The agent of Joshua Zirkzee has been criticised for taking his client to Man Utd after the Premier League club has \u201cbecome a cesspool\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Red Devils had an awful 2024\/25 season with Ruben Amorim only able to guide Man Utd to a 15th-placed finish in the Premier League<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Only four Premier League sides scored fewer goals than Man Utd<\/strong><\/a> last term, leading to INEOS investing around \u00a3200m to bring Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko to Old Trafford in the summer.<\/p>\n Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund came under fire for their lack of contributions last campaign with the duo contributing just seven Premier League goals between them.<\/p>\n Hojlund joined Serie A champions Napoli on loan until the end of the season, while Zirkzee has fallen down the pecking order this term with the Netherlands international failing to start a game in any competition.<\/p>\n Zirkzee swapped Italian side Bologna for Man Utd in the summer of 2024 in a deal worth \u00a336.5m and\u00a0one Italian analyst thinks his agent sold him out, rather than thinking about the Dutchman\u2019s career.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Rashford backlash from Keane, Neville and Rooney based on *their* Manchester United, not his<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Franco Ordine told TuttoMercatoWeb<\/a>: \u201cThe question isn\u2019t whether he\u2019s a fraud or a great player, but he took the wrong path. He ended up at a club that\u2019s become a cesspool, just look at how [Rasmus] Hojlund was reborn in Naples.<\/p>\n \u201cThe agent chose money instead of thinking about his client\u2019s career.\u201d<\/p>\n Odine\u2019s comments come after football finance expert Stefan Borson insisted that Zirkzee has \u201cnot been a complete disaster\u201d for Man Utd as they could probably offload him for roughly the same price.<\/p>\n Borson told\u00a0Football Insider<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cWell, he\u2019s a very sellable player. I mean, they didn\u2019t pay \u00a360-70m for him. They paid between \u00a330-40m.<\/p>\n MORE MANCHESTER UNITED COVERAGE ON F365<\/strong> \u201cHis wages are probably manageable. He\u2019s been an okay player. He\u2019s not been a complete disaster. I think there are signs that he could be worth \u00a330m to somebody.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the sorts of teams that could afford \u00a330m or a loan with a view to a \u00a330m deal are the Everton\u2019s and the West Ham\u2019s of this world.\u201d<\/p>\n Borson added: \u201cI think it\u2019s perfectly plausible that he will leave. He\u2019s got very little game time this season, so I would think there\u2019s a good chance that that sort of deal would be done either in January or in the summer unless he gets himself into the team.<\/p>\n \u201cBut it\u2019s a very doable deal. United won\u2019t make a big profit on it, but they won\u2019t make a big loss.\u00a0It\u2019s just moving on a player who is outside of the core group going forward. I think that makes sense.\u201d<\/p>\n
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