Joshua Zirkzee: Manchester United agree transfer deal for Bologna forward

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The fee is understood to be just over £35m (€42.5m) - above the £33.6m (€40m) release clause, however, it is in exchange for more favourable payment terms; personal terms have been agreed for a five-year deal and he is expected to undergo a Man Utd medical this week  Manchester United have agreed a deal to sign Bologna forward Joshua Zirkzee.  The fee is understood to be just over £35m (€42.5m) - above the £33.6m (€40m) release clause.  However, it is in exchange for more favourable payment terms.   It means United will not pay a lump sum up-front but pay over a three-year period.  Personal terms have been agreed with Zirkzee, who had been representing Netherlands at Euro 2024.  Zirkzee is expected to have a medical this week before signing a five-year contract with the option of a further year.  The 23-year-old recorded 12 goals and seven assists as Bologna qualified for the Champions League this season.

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00:00The fee is understood to be just over £35m, €42.5m, above the £33.6m, €40m release

00:12clause. However, it is in exchange for more favourable payment terms. Personal terms

00:18have been agreed for a five-year deal and he is expected to undergo a Man United medical

00:23this week.

00:25Manchester United have agreed a deal to sign Bologna forward Joshua Xerxe. The fee is understood

00:31to be just over £35m, €42.5m, above the £33.6m, €40m release clause. However, it

00:44is in exchange for more favourable payment terms. It means United will not pay a lump

00:50but pay over a three-year period. Personal terms have been agreed with Xerxe, who had

00:56been representing Netherlands at Euro 2024. Xerxe is expected to have a medical this week

01:03before signing a five-year contract with the option of a further year. The 23-year-old

01:09recorded 12 goals and 7 assists as Bologna qualified for the Champions League this season.

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