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Manchester United hardly had a sniff towards Crystal Palace as they surrendered 0-4 to Crystal Palace of their Premier League recreation at Selhurst Park on Monday.
Rasmus Hojlund hardly acquired any service and without Bruno Fernandes, all the assault appeared devoid of any kind of creativity because the younger Dane struggled to carry the ball up.
Antony has been an enormous disappointment whereas Anthony Martial is expected to depart in the summertime whereas Marcus Rashford’s future stays up within the air.
United may have performed with some extra creativity up entrance as Jadon Sancho had a fall-out with manager Erik ten Hag whereas the membership seems set to promote each the winger and Mason Greenwood in the summertime.
Assist wanted up entrance
The Dutch boss never wanted to overburden the previous Atalanta starlet in his debut season and requested for reinforcements final summer time in addition to in January. Nothing was forthcoming.
One participant the Pink Devils had focused was Xavi Simons of Paris Saint-Germain after he excelled for PSV Eindhoven within the Eredivisie.
He scored 22 instances whereas aiding one other 12 targets for the Dutch facet, ending as prime scorer within the league as his crew narrowly missed out on the title.
This resurgence in type prompted the French giants to train their buyback clause in a bid to earn a serious quantity from his sale.
Simons’ versatility – he can play up entrance or on the wings and even because the No 10, coupled along with his wonderful technical expertise, creativity and hardworking nature made him a standout goal for the 20-time English league champions.
Nevertheless, as Bild (through Sport Witness) have now revealed, the Ligue 1 giants had “already agreed a deal” value €60 million for the Netherlands worldwide just for the 21-year-old to show down the transfer to the Theatre of Desires.
Simons turned United down
PSG, subsequently, determined to mortgage out Simons to Bundesliga facet RB Leipzig the place he has continued in an analogous vein, scoring 9 targets and offering 15 assists.
The previous Barcelona youth product is the third-highest goalscorer for his crew whereas he additionally has the second-most assists within the German league this season with Leipzig all set to return to the Champions League subsequent season.
Leipzig are desperately attempting to carry on to him whereas his former membership Barca are additionally tempted. Whether or not United return to the combination stays to be seen.
Simons’ market worth stands at a whopping €80 million as per Transfermarkt along with his PSG contract legitimate till 2027. It should take fairly the bid to land the attacker on a everlasting deal.
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