Overview
- Football Insider on Thursday quoted ex-United chief scout Mick Brown saying the club will let Joshua Zirkzee leave in the summer.
- The report says Michael Carrick is expected to be made permanent and prefers Benjamin Sesko, with Bryan Mbeumo next in line at striker.
- Zirkzee struggled in his first start under Carrick at Sunderland on Saturday, and the manager said the game was not a trial.
- Analysts note Zirkzee calls himself a '9.5' who drops deep to link play, which clashes with a setup that uses one attacking midfielder occupied by Bruno Fernandes.
- Everton and Serie A clubs including Roma, Juventus, AC Milan, and Como are linked as suitors as United weigh a sale.