to welcome him as a Man United player.
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Zirkzee may not be the only Dutchman arriving at Old Trafford this summer.
The Red Devils are also making positive progress in their search for central defender Matthijs de Light from FC Bayern Munich.
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Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag knows De Ligt only too well, having coached him for two seasons at Ajax.
One of these successes occurred in the 2018/19 season, when the Dutch giants shocked European giants Real Madrid in the Champions League, reaching the semi-finals of the competition.
Since then, de Ligt has played for Juventus Turin and now for Bayern Munich, but has not been able to quite match his initial success.
Along with Zirkzee, he was also in the Netherlands squad for the 2024 European Championship.
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