{"id":87595,"date":"2026-05-20T19:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/87595\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T19:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:21:16","slug":"manchester-united-set-sights-on-ajaxs-rising-star-mika-godts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/87595\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United set sights on Ajax\u2019s rising star Mika Godts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"677\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/09e5b516bc355bbeb4aafadab798382e.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Manchester United could look to bring in a new left winger this summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.attackingfootball.com\/manchester-united-admire-ajax-mika-godts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:and Ajax\u2019s Mika Godts is emerging as a candidate;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;and Ajax\u2019s Mika Godts is emerging as a candidate&quot;}\" class=\"link \">and Ajax\u2019s Mika Godts is emerging as a candidate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old Belgian has been lighting up the Eredivisie and drawing comparisons to some of the finest attackers of his generation.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Predominantly operating from the left and favouring his stronger right foot, Godts has drawn consistent comparisons to <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/players\/374596\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Eden Hazard;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Eden Hazard&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eden Hazard<\/a> for his directness, pace and ability to beat defenders one-on-one.<\/p>\n<p>He has registered 17 goals and 14 assists across all competitions \u2013 one of the most productive campaigns by any winger in European football outside the top five leagues.<\/p>\n<p>Godts recently surpassed 100 appearances for Ajax and made his debut for the senior Belgian national team.<\/p>\n<p>Interim manager Michael Carrick has publicly admitted that United require a right-footed left winger, and Godts fits that profile.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>However, there are significant obstacles. United are one of several clubs interested in Godts, and Ajax are unlikely to sanction a move unless an irresistible offer is made, with Godts under contract until 2029.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch giants are expected to demand around \u00a365 million, a significant sum for a player yet to prove himself outside the Eredivisie.<\/p>\n<p>The spectre of the <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/players\/3862690\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Antony;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Antony&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Antony<\/a> transfer, which cost United over \u00a380m and ended in disappointment, will inevitably loom over every conversation about an Ajax winger at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>However, Godts is a different proposition entirely \u2013 he is younger, more prolific and regarded as having a technical ceiling that is far from being reached.<\/p>\n<p>United must now decide how serious they are about pursuing him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United could look to bring in a new left winger this summer, and Ajax\u2019s Mika Godts is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[101],"tags":[749,199,30123,24500,16625,46777,1149,200],"class_list":["post-87595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amsterdam","tag-ajax","tag-amsterdam","tag-antony","tag-eden-hazard","tag-manchester-united","tag-michael-carrick","tag-mika-godts","tag-netherlands"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116608531415335518","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}