Man Utd offer Fred & Van de Beek to sign striker

Manchester United have offered Fred and Donny van de Beek as makeweights to sign Atalanta striker Rasmus Hojlund.

The Red Devils are determined to land a new centre-forward this summer, and they have identified Hojlund as their priority target.

The club recently proposed a part-exchange deal involving Fred and Van de Beek for Hojlund, but Atalanta were not pleased.

The Serie A outfit are reluctant to consider any swap moves for their prized asset, and would only accept a straight-cash deal.

Meanwhile, The Athletic claim that Atalanta won't accept anything less than €100 million to part ways with the 20-year-old.

Such a fee is well beyond the budget of United, and it is claimed that the club could be forced to look elsewhere for a striker.

Eintracht Frankfurt's Randal Kolo Muani is one of the players on the club's radar and he could be available for around €80m.

However, it has been reported that Paris Saint-Germain could be favourites to sign him amid his preference to return to France.