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Last weekend’s transfer story was the possible transfer of Orange international Wout Weghorst to Manchester United. The striker is currently on loan from Burnley by Besiktas, but United coach Erik ten Hag would like to hire him in the second half of the season.
“A smart move,” says Arno Vermeulen Studio Football. “They don’t have a pinchhitter, no player for Plan-B and we know that’s very important nowadays. Many clubs have that problem. Barcelona has the same thing. They could have kept Luuk de Jong better. To get such a player who can is smart. It’s a small market.”
‘Get Weghorst to Manchester United dangerous move from Ten Hag’
Pierre van Hooijdonk does not see a classic pinch hitter in the man who scored two goals against Argentina as a substitute at the World Cup. “I think more of a Luuk de Jong if you are looking for a pinch hitter. I don’t see the battering ram or the point of play in the air in Weghorst. He can function excellently around that, as he showed at the World Cup.”
Besiktas knows nothing
Weghorst scored Besiktas’ second goal on Saturday evening against Kasimpasa (2-1) and celebrated his goal extensively with the fans. He touched the club logo, made a heart and waved. A goodbye? Several media thought so. Besiktas, however, said he knew nothing.
John van ‘t Schip understands Ten Hag’s possible choice for Weghorst: “He brings energy every time, so that something changes in the attack.” Ibrahim Afellay agrees: “It’s a player you bring when you want to force something.”
“They don’t have a real striker at United,” says Vermeulen. “It is a bit of poverty in that regard. They all have attackers who prefer to come from the side. They want at least a real striker.”
A new feature in Studio Voetbal: the Muurligger, a spoken column by writer and columnist Hugo Borst. The first edition is about Wout Weghorst.
De Muurligger: everything is fake with Wout Weghorst
“I think it is quite a dangerous move by Ten Hag,” says Van Hooijdonk. “He gets a Dutchman who also played in England, at Burnley, and didn’t play the tiles of the roof there. He scored two goals and was relegated. Then you immediately have a stamp there.”
“Weghorst doesn’t care about that”, says Vermeulen. Van Hooijdonk: “If Manchester United wanted me, I would also be upset about that.”
Watch the Final signal about Hachim Mastour (by Frank Heinen) below and talks about Alfred Schreuder’s position at Ajax and the appointment of Nigel de Jong as director of top football at the KNVB.
