On Wednesday, we relayed claims from Italy that Manchester United will make an offer for Atalanta star Rasmus Højlund.
Alfredo Pedullà now states the Red Devils usually start with a ‘soft’, verbal offer, a strategy they employed to sign André Onana from Inter Milan.
He states Manchester United have made a verbal offer of €40m plus €10m bonuses for the striker but this doesn’t meet the Serie A side’s demand of €70m plus €5m bonuses.
The journalist says the Premier League side’s ‘offer will go up’ and come close to the fee requested by Atalanta chairman Antonio Percassi for the 20-year-old.
Højlund featured in his side’s friendly win over Pro Vercelli yesterday but there are doubts over his involvement against AFC Bournemouth on Saturday. Pedullà says the ‘next three-four days will certainly be fundamental’ to determine the player’s future.
Paris Saint-Germain have shown interest in the Denmark international but he ‘only wants’ Erik ten Hag’s side and hopes to complete a move to Old Trafford.
Over at Libero, they explain that Atalanta should sign UD Almería star El Bilal Touré for €30m.
The report states the Italian club are ready to take risk investing in young players and this is shown by the €17-19m paid to buy Højlund last summer and now on 21-year-old Touré.
Libero points out Atalanta are in a position to invest €30m on Touré because their coffers will be improved as the Dane ‘will be sold to’ Manchester United in the ‘coming days’ for €70m. This is ‘a lot of money’, which can help them to invest in reshaping their squad.
