‘My dream is to play for Man United’ – Lecce striker with 37goals sends strong transfer message as he dreams of playing for Manchester United

‘My dream is to play for Man United’ – Lecce striker with 37goals sends strong transfer message as he dreams of playing for Manchester United

Joshua Zirkzee, a Dutch international, joined Manchester United as another center forward this summer.

One forward in the Italian top division has stated that it is his desire to follow in the footsteps of Zirkzee, a former Bologna player who was considered as one of the best young strikers in Serie A.

Nikola Krstovic of Lecce has publicly expressed his wish to play for United in a recent interview with local media, as reported by Sport Witness. Speaking about his future goals, Kristovic discussed Lecce’s 0-0 tie with Torino over the weekend.

“After the match against Torino he (compatriot Mirko Vucinic) told me ‘think about the next one’. My dream is Manchester United,” he said.

However, the 24-year-old admitted he and his family are “very happy” in Italy and is happy to “think about the present” before making any plans to leave.

Furthermore, Krstovic will need to develop at his current home, having scored just nine times in 41 appearances over two seasons with Lecce.

Despite his modest numbers in Serie A, the Montenegrin has showed a lethal side, netting 37 goals in 66 games for Dunajska Strada and 41 goals in 96 for Golubovac before his big move.

Krstovic has started the new season well and with a couple of goals to his name already, he will be hoping this is his breakthrough campaign, catching Erik ten Hag’s eye in the process.

United are certainly in need of some additional firepower in attacking areas, having comfortably finished as the lowest scorers in the top eight of the Premier League last season.

It’s a theme that’s carried over to the new campaign with United wasting more big chances in the division than any other side.

Should Krstovic start finding the net with regularity in Italy, it may be a case of his dream becoming a reality in the not so distant future