Overview
- Football Italia reports United will not sanction a loan for Joshua Zirkzee, with only a permanent exit considered under their terms.
- Roma are pivoting to alternatives, with new links to Giacomo Raspadori and Corinthians’ Yuri Alberto after earlier interest in Tottenham’s Mathys Tel.
- Zirkzee recently ended his drought with an equaliser at Crystal Palace and expressed happiness at Old Trafford in a TNT Sport interview.
- An ex-United scout told Football Insider the club see a role for Zirkzee under Ruben Amorim during a stretch impacted by injuries and AFCON absences.
- Separate reports have linked West Ham with a potential January approach, though no agreement or formal bid has been reported.