{"id":233141,"date":"2025-07-02T22:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T22:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/233141\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T22:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T22:43:11","slug":"italian-pundit-suggests-166000-a-week-man-utd-transfer-for-25-goal-striker-he-may-want-even-higher-wages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/233141\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian pundit suggests \u00a3166,000-a-week Man Utd transfer for 25-goal striker, he may want even higher wages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manchester United are looking to snap up a new striker this summer, and one target has been encouraged to make the move to Old Trafford.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is one common theme in Manchester United\u2019s<\/a> transfer business early this summer: goals.<\/p>\n

United have snapped up Matheus Cunha<\/a> from Wolverhampton Wanderers, adding creativity after a lack of goals last season.<\/p>\n

Bryan Mbeumo is United\u2019s next target<\/a>, with a deal for the Brentford attacker the top priority as things stand.<\/p>\n

United will then target a striker, with Rasmus Hojlund\u2019s future at Old Trafford is unclear, and Joshua Zirkzee more impressive as a number 10.<\/p>\n

\"FiorentinaPhoto by Gabriele Maltinti\/Getty ImagesMoise Kean backed for Manchester United transfer<\/strong><\/p>\n

United have been linked with so many strikers, though one rumoured target will divide opinion.<\/p>\n

Reports in June suggested that United were interested in Fiorentina\u2019s Moise Kean<\/a> after a strong season in Serie A.<\/p>\n

Kean hit 25 goals in 44 games this past season, seemingly beginning to fulfil the potential he showed early in his career.<\/p>\n

Kean previously struggled in the Premier League with Everton, though, and that may leave United fans a little unconvinced.<\/p>\n

The Italian may not be fully sold either, with Kean allegedly unsure about joining a club with no European football.<\/p>\n

Kean is still a name to watch, and former Fiorentina star Massimo Orlando has offered his verdict on the rumours.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Tuttomercatoweb<\/a>, Orlando suggested that Kean should not prioritise a move to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

Orlando considers a move to Saudi Arabia to be \u2018outside of real football\u2019, but believes a switch to United would be \u2018understandable\u2019.<\/p>\n

Orlando added that United could offer Kean a salary of around \u20ac10million-a-year, which works out to \u00a3166,000-a-week, and that would be difficult to turn down.<\/p>\n

\u201cCertain figures are high, but going there seems to me to be outside of real football,\u201d said Orlando.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Manchester United were to arrive instead, who can offer you a 10 million contract, then yes it would be an understandable choice,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Moise Kean has requested huge wages<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a3166,000-a-week would be a huge deal anyway, but reports in Italy suggest that Kean asked for even more money from Saudi Arabian side Al-Qadsiah.<\/p>\n

Kean was offered \u20ac15million-a-year (\u00a3250,000-a-week) to join the Saudi outfit, but his representatives came back with even larger demands.<\/p>\n

Kean allegedly requested \u20ac20million-a-year, which works out to an eye-watering \u00a3333,000-a-week.<\/p>\n

United will have no plans to pay that kind of money, and many would be unconvinced if United paid Orlando\u2019s suggestion of \u00a3166,000-a-week.<\/p>\n

Kean has found his goalscoring boots in Italy, but his up-and-down career to date makes him an enormous risk for United \u2013 and one Ineos may not be willing to take.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United are looking to snap up a new striker this summer, and one target has been encouraged…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,59450,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-233141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-moise-kean","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114786062364862998","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}