United interested in Anderlecht keeper Bart Verbruggen – Man United News And Transfer News
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Manchester United are interested in Dutch goalkeeper Butter Werbruggen, according to Voetbal International.
The 20-year-old goalkeeper made his debut for the Netherlands national team this week.
Verbruggen has cemented himself as RSC Anderlecht’s first-choice goalkeeper since the start of the year, despite rivaling club captain Hendrik van Kronbrugge.
international football According to the report, “United and Liverpool are now eyeing 20-year-old Welbruggen, who remains under contract with Anderlecht until mid-2025.”
The potential transfer fee is believed to be in excess of €10m.
The young keeper has already attracted interest from England, with Burnley trying to sign him last summer amid links with former Anderlecht boss Vincent Kompany.
However, the Belgian club quickly ended any talk of a transfer and denied the chance of their reunion, but now attracting the heights of Manchester United and Liverpool, a move this summer may be inevitable.
Verbruggen has been in the headlines recently with his incredible clean sheet in the penalty shoot-out against PFC Ludogorets Razgrad in the Europa League last month.
Het gaat erg difficult to meet Bart Verbruggen, de twintigjarige goalkeeper van Anderlecht die vrijdag voor het east werd geselecteerd voor Oranje. Manchester United en Liverpool zouden interesse hem hebben. https://t.co/TrLGfTtVOj
— Voetbal International (@VI_nl) March 18, 2023
At 6-foot-4 and tall, the young goalie is an excellent shot finisher while also being comfortable on the ball.
1.91 – @rscanderlechtBart Verbruggen is the goalkeeper with the most clean sheets in this Europa League campaign (1.91 – 0 goals conceded, 1.91 xG shots on goal). savior. pic.twitter.com/u8qouT0f7M
— OptaJohan (@OptaJohan) March 16, 2023
Verbruggen graduated from the NAC Breda Academy before moving to Belgium to join Anderlecht in 2020.
But the goalkeeper is not from the southern city of Breda, but from the northeastern city of Zwolle, which, coincidentally, is the capital of the province of Oberijssel, which may sound familiar to fans as it is also home Provincial co-manager Eric Ten Witch.
Ten Haag has used his Dutch connections extensively at United so far and it looks like he may not be done yet, and after the success of last summer’s signing, no one will question that.
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