Wout Weghorst is an official player of Manchester United. Having that the Red Devils announced through official channels. The Dutchman is rented from Burnley, which rented him to the Turkish Besiktas earlier this season. The lump sum payment is three million euros. Weghorst signs a contract until the end of the season, United have not negotiated an option to buy.
Erik ten Hag had been looking for an extra reinforcement for the offensive line for some time. The Dutchman said goodbye to Cristiano Ronaldo at the end of last year, after the Portuguese had spoken negatively about his trainer and the club in general in an interview. Cody Gakpo was a priority for Ten Hag for a long time, but he suddenly left for Liverpool. The Mancunians were then briefly linked with João Félix, but it is Weghorst who is now making his way to Old Trafford.
Weghorst knows that he will not be the first on the scoresheet at United. The the Dutch international has been brought in with the idea of forcing something in the final phase of a match if the situation requires it. Ten Hag has an attacker who is on a roll this season in Marcus Rashford. Anthony Martial also keeps Weghorst behind in the pecking order. The question is therefore to what extent Ten Hag will seriously appeal to Weghorst in the coming six months.
Weghorst played for FC Emmen, Heracles Almelo, AZ Alkmaar, VfL Wolfsburg, FC Burnley and Besiktas in the past. In Germany he experienced his best phase by scoring seventy goals in 144 games. The nineteen-time the Dutch international has never won a prize in his life, but was twice in the final of the TOTO KNVB Cup. As an AZ player, he lost the final battle against Vitesse in 2017, a year later Feyenoord was too strong in its own Kuip.
There is a good chance that Weghorst will succeed in adding his first prize to his palmares at United, as Ten Hag’s team is still active in four competitions. United is still in the battle for the EFL Cup, FA Cup, Europa League and the national championship. In the Premier League, they are nine points behind leaders Arsenal. The last time United won a prize was in 2017, when the Europa League was won at the expense of Ajax under the leadership of José Mourinho.