Man United make ‘initial inquiries’ to sign £40m-rated Sensational Bournemouth star amid strong Liverpool interest

Man United make ‘initial inquiries’ to sign £40m-rated Sensational Bournemouth star amid strong Liverpool interest

According to rumors, Manchester United and Liverpool have both made “initial enquiries” to recruit AFC Bournemouth player Milos Kerkez.

Following a successful start to the Premier League season under Andoni Iraola, Bournemouth looks to be fighting to retain some of their best players in January.

After losing top striker Dominic Solanke to Tottenham in the summer, many predicted that the Cherries would struggle, but things haven’t worked out that way on the south coast.

Following their thrilling victories over Manchester City and Arsenal at the Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth is currently ranked 12th in the Premier League, ahead of United.

Bigger Premier League clubs are attempting to raid the Cherries, though, with Chelsea thought to be considering a move for their centre-back Illya Zabarnyi.

Meanwhile, United and Liverpool are hoping to snap up left-back Kerkez after both clubs made enquiries to sign the 21-year-old, Relevo have reported.

It should be noted that there are no concrete talks at this moment in time, although that could change closer to January
Bournemouth paid around £15.5m to sign Kerkez from Dutch side AZ Alkmaar in July 2023.

The Hungary international, who featured at Euro 2024 for his country, has played a total of 44 games for Bournemouth to date

Kerkez was on the books at AC Milan earlier in his career, but did not end up making an appearance for their first team.

He produced both assists for Bournemouth in their shock 2-1 win over Premier League champions City earlier this month.

‘For me it’s very important how he closed the game because a lot of times we’ve had to sub him because he was not finishing with the same energy,’ Bournemouth boss Iraola said about Kerkez after that match.

‘I think he’s adding these small things to his game to finish strong, do your job defensively, suffer even when you are tired and the team needs you there.’