Manchester United eyeing move for England star with £68m release clause amid plans for four key signings next summer

Manchester United eyeing move for England star with £68m release clause amid plans for four key signings next summer

Following five arrivals in the summer of 2024, Man United may make a comparable number of signings the following year.

Next summer, Manchester United hopes to add a winger, a midfielder, and a defender. Eberechi Eze is one potential target.

The 26-year-old talisman for Crystal Palace, Eze, is one of the forwards United is keeping an eye on before a potential reinforcement on the wings arrives next year.

Following the £50 million sale of fellow winger Michael Olise to Bayern Munich, Eze stayed at Palace.

Jarrad Branthwaite, an England international, was the subject of two rejections this summer, receiving bids of £43 million and £50 million. United is anticipated to pursue the player.

Everton valued Branthwaite at between £70m and £80m in the summer and there was surprise at Goodison Park that United swiftly agreed a €70m deal to sign fellow centre back Leny Yoro from Lille.

Branthwaite and Eze are under contract to their clubs until 2027. Eze has a release clause of £68m that can be reactivated next year.

United have four wingers following Jadon Sancho’s loan move to Chelsea that includes an obligation to buy Sancho for between £20m and £25m.

Alejandro Garnacho, 20, and Amad, 22, are still raw, Marcus Rashford has been out of form for a year and €100m flop Antony’s only appearance so far this term came as an 89th-minute substitute at Brighton.