I would love to play at Old Trafford – 31 goals and assists Man Utd target hints he is finally open to transfer after snubbing Erik ten Hag twice

I would love to play at Old Trafford – 31 goals and assists Man Utd target hints he is finally open to transfer after snubbing Erik ten Hag twice

Manchester United have previously tried and failed to sign Ajax striker Brian Brobbey – but the Dutchman has now teased a future move to Old Trafford in a media interview

Brian Brobbey has named Manchester United as a club he would like to play for in the future – despite the fact he’s already rejected the Red Devils twice.

The Ajax striker, 22, came through the academy ranks in Amsterdam and was handed his senior debut by Erik ten Hag back in 2020 and has previously been linked with a move to the Dutchman’s current club.

While such a move has not transpired, Brobbey made it clear in a Q&A with the new Dutch edition of Men’s Health magazine that he would be open to playing at Old Trafford in the future.

When he was asked to name a foreign club he would like to play for, Brobbey, who claimed he would be worth in excess of responded: “Real Madrid is a great club, but so are Arsenal and Manchester United.”

Despite his apparent interest in joining United, Brobbey has previously made no secret of the fact that he has turned down the opportunity to reunite with his former coach in the Premier League.

He admitted that he snubbed United to rejoin Ajax from RB Leipzig in the summer of 2022 after Ten Hag personally reached out in a bid to persuade him to come to Old Trafford. Speaking some months later, Brobbey said:

“Erik ten Hag called me and said that at United, my agent would get millions of euros and I could earn a multiple of my Ajax salary,” he explained. “But our decision was clear: we wanted to go to Ajax.

“Manchester United wanted to have me, but I insisted on returning to Ajax. To make that possible, my agent Jose Fortes Rodriguez even waived a hefty percentage of the sell-on clause.”

Brobbey was on United’s radar again in the January transfer window with Ten Hag in desperate need of firepower. However, the striker made it clear he wasn’t interested in such a move before suggesting he doesn’t even have Ten Hag’s number saved in his phone anymore.

While it remains to be seen if United would consider moving for Brobbey again, it’s expected that they will be in the market for another striker ahead of the 2024/25 campaign with Ineos now calling the shots.

Brobbey has been in fair form for Ajax this season despite their struggles in the Eredivisie, contributing 21 goals and 10 assists in 39 appearances across all competitions