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- The Sun
Man Utd prepared to take HUGE hit on Rasmus Hojlund in desperate bid to offload flop and sign Benjamin Sesko
MANCHESTER UNITED are prepared to sell Rasmus Hojlund in a cut-price deal - although the Dane wants to stay at Old Trafford. In the clearest sign that the United hierarchy are clearing the decks to bring in prime target Benjamin Sesko, Ruben Amorim is ready to let Hojlund go if a deal can be made. 5 5 United will accept just £30m for the 22-year-old Hojlund, less than half the price they paid Atalanta to land him two years ago. With three years left on his current contract, Hojlund still has an accounting 'amortisation' cost of £38.4m. That means a £30m fee would represent a PSR 'loss' of £8.4m, although United would get his annual £4.4m salary off their wage-bill. Amorim is not desperate to lose the Danish striker and any sale would be contingent on United getting in an upgrade. Leipzig striker Sesko is the preferred candidate, although United are locked in a battle with Newcastle to land the Slovenian. The Bundesliga club are playing hard to get in a bid to get at least £70m up front for Sesko, 22. Sesko missed Saturday's friendly defeat to Atalanta after Newcastle made their opening £65.5m bid, with a further £4.4m in add-ons, which was rejected. United are also pressing to land the striker and Leipzig sporting director Marcel Schafer said: 'In Benji's case, several clubs have shown concrete interest. 5 5 'Based on the overall situation, we decided he would not play. 'But, I would like to emphasize this clearly, that does not mean that he will not play next week either." Leipzig are determined to get the maximum price for the striker, even briefing they may not sell him at all and can raise money through the disposal of £61m Chelsea target Xavi Simons - also left out against the Italians - and Belgian striker Lois Openda, who is wanted by Sunderland. Hojlund may be disappointed to learn United are willing to cast him aside after making plain his wish to stay following the Premier League Summer Series win over Bournemouth on Wednesday. The Dane said: 'My plan is very clear and that is for me to stay and fight for my spot, whatever happens.'
Scotsman
41 minutes ago
- Scotsman
New Hearts signing lifts lid on second Tynecastle chance and why he turned down move 4 years ago
Defender delighted to get 'another bite of cherry' with Jambos switch Sign up to our Football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... There is an air of contentment around Hearts defender Stuart Findlay as he mulls over the last couple of years. Tynecastle already feels like home for the 29-year-old, who has settled in seamlessly ahead of the new season. Maybe it was just always meant to be that he would end up at Hearts. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad After all, he's been a transfer target for the Jambos on more than one occasion. Robbie Neilson tried to bring him to Gorgie four years ago and he's persistently been linked with a transfer. Finally he had the maroon and white scarf above his head last month when a season-long loan with Oxford United was brokered. It was his former manager at Kilmarnock in Derek McInnes who got the move over the line. The duo teamed up well at Rugby Park and Findlay was keen to follow him east to Hearts. Football has been enjoyable for the centre-half under the gaffer. That hasn't always been the case after he ended his first spell at Killie to join Philadelphia Union over in the States four years ago. Stuart Findlay has reunited with his ex-Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes at Hearts. (Photo by Craig Williamson / SNS Group) | SNS Group 'I'll be the first to admit, when I had the option to leave Oxford on a loan to go back to Kilmarnock, I didn't have many options, I've been totally honest with you,' said Findlay. 'When Derek McInnes came in for me at Kilmarnock, he was a manager that obviously I respected greatly, it was a club that meant a lot to me. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'It worked at the time, and I think for him to get me from where I was two years previous to where I was at the end of his tenure at Kilmarnock, I think it would be an absolute madness for me not to want to continue that working relationship. 'I think he's a manager that knows what my skill set is, he knows how to get out of me, and as I said, when I got the chance to learn off him again, it was something I just generally couldn't knock down. 'Not only that, to then come to a club with the stature of Hearts. I had maybe the chance a few years before I moved to America, but now that I'm here and I see what the club's all about, I'm delighted to get another bite of the cherry. And to be able to do it with an extra four or five years experience behind me, I think not only me, but the club's going to benefit from that.' Hearts defender Stuart Findlay at full time after the Premier Sports Cup group stage win over Stirling Albion at Forthbank Stadium. (Photo by Ross MacDonald / SNS Group) | SNS Group Findlay is asked to expand on what could have been in 2021. 'Yeah, I don't think it was any secret, I think it was Robbie Neilson who was the manager, I was very, very close to going there,' he continued. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'But I think the opportunity that I got in America was something at the time I couldn't knock back. It was a massive, massive opportunity which maybe just didn't work out football-wise the way that I did, but it's not something I regret. It's something that I might have never got the chance to do again, definitely wouldn't have got the chance to do again, it's something I had to explore at the time. 'But as I said, there's always that little gnawing feeling in the back of your head of what could have happened if I'd went elsewhere. So to be able to come here, I think a better player to what I was back then, with a manager who fully knows what I'm about, it can only be a positive for me.' Such has been Findlay's form in Scotland, there are a few left puzzled why Oxford have not granted him more chances. His contract expires next summer and there is next to no chance of a return. Findlay is incredibly candid on it all. 'It's a bit of a strange situation that I've got with Oxford,' he explained. 'I would first admit the year that I was down there I didn't set the heather alight. I was really disappointed, I maybe wasn't in the right place mentally and physically that I wanted to be when I was at Oxford, but these things happen, football players take dips at certain times. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'I thought they'd maybe made their mind up that that just wasn't the idea for them, I can't blame them because I didn't produce the way I did. But at the same time when you've got a manager who wants you as much as the gaffer here did, I think both clubs were happy to get something done in the meantime. 'I can't worry about what other clubs are wanting, I just only worry about the club where I am, and that's Hearts, and I just really want to have a good year for Hearts now.' Hearts defender Stuart Findlay at full time after the Premier Sports Cup group stage win over Hamilton Academical. (Photo by Rob Casey / SNS Group) | SNS Group The Jambos - and McInnes - are happy to have him. He's been part of a team that won all four Premier Sports Cup group games comfortably ahead of the Premiership opener on Monday night at home to Aberdeen. Excitement is building in Gorgie after last season's underwhelming campaign. 'I don't think you realise how big a club Hearts is until you're involved in it,' said Findlay. 'Obviously you come to Tynecastle once or twice a season, you know they're a big side. But until you come here and you see how passionate the fans are. And not only that, just the demand for success at a club like Hearts is something that I'm really happy to be a part of. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'When the manager spoke to me, we were both wanting to come here because we both knew what success looked like at Hearts. It's something that we both aligned ourselves with. So we're going to have to back it up and make sure we put in the performances to reach the ambitions.
Reuters
41 minutes ago
- Reuters
Bayern's Pavlovic suffers eye socket fracture
Aug 3 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic faces a spell on the sidelines after suffering an eye socket fracture in training, the German club said. The 21-year-old Germany international had undergone successful surgery, the club said in a statement on Saturday without providing a timeline on his return. Bayern are already without playmaker Jamal Musiala, who sustained a fibula fracture with a broken and dislocated ankle at the Club World Cup last month, while left back Alphonso Davies is out due to an ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) tear. Bayern play VfB Stuttgart in the German Super Cup final on August 16 before beginning their Bundesliga title defence against RB Leipzig at home six days later.
