{"id":1197,"date":"2025-08-05T13:07:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/08\/05\/manchester-united-explore-dusan-vlahovic-as-alternative-amid-striker-pursuit\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:10:03","slug":"manchester-united-explore-dusan-vlahovic-as-alternative-amid-striker-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/08\/05\/manchester-united-explore-dusan-vlahovic-as-alternative-amid-striker-pursuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Explore Dusan Vlahovi\u0107 as Alternative Amid Striker Pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have been presented with the opportunity to sign Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovi\u0107, an alternative option to their preferred target, Benjamin \u0160e\u0161ko. Despite Newcastle United\u2019s bid for \u0160e\u0161ko, Manchester United have confirmed their readiness to submit a formal offer should the 22-year-old signal his interest in joining the club.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest financial disagreements with Newcastle may compel United to explore other options. Among these, Aston Villa\u2019s Ollie Watkins remains an admired prospect, while United have increasingly been linked to Vlahovi\u0107, with multiple contacts made over the weekend regarding a potential move.<\/p>\n<p>Since his \u00a366.6 million transfer from Fiorentina in January 2022, Vlahovi\u0107 has registered 58 goals in 145 appearances for Juventus. The striker is reportedly open to leaving Juventus as he enters the final year of his contract, a situation compounded by his substantial wages, which pose challenges for the Italian club.<\/p>\n<p>Juventus general manager Damien Comolli stated, &#8220;He can leave if a suitable offer comes in, but at the moment, it has not arrived.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>AC Milan have also expressed interest in Vlahovi\u0107, who might be available for approximately \u20ac25 million. Meanwhile, Manchester United remain focused on securing \u0160e\u0161ko, continuing their efforts to finalize a deal before seriously pursuing any alternative targets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United consider Juventus&#8217;s Dusan Vlahovi\u0107 as an alternative to Benjamin \u0160e\u0161ko.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[575,59,182],"class_list":["post-1197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","tag-dusan-vlahovic","tag-featured","tag-transfers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1198,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions\/1198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}