Manchester United are exploring the opportunity of signing Burnley ahead Wout Weghorst on mortgage.

United have been available in the market for a striker to supply attacking cowl for Marcus Rashford, and are understood to have made preliminary contact with Burnley to seek out out if a deal is feasible.

Netherlands worldwide Weghorst moved to Burnley on a three-and-a-half-year deal from Wolfsburg on Transfer Deadline Day in January 2022, however left to hitch Istanbul-based outfit Besiktas on a season-long mortgage final summer time having discovered the again of the online simply twice for the Clarets.

Weghorst stays on mortgage at Besiktas in the intervening time, and any deal could also be difficult as it might require each golf equipment to agree to chop brief Weghorst’s mortgage.

The towering 6ft 6in striker scored for Besiktas of their victory over Kasimpasa within the Super Lig on Saturday and appeared to wave an emotional goodbye to the membership’s followers.

Besiktas head coach Senol Gunes mentioned after the match: “Weghorst is a crucial participant for us. It will not be sufficient to say goodbye to the viewers. He additionally wants to speak to the membership.

“I have heard of such a development, but it is not clear. I’ll consider [him] leaving after I talk to both him and the club.”

Weghorst scored one of the crucial dramatic objectives of the World Cup, netting an equaliser deep into stoppage time of the Netherlands’ quarter-final in opposition to Argentina, earlier than the Dutch had been ultimately crushed on penalties.

A mortgage transfer is considered United’s focus within the present window – with the intention of re-visiting the place in the summertime when there shall be extra choices out there.

They had been available in the market for a participant of Weghorst’s profile final summer time – they had been interested by Sasa Kalajdzic and Benjamin Sesko.

Ten Hag: Martial can not handle load – we’d like one other striker

Speaking on Friday, Ten Hag mentioned he wants to herald attacking cowl for Marcus Rashford with Anthony Martial struggling to handle the load.

Martial had a disrupted pre-season, and has been unable to finish 90 minutes this time period because of an injury-interrupted marketing campaign.

“There is a reason [Martial has been substituted in his last seven games]. It is because he cannot manage the load,” Ten Hag mentioned. “This is why we are looking for another striker.

“It will not be about us not counting on him. His bodily load will not be, at this second, so excessive that he can play each third day a sport of 90 minutes. So I’ve to handle that along with him.

“We are on a thin line at the moment because the qualities of Anthony Martial are so important right now to our game. His movements, his ball security, the pressing, let’s not forget that. We need that profile to be a threat.

“Also, Marcus Rashford advantages from that. So I’m not involved that solely Marcus is scoring objectives, as a result of I’m satisfied the opposite gamers [can score too].

“Not only Anthony Martial, but Antony scored [in the 3-1 FA Cup win against Everton]. Bruno Fernandes is also very capable of scoring, Christian Eriksen will create and is also capable of scoring goals. So we have more players who can score goals.”

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