Blues tried to do a swap deal of youngsters with Juventus in which Zirkzee would come on january in exchange for Mbangula.
That’s why they have a number of problems to solve on the transfer market during this January. They needed two new defenders as Bremer and Juan Cabal were both ruled out by Anterior Cruciate Ligament injuries. They also need a striker because Dusan Vlahovic is the only available number nine.
However, Juventus are financially frail, especially after end-of-season spending spree in the summer transfer window and they cannot buy a player without selling one.
According to Tuttosport Juventus are thinking of selling young star Mbangula for more than € 10 million.
The young talented Belgian, 20-year old has been one of several starlets this season with AC Milan after been promoted to Thiag Motta’s team from the Next Gen.
The proceeds generated from the sale of Mbangula would pay for Zirkzee’s arrival on loan from Man Utd.
United will be willing to take offers for the Dutch striker during the January transfer window market.
Yet Napoli, too, were keen on the player, Tuttosport points out that Juventus are the front-runners as far as the transfer is concerned because Zirkzee played well with Bianconeri’s head coach Thiago Motta during the last season at Bologna.
The 23-year-old Zirkzee was one of the foremost players of Serie A last season and Milan fans compared him to their hero Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
He has not displayed that form at Old Trafford yet.
Zirkzee signed for Man Utd in the summer, having moved from Bologna for €42.5 million.
The striker scored on the premier league match against Fulham but since then has badly faded and has not scored any other goal.
Sensing that he has slipped down the playing order at Old Trafford besides the United fans seemingly having already written him off, Zirkzee will be on his way out when the transfer window opens late next month.
Zirkzee at Bologna
Zirkzee took Bologna into this season’s Champions League qualifier beating his side under Thiago Motta.
Zirkzee scored 12 goals and created seven more in Serie A and Coppa Italia as Bologna secured fifth place in the league.
He was the trump card for a Bologna side that punched way above their ranking under Motta to secure a place in the champions league.
At 1.93m tall, Zirkzee is a powerful striker who at Bologna use to drop deep to take high balls and make good lay offs.
Zirkzee represented Netherlands at Euro 2024 but rarely played for the team under Ronald Koeman.
