{"id":625222,"date":"2023-07-17T09:33:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T13:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=625222"},"modified":"2023-07-17T09:33:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T13:33:55","slug":"rasmus-hojlund-manchester-united-focs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/17\/rasmus-hojlund-manchester-united-focs\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Deal for \u2018Danish Erling Haaland\u2019 Is \u2018Absolutely On\u2019 &#8211; Fabrizio Romano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United are intensifying their search for a striker with Rasmus Hojlund emerging as the primary target for the club. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bKpkD8rVMoA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, the Red Devils are keen on bolstering their attacking options and have set their sights on the Atalanta star.<\/p>\n<p>[metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;soe\/manchester_united&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;metabet-website&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United Set Their Sights on Rasmus Hojlund<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Manchester United Will Line Up Under Erik ten Hag Next Season\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gxysc8j5UJo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Cash-Only Deal Preferred by Atalanta<\/h3>\n<p>Per Romano, the Premier League side have had preliminary conversations with <i>La Dea<\/i> regarding the 20-year-old&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/9JMrPSFhDxM\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">potential transfer<\/a>. The English club initially explored the possibility of offering a cash-plus-player deal for the striker. However, Atalanta have made it clear that they are only interested in a cash transaction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/17\/andre-onana-manchester-united-completed\/\" target=\"_self\">Journalist Drops Transfer Bomb as Man Utd Set to Make Another Signing Ten Hag Loves<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Italian side values the forward, who has been called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-in\/lists\/man-utd-haaland-rasmus-hojlund-ten-hag-transfer-target\/bltaea4fbd3cff810a7\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Danish Erling Haaland&#8221;,<\/a> at around \u00a360 million and is not inclined to engage in a swap deal with United. The club&#8217;s focus remains on securing a substantial transfer fee for the highly-rated Danish talent.<\/p>\n<h3>Timing is Key<\/h3>\n<p>Before approaching Atalanta for a transfer bid, the Old Trafford side intends to first reach an agreement on personal terms with the player and his representatives. While they have not yet submitted an official bid for the Dane, the club is actively engaged in discussions with the Serie A side.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/14\/manchester-united-anthony-elanga-sale\/\" target=\"_self\">Negotiations Continue: Manchester United in Talks to Sell \u00a35K-P\/W \u2018Great Talent\u2019 to Premier League Rival<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Timing is crucial as the negotiations progress, and the Red Devils are preparing to approach Atalanta with a competitive bid at the opportune time. Although the deal is still in its early stages, Manchester United are committed to pursuing the talented striker and are determined to secure his signature.<\/p>\n<p>This transfer saga will be one to watch as the club look to add Hojlund&#8217;s talents to their squad as they aim to compete at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>Featured Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/94MnEt\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul \u2013 Flickr<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United are intensifying their search for a striker with Rasmus Hojlund emerging as the primary target for the club. According to Fabrizio Romano, the Red Devils are keen on bolstering their attacking options and have set their sights on the Atalanta star. [metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;soe\/manchester_united&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;metabet-website&#8221;] Manchester United Set Their Sights on Rasmus Hojlund [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4369,"featured_media":625224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,3,7188],"tags":[7380,9794],"class_list":["post-625222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours","tag-rasmus-hojlund"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}