Serie A heavyweights AS Roma are reportedly interested in roping in Manchester United forward Joshua Zirkzee during the January transfer window, per reports.
The Italian Capital City side have assured the Dutchman, who has found play time hard to come by at the Mancunian club, of a regular place in the starting lineup.
The 24-year-old Zirkzee joined Manchester United from Bologna last year and hasn’t had as big an impact as was expected. The former Bayern Munich player has been pushed further down the pecking order with the arrival of Benjamin Sesko, Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo.
Manchester United, who stand seventh in the English top-flight, have amassed 26 points in 17 games thus far this season with seven wins, five draws and as many defeats
in the campaign.
Roma, on the other hand, stand fourth in the Italian top-flight with 30 points from 16 outings this season, just three behind toppers Inter, two behind second-placed AC Milan and one behind third-placed defending champions Napoli.
In their latest outing, Manchester United slumped to a 1-2 defeat at the Villa Park on Sunday as Morgan Rogers’ double rendered Matheus Cunha’s strike for United a mere consolation.
Rogers opened the scoring for the hosts in the 45th minute of the game, but the joy was short-lived as Cunha curled one into the side netting just three minutes later in the first-half added time.
However, Rogers came up clutch yet again in the second passage of the game as he netted his second of the day in the 57th minute of the game as Unai Emery and Co. held on to the goal advantage to see the game out.
The win also marked Villa’s seventh on the bounce in the Premier League, their longest winning run since the 1989–90 season, while the 10h win on the trot, across all competitions, is the club’s first since 1914, marking an incredible turnaround to the season, which they started off slow with just two points in their opening five games. Villa have 36 points to their name at the end of 17 games now as Emery continues o cement his place in Villa folklore.
