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Manchester United’s striker search is set to become even more difficult after revelations of Atalanta increasing their asking price for Rasmus Hojlund.
It was well-known that Erik ten Hag’s primary target is Tottenham Hotspur’s record goalscorer Harry Kane but Daniel Levy is proving to be an insurmountable obstruction.
The Peoples Person recently reported that the Red Devils are open to walking away from the move as they do not want to waste time on a long-drawn saga surrounding Kane.
It has been widely reported that Hojlund is the preferred backup option with United ready to offer €60million for the “next Haaland” as he is widely dubbed as.
The Daily Mail have now revealed that Atalanta are in no mood to sell their starlet for that cheap an amount and are ready to increase his price by another €40million.
“Atalanta will demand a figure ‘well in advance’ of their club record transfer fee for striker Rasmus Hojlund.
“Manchester United are increasingly likely to firm up their interest with an offer for the highly-rated Denmark international while Chelsea remain in the wings.
“However, Mail Sport understands the Italian club held a meeting earlier this week when it was decided they would demand closer to £86million (100m euro) for the 20-year-old who still has four years left on his contract.”
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