Bayern Munich star Jamal Musiala has confirmed that he held a dialog with shut buddy Joshua Zirzkee about becoming a member of Manchester United – however the pair had been solely messing round.
Zirkzee accomplished a £36.5m transfer from Bologna to United throughout the summer time switch window after two wonderful seasons taking part in in Italy, having beforehand come by way of the Bayern academy.
The 23-year-old Dutchman made 17 appearances for the senior crew earlier than leaving for pastures new, and stays shut pals with Musiala, who shone for Germany at Euro 2024 over the summer time.
Shortly after signing for the Pink Devils, Zirkzee was filmed suggesting to followers he tried to persuade Musiala to reunite with him at Outdated Trafford.
In an interview with Welt am Sonntag, Musiala has revealed that the pair did communicate in regards to the German playmaker becoming a member of Zirkzee in Manchester – but it surely was the sort of dialog the place shut pals joke about taking part in in the identical crew.
“You at all times joke round with pals and dream of taking part in collectively in the identical crew at some point,” Musiala clarified. “The jokes go each methods: I additionally advised Josh that he ought to come again to Bayern. However you should not take that too significantly.”
Zirkzee has scored one aim in three appearances for United to this point this time period, coming off the bench to attain a late winner towards Fulham on the opening day of the Premier League season. Nevertheless, the Pink Devils have fallen to defeats towards Brighton & Hove Albion and Liverpool since.
In the meantime, Musiala has one aim from his first two Bundesliga matches with Bayern to kick off the 2024/25 marketing campaign. He was controversially left off the 30-player shortlist of Ballon d’Or contenders earlier this week regardless of his wonderful performances for membership and nation over the past yr.
Musiala’s future at Bayern has been tentatively known as into query together with his contract up in 2026 and no settlement but reached over a contemporary deal.