Manchester United head of recruitment Christopher Vivell has added a new striker to his shortlist after a \u2018tour of Germany\u2019 over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Vivell \u2013 who was a scout for Hoffenheim before working for Red Bull, first at Salzburg and then at RB Leipzig as technical director and squad planner \u2013 joined United as the club\u2019s Director of Professional Football and Scout in the summer after a brief spell at Chelsea.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s been tasked with scouring the market for new additions to Ruben Amorim\u2019s squad that will suit the Portuguese manager\u2019s style and formation.<\/p>\n
One of the key targets this summer is a striker with Joshua Zirkzee and particularly Rasmus Hojlund failing to reach the required standard this season.<\/p>\n
And Sky Sports\u2019 Melissa Ruddy, in a report explaining why Marcus Rashford\u2019s \u2018future lies away from Old Trafford\u2019 despite the sort of form which suggests they made a mistake<\/a><\/strong> in allowing him to leave for Aston Villa on loan, claims the Red Devils chiefs ideally want to sign two forward in the summer.<\/p>\n The report<\/a><\/strong> states:<\/p>\n \u2018It was unequivocal at United that Rashford needed fresh scenery \u2013 not just in terms of being away from the pressure at the Old Trafford side and heightened scrutiny, but a break from the city itself and the lifestyle habits that were impeding his professionalism.<\/p>\n \u2018Villa was seen as an opportunity for the player to refocus, rediscover his joy of playing, and put himself in the shop window.<\/p>\n \u2018Whether or not he stays there, it is obvious Rashford\u2019s future lies away from Old Trafford. His fine form has ensured there will be more interested suitors than had been the case in January.<\/p>\n \u2018Staff at United have been happy to see Rashford apply himself and do well. There was sadness at the way his story at the club nosedived, particularly among those that support the club and work at Carrington.<\/p>\n \u2018The hierarchy have no regrets \u2013 several attempts were made to get through to him \u2013 and the pure profit United would make from a sale would go towards the two attackers they ideally want to bring in this summer.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n MORE MANCHESTER UNITED COVERAGE ON F365<\/strong> Ruddy lists Napoli\u2019s Vitor Osimhen, Ipswich\u2019s Liam Delap and Wolves star Matheus Cunha as three targets being considered, but BILD now claim Vivell has added Arsenal target Benjamin Sesko to that shortlist.<\/p>\n Vivell\u2019s \u2018tour of Germany\u2019 saw him first watch RB Leipzig take on Wolfsburg before taking in Stuttgart vs Werder Bremen.<\/p>\n His search for new recruits is \u2018in full swing\u2019 and it\u2019s claimed he wanted a closer look at several young players in the Leipzig squad, but Sesko \u2018in particular\u2019.<\/p>\n The 21-year-old \u2013 who\u2019s got 19 goals and six assists in all competitions this season \u2013 is seen as a \u2018certain departure\u2019 by Leipzig, who are prepared for his \u00a366m release clause to be triggered.<\/p>\n The report further claims that the Red Devils may have an advantage their bid to beat Arsenal to the Slovenia international\u2019s signature as Vivell has known Sesko for a long time, having brought him to Salzburg as a 16-year-old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United head of recruitment Christopher Vivell has added a new striker to his shortlist after a \u2018tour…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[16128,163,98,103,12,79,16,2970,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-30448","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-christopher-vivell","9":"tag-front-page","10":"tag-manchester-united","11":"tag-marcus-rashford","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-uncategorized","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114359485700019418","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30448","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=30448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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