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This article is part of Football FanCast’s Transfer Focus series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent transfer news…
According to The Sun, Manchester United have been offered Paulo Dybala, Mario Mandzukic and £10m for striker Romelu Lukaku by Juventus.
What’s the word?
Reports in recent weeks had claimed that Inter were in talks to sing the Belgium international this summer, but that they had an opening offer for the centre-forward turned down by the Red Devils.
Now, it appears Juventus have entered the race for the 26-year-old’s signature and The Sun have suggested that the Bianconeri could be willing to offer a huge package deal involving Dybala, Mandzukic and some money in order to sign him.
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The report adds that the Italian side even consulted Cristiano Ronaldo over pursuing a move for Lukaku, and that they had been given the all-clear by the Portuguese superstar to do so.
Too good to be true
Lukaku has been a prolific goal-scorer in the Premier League in his time at Everton and United, but his valuation should surely have taken a hit after an underwhelming campaign last season saw him net just 15 times in 45 games across all competitions.
Instead, it appears Juventus seem to have completely forgotten about last year or wilfully ignored it, and that only bodes well for the Red Devils. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side are seemingly keen on embracing a new style of play, whereby they have pace and movement up front and hard work off the ball; things Lukaku isn’t known for.
In Dybala, United would have a world-class talent to fill the number ten role, whilst Mandzukic’s reported inclusion raises even more eyebrows. The Croatian is a veteran forward who has spent multiple years at the highest level in the Champions League with both Bayern Munich and Juventus, and offers such an intriguing option to United.
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The 33-year-old’s work-rate is second-to-none, and he would give the Red Devils a major physical presence in the air; something that they lost with Marouane Fellaini and would lose with Lukaku too. To then be getting £10m on top of that seems like United have won the lottery. If the reports are to be true, then United must not think twice about accepting it.
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