Man United closely monitoring £30m “Worldclass” Bayern Munich star midfielder as one of two key January transfer targets -Report

Man United closely monitoring £30m “Worldclass” Bayern Munich star midfielder as one of two key January transfer targets -Report

Bayern Munich star Leon Goretzka is apparently being watched by Manchester United as a January transfer target.

Florian Plettenberg of Sky Germany reports that the Germany international isn’t interested in leaving Bayern in the middle of the season, therefore it could be difficult to close this deal.

Nevertheless, Plettenberg has written about Goretzka’s predicament on X, formerly Twitter. The reports states that Manchester United is interested in a number eight midfielder like him and is also searching for a cheap addition up front.

Goretzka no longer seems to be a lock to start for Bayern, yet Bayern director Christoph Freund once called him a “great player.”

It seems pretty clear that Goretzka could rebuild his career at another big club like United, so it could end up being a good move for him, especially now that they’re looking ahead to a new era under Ruben Amorim.

Leon Goretzka is a good player, but is he enough to solve United’s problems?
Goretzka has had a fine career at the Allianz Arena, but it would be a very different challenge for him to come into this pretty dysfunctional United team.

MUFC could undoubtedly do with a player of his quality and experience, but on his own he’s probably not quite enough to turn this team around.

There might be better midfielders out there, and, crucially, younger ones too, who could be strong long-term options for the club.

Goretzka, by contrast, seems more like a market opportunity, rather than someone a manager would make a top target to build around right now.

At the same time, however, beggars can’t be choosers, and United probably do need to change something in midfield this January after continued poor form from the likes of Casemiro, Manuel Ugarte and Christian Eriksen in the middle of the park