Man United learn £30m price tag for next transfer after signing secret weapon

Manchester United are close to securing the signing of Joshua Zirkzee and they could well also move for his Bologna team-mate Dan Ndoye, too.

United and the Serie A side have agreed a deal for the Dutch international forward to move to Old Trafford and he will fly into Manchester on Thursday evening ahead of a medical on Friday.

The move for Zirkzee will cost United €42.5m, with the payments staggered over a three-year period. Had they opted to trigger his £34m release clause, they would have had to pay it in full.

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Once that move has been completed, attention will turn to where United will strengthen their side next and that could well start with Ndoye.

The Swiss international winger impressed at EURO 2024 and, alongside Zirkzee, helped Bologna qualify for this season's UEFA Champions League, and his agent Fahd Adamson has confirmed United's interest in his client.

"It is good that Manchester United are interested in Dan, and it is somehow logical as well," he said.

"United belong to INEOS, and Dan has already played for the other INEOS-owned clubs in Nice and Lausanne. He received countless WhatsApp messages from English clubs after the quarter-final against England. Let's see what emerges from them.

"We must discuss Dan's future with him and his family. We need to weigh things up well, to prevent him making the wrong career move."

However, with Arsenal closing in on a deal to sign Riccardo Calafiori, new Bologna coach Vincenzo Italiano, who has replaced Juventus-bound Thiago Motta after guiding Fiorentina to two successive Europa Conference League finals, will not be keen to lose another key player.

"After Calafiori and Zirkzee, I don't think Bologna will give up a third starter," Manuel Minguzzi, editor at Tuttobologna, told the Manchester Evening News.

"The management would not want to give him up and Ndoye is liked by new coach Vincenzo Italiano. In any case we are talking about £25-30million."

United must decide whether a move for Ndoye is worth taking such a chunk out of their transfer budget but, if they do decide to go down that route, the appeal of linking back up with Zirkzee in the Premier League can only help their case.

"Ndoye and Zirkzee are close friends and in Bologna they often went to Virtus Bologna's Euro League basketball games together," Minguzzi added.

"I don't know if Joshua will push for a transfer of Ndoye as well. Bologna would not want to give up Dan."

United are expected to be busy in this summer's transfer market and beyond their interest in Ndoye, they have also been linked with the likes of Leny Yoro, Matthijs De Ligt, Jarrad Branthwaite, Manuel Ugarte, Dani Olmo and Ivan Toney.