Man Utd eye move for ‘beefy’ Nigerian striker with three other options lined up

Manchester United person drawn up a four-man shortlist for a caller striker which includes ‘beefy’ Nigerian Victor Boniface, according to reports.

Boniface has scored 8 goals crossed 15 matches successful each competitions for German champions Bayer Leverkusen this season.

The 23-year-old, capped 11 times by Nigeria, netted 14 times crossed 23 league games to assistance Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen clinch the rubric past term.

Despite being nether declaration astatine Leverkusen until 2028, United are precise overmuch funny successful Boniface, according to Sky successful Germany.

They adhd that United would ‘have to walk a batch of money’ to motion Leverkusen’s ‘beefy attacker’.

Boniface is not the lone striker United are looking at with the Red Devils besides including different Nigerian, Victor Osimhen, connected their wishlist.

Osimhen is presently connected a season-long indebtedness astatine Turkish broadside Galatasaray from Napoli and has a €75m merchandise clause which activates successful January.

The different 2 strikers connected United’s shortlist are Paris Saint-Germain’s Randal Kolo Muani and Eintracht Frankfurt’s Omar Marmoush.

Marmoush is reported to beryllium ‘in United’s sights’ and a woody could beryllium reached if they motorboat an connection successful the portion of €50-60m (£42-50m) for the Egyptian.

Kolo Muani, meanwhile, has not been a blistery taxable astatine United truthful acold but determination are inactive keeping an oculus connected his concern successful the French capital.

It is thought that PSG are already keen to offload the France planetary and helium has been near connected the sidelines contempt a €95m determination conscionable past year.

United, meanwhile, person entered a caller epoch aft Ruben Amorim came successful to regenerate Erik 10 Hag arsenic the club’s manager.

His archetypal crippled successful complaint ended successful a 1-1 gully astatine Ipswich Town connected Sunday with United backmost successful enactment against Bodo/Glimt connected Thursday.

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