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Manchester United goal Brian Brobbey has performed down studies of a transfer to Old Trafford by confirming his intention to remain at Ajax within the January switch window.
Sky Sports Germany had reported that Man United boss Erik ten Hag has focused a transfer for Brobbey this month.
The Dutch worldwide had additionally reportedly been on the Premier League big’s shortlist final summer time.
Brobbey was requested concerning the hyperlinks to Man United following Ajax’s 4-1 win over RKC Waalwijk, the place the 21-year-old scored the crew’s first two targets.
‘I noticed it on the information however I’ll keep in Amsterdam,’ Brobbey mentioned, as reported by Voetbalzone.
Ajax striker Brian Brobbey has been linked with a January switch to Manchester United
Brobbey has impressed this season by scoring 15 targets regardless of Ajax’s continued struggles
The ahead insisted he’ll stay at Ajax in January when quizzed on hyperlinks to Man United
‘I’ve no contact with Erik [Ten Hag].
‘We used to textual content by way of WhatsApp, however I feel Erik is busy. I’ve a brand new quantity as properly.’
He added: ‘Would they be allowed to come back again in the summertime? Haha, who is aware of.’
Brobbey has scored 15 targets in 26 matches for Ajax this season in all competitions, with 11 coming in 17 league video games regardless of the Dutch giants’ struggles.
The goalscoring kind had led to Brobbey being handed his debut for the Dutch nationwide crew again in October.
Ajax supervisor John van ‘t Schip additionally poured chilly water on strategies Brobbey may depart the membership.
Van ‘t Schip claimed ‘insane quantities of cash’ can be required for Ajax to sanction his sale.
‘As far as I’m involved, he isn’t on the market,’ he mentioned in a post-match press convention.
‘So sure, I cling that round his neck. It would not be helpful if he left now. But who am I to say that?
‘We attempt to maintain the group as sturdy as doable. Then Brobbey is a vital participant in that.
Ajax supervisor John van ‘t Schip claimed it is going to take ‘insane cash’ for Brobbey to be offered
Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag had handed Brobbey his Ajax debut again in 2020
‘I do not resolve whether or not he leaves, however insane quantities of cash will probably be wanted.’
Brobbey had been handed his Ajax debut by Ten Hag in 2020 and later joined German aspect RB Leipzig on the finish of his contract in the summertime of 2021.
He returned to Ajax on an preliminary mortgage after struggling to interrupt into the RB Leipzig aspect earlier than signing on a everlasting foundation.
Brobbey had turned down a transfer to Old Trafford in 2022 to rejoin Ajax, regardless of receiving a private cellphone name from Ten Hag to try to persuade him.
Speaking to De Telegraaf, the participant mentioned, ‘Erik ten Hag referred to as me and mentioned that at United, my agent would get tens of millions of euros and I may earn a a number of of my Ajax wage. But our determination was clear: we needed to go to Ajax.
‘Manchester United needed to have me, however I insisted on returning to Ajax. To make that doable, my agent Jose Fortes Rodriguez even waived a hefty proportion of the sell-on clause.’
The teen grew to become the third-youngest participant to attain 30 Eredivisie targets for Ajax after Rafael van der Vaart and Kasper Dolberg when he netted towards PEC Zwolle in December 2023.
Ten Hag’s historical past of bringing in former Ajax gamers to United has been met with various success.
Lisandro Martinez has been excellent on the again, regardless of various accidents, however Antony and Andre Onana have each struggled for kind and consistency.