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Zlatan Ibrahimovic 2.0?
That’s the query Manchester United must ask themselves as an sudden alternative may fall of their lap in the summertime.
Switch market insider Gianluca di Marzio spoke to aim.pl lately and decoded the way forward for FC Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski.
Di Marzio stated Manchester United are a attainable choice for the striker in the summertime as a result of the participant “nonetheless desires to play within the Premier League”.
He stated that the Polish participant’s future is below doubt in Spain and if Xavi leaves on the finish of the season, his departure is extraordinarily doubtless.
Xavi leaving has change into a sensible choice with the crew collapsing this season after a very good final 12 months.
Sadly for Lewandowski’s potential suitors, the crew’s collapse has coincided with the participant’s drop in kind as nicely.
Aged 35, his uncooked stats nonetheless look good, if not outstanding as they have been a number of years in the past.
He has scored 13 targets and supplied 5 assists in 28 video games throughout all competitions however the spark and the instinctive ending now solely exhibits itself in spurts.
He has struggled to attach together with his extra dynamic and youthful teammates on the wings and the crew stability has suffered consequently.
Di Marzio states that Italian golf equipment usually are not able to afford him which leaves United and the Premier League because the frontrunners in case a race for him ensues.
Though Saudi can be a logical transfer for a participant of his profile and wage, Di Marzio says the scenario of Karim Benzema there, who can also be linked to United after rising disillusioned within the Gulf state, will have an effect on gamers sooner or later.
Saudi league may have a tough time convincing gamers to maneuver there if extra such conditions like Benzema’s arrive.
It seems like Lewandowski will certainly be obtainable in the summertime as a result of each issue talked about right here is extra doubtless than not.
The ball is then in United’s court docket. Will INEOS keep true to their technique of shopping for potential or will a little bit of stardust, albeit ageing, arrive at Previous Trafford?
