Sky Sports journalist Florian Plettenberg revealed Manchester United’s intentions regarding the Ivan Toney deal.

In the 1-2 defeat to Arsenal in pre-season, Rasmus Hojlund was injured and will be out for about 6 weeks .

Hojlund is currently Man United’s only centre-forward. Last season, he scored 14 goals in all competitions.

They did indeed sign Joshua Zirkzee this summer, but he is not a pure centre-forward .

Therefore, Brentford’s Ivan Toney is one of the options being considered by Man Utd.

Man Utd do not recruit Toney.

Things got even more unpredictable when Toney was left out of Brentford’s squad for the opening match of the 2024/25 Premier League.

“There’s a lot going on with Ivan Toney and there’s some interest from other teams. Because of all that, we’ve decided not to include him in the squad,” said coach Thomas Frank.

However, it seems that Toney’s destination is likely to be Saudi Arabia.

Specifically, according to Sky Sports journalist Florian Plettenberg, Man United “did not consider” approaching Toney before the market ended.

Plettenberg claims that the biggest interest has come from Saudi Arabia, with the England international likely to leave the Premier League for a move to the Saudi Pro League.

JUST IN! Man United considers signing ‘former Barcelona player’

According to information from The Athletic, Manchester United are discussing the prospect of recruiting defender Marcos Alonso in the near future.

After successfully recruiting two contracts to upgrade the quality of the defense and attack, named Leny Yoro and Joshua Zirkzee, now, one of the top priorities of the Man United leadership is to add a left-back who can play regularly, sharing the burden with the duo Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia who are often injured.

Recently, coach Erik ten Hag also confirmed that Malacia needs at least 2 more months to recover from the knee injury he suffered last season.

Last weekend, European media reported that the Red Devils had opened negotiations to sign defender Mario Hermoso, who is currently a free agent after his contract with Atletico Madrid expired at the end of June.

However, The Athletc recently revealed that the 29-year-old player is not the only name that Man United wants to recruit to upgrade the left-back position, but Alonso, who is also unemployed after leaving Barcelona, ​​is another potential option .

The Old Trafford board of directors have held meetings to discuss the possibility of recruiting the 33-year-old defender on a short-term contract because the Spanish star has extensive experience in the Premier League.

In the past, Alonso had 6 years of dedication to Chelsea from 2016-2022, playing 212 matches and scoring 29 goals. The former Barca star once won the Premier League 2016/17, Europa League 2018/19 and Champions League 2020/21 with The Blues.