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Manchester United have reportedly explored a move for Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven’s Jerdy Schouten, Daily Mail reports.
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Meanwhile, the Red Devils are close to completing a move for the Uruguay international Manuel Ugarte. A fee of €50m plus a further €10m in add-ons appears to be agreed.
The looming sale of academy graduate Scott McTominay to Napoli for a fee of €30m is key for the arrival of Ugarte.
According to Daily Mail‘s Sami Mokbel, United did look at Dutch player Jerdy Schouten as a potential low-cost alternative to Ugarte.
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Schouten started 28 times and scored four goals for PSV in the 23/24 Eredivise campaign as they cruised to the title. He also started all six matches for his country at EURO 2024.
With Erik ten Hag’s ostensible willingess to bring in players from the Eredivise, it is not a surprise to see that Schouten was considered.
Ultimately, the Dutchman’s age profile may have been what deterred United from further pursuit. At 27 years old, he is four years older than the aforementioned Ugarte.
INEOS, the new partial owners of the club, have clearly targeted younger players in their first transfer window, with the acquisitions of Leny Yoro (18), Joshua Zirkzee (23) and Matthijs de Ligt (25) representing a new dawn of transfer activity at Old Trafford.
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