Manchester United told they can sign Premier League striker for £40 million
Ruben Amorim will be hoping to sign some new players in the summer transfer window for Man Utd (Credits: Bradley Collyer/PA Wire) Manchester United have opened talks to sign Jean-Philippe Mateta from Crystal Palace. The France striker has enjoyed another fruitful campaign for the Eagles and has scored eight goals since the turn of the year, including a brace in Palace’s win at Old Trafford back in January. According to L’Équipe, negotiations are already underway with Palace reluctantly ready to sanction the 27-year-old’s departure should they receive an offer in the region of £40 million. Ruben Amorim will be desperate to add to his forward line in the summer given the uncertainty surrounding Marcus Rashford’s future, allied to the struggles of Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee. Hojlund, in particular, has looked out of his depth in recent weeks with his confidence shot to pieces as a consequence of a 19-game scoring drought. Get personalised updates on Manchester United every day Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro’s Football Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your team in the link so we can send you football news tailored to you. ‘Rasmus Hojlund won’t be enjoying it right now, it’s hard when you don’t score for such a long time,’ former England captain Alan Shearer told Betfair earlier this week when asked about the Dane’s lack of goals. ‘He’s not exactly missing a load of chances either, which is more the worrying thing. Jean-Philippe Mateta has been in superb form for Crystal Palace (Picture: Getty) ‘He has to keep going, getting into goalscoring positions, because once you stop doing that, you’re never going to score. ‘As hard as it may be, and as mentally tough as it is, you cannot be afraid to miss chances. ‘You have got to keep getting in there, keep practicing, because eventually one chance will fall to you and that might be the moment which would transform your season.’ Palace boss Oliver Glasner, meanwhile, is optimistic Mateta will recover from his significant ear injury in time to face Fulham in their FA Cup quarter-final at the end of the month. The French striker required 25 stitches to repair his lacerated left ear after he was kicked in the head by Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts in the follow-through of a challenge early on in their 3-1 fourth-round cup victory last Saturday. Mateta recently suffered a horrific injury (Picture: Getty) Millwall have said Roberts has personally reached out to Mateta to apologise, while on Friday the keeper was issued a six-match suspension by an independent regulatory panel after the Football Association submitted a claim to have the ban extended from the standard three matches, which it stated was “clearly insufficient.” Glasner, whose side next host Ipswich in the Premier League, told a press conference: ‘Mateta is doing well. He is at home and his recovery is going well. He had no fractures or concussion. Healing from the huge wound is going as we expected. ‘He will go to Marbella with us next week and be just training individually. If everything goes how we wish, he will be available versus Fulham. ‘We lost JP in this game, we can’t play him tomorrow, but it’s not too bad.’
Manchester United have opened talks to sign Jean-Philippe Mateta from Crystal Palace.
The France striker has enjoyed another fruitful campaign for the Eagles and has scored eight goals since the turn of the year, including a brace in Palace’s win at Old Trafford back in January.
According to L’Équipe, negotiations are already underway with Palace reluctantly ready to sanction the 27-year-old’s departure should they receive an offer in the region of £40 million.
Ruben Amorim will be desperate to add to his forward line in the summer given the uncertainty surrounding Marcus Rashford’s future, allied to the struggles of Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee.
Hojlund, in particular, has looked out of his depth in recent weeks with his confidence shot to pieces as a consequence of a 19-game scoring drought.
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‘Rasmus Hojlund won’t be enjoying it right now, it’s hard when you don’t score for such a long time,’ former England captain Alan Shearer told Betfair earlier this week when asked about the Dane’s lack of goals.
‘He’s not exactly missing a load of chances either, which is more the worrying thing.
‘He has to keep going, getting into goalscoring positions, because once you stop doing that, you’re never going to score.
‘As hard as it may be, and as mentally tough as it is, you cannot be afraid to miss chances.
‘You have got to keep getting in there, keep practicing, because eventually one chance will fall to you and that might be the moment which would transform your season.’
Palace boss Oliver Glasner, meanwhile, is optimistic Mateta will recover from his significant ear injury in time to face Fulham in their FA Cup quarter-final at the end of the month.
The French striker required 25 stitches to repair his lacerated left ear after he was kicked in the head by Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts in the follow-through of a challenge early on in their 3-1 fourth-round cup victory last Saturday.
Millwall have said Roberts has personally reached out to Mateta to apologise, while on Friday the keeper was issued a six-match suspension by an independent regulatory panel after the Football Association submitted a claim to have the ban extended from the standard three matches, which it stated was “clearly insufficient.”
Glasner, whose side next host Ipswich in the Premier League, told a press conference: ‘Mateta is doing well. He is at home and his recovery is going well. He had no fractures or concussion. Healing from the huge wound is going as we expected.
‘He will go to Marbella with us next week and be just training individually. If everything goes how we wish, he will be available versus Fulham.
‘We lost JP in this game, we can’t play him tomorrow, but it’s not too bad.’
