Huge Blow for Amorim as £58m Man Utd striker target makes big decision amid surprise Real Madrid interest

Huge Blow for Amorim as £58m Man Utd striker target makes big decision amid surprise Real Madrid interest

Real Madrid has entered the competition, which has dealt a serious setback to Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim’s hopes of signing a top target.

According to a report, the striker wants to sign in the January transfer window. Right now, Manchester United is struggling.

The Red Devils are perilously close to the relegation zone and are not in the running for a spot in the Premier League’s top four.

Amorim’s team has dropped four of their previous six league games and is just seven points ahead of third-place Ipswich Town.

United struggled to score goals this season under Erik ten Hag, and things have not improved under Amorim. They have found the back of the net just 23 times in 20 Premier League games this campaign. Wolverhampton Wanderers, who are 17th, have scored more than United with 31 goals.

Amorim is keen on signing a striker and wants to bring Viktor Gyokeres to Old Trafford. The United boss worked with the Sweden international at Sporting Lisbon and believes that he would solve his team’s goalscoring woes.

However, United are facing a major threat from Real Madrid for the signing of Gyokeres. Sky Germany has claimed that the Spanish giants are now watching the striker very closely, and so are Bayern Munich.

The report has noted interest from Barcelona and Manchester City as well in the 26-year-old, who has scored 30 goals and given six assists in 28 matches in all competitions so far this season.

Sky Germany has also laid out what Gyokeres’s plans are. Despite interest from Real Madrid, United and City, the striker has decided not to leave Sporting in the January transfer window. He wants to finish the season with the Portuguese giants.

Gyokeres, though, could leave in the summer of 2025. A fee of €60m (£49.8m, $62.2m) to €60m (£58m, $72.5m) could be enough to lure him out of Lisbon.

Viktor Gyokeres unlikely to join Man Utd in January
While Amorim has worked with Gyokeres before and knows the player inside out, it is going to be extremely tough for the Premier League club to pull off a deal, especially now that he wants to stay at Sporting and has several other options, including Madrid and City.

Earlier this month, TEAMtalk reported that Man Utd do not have the funds needed to make big signings in the January transfer window.

They need to sell players to facilitate moves for big stars such as Gyokeres. While the likes of Marcus Rashford and Joshua Zirkzee could leave, given that Man Utd are not going to play in the Champions League next season, a transfer to Old Trafford may not appeal to Gyokeres.