Report: Ruben Amorim wants to sign goalscoring winger for Manchester United in January, he worked under Enzo Maresca
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Ruben Amorim has only just started taking training sessions at Manchester United after replacing Erik ten Hag as the new head coach, but there are already a lot of rumours about the players he wants to bring to Old Trafford in the January transfer window.
Left-backs Alvaro Carreras and Ben Chilwell have been linked with United, while Christopher Nkunku is also claimed to be on Amorim's radar.
Chilwell and Nkunku on the books of Chelsea, whose manager is Enzo Maresca, and it is a former winger of the Italian boss that United are now showing interest in.
Ruben Amorim wants to sign Yunus Akgun for Manchester United
According to Sabah, United are keen on a deal for Yunus Akgun in the January transfer window.
Akgun, who can operate as an attacking midfielder or as a winger, is on the books of Galatasaray at the moment.
The 24-year-old Turkey international had a loan spell at Leicester last season. Maresca, now the manager of Chelsea, was in charge of the Foxes last campaign and guided them to promotion from the Championship.
Sabah has reported that as soon as Amorim was made the United head coach, he added Akgun to his list of targets for the Red Devils.
Amorim reportedly watched Akgun when he was the Sporting Lisbon manager and has spoken highly of him to United, whose scouts will now following the winger from now until January.
Akgun has scored two goals and given one assist in eight starts in the Turkish Super Lig this season. The winger has also scored four goals in four UEFA Europa League games.
What Enzo Maresca said about Yunus Akgun
Akgun worked under Chelsea boss Maresca at Leicester last season.
The 24-year-old could make only nine starts in the Championship. The winger made 14 substitute appearances.
Akgun scored one goal and gave two assists in those games, and Mareca was not always impressed.
In October 2023, Maresca said, as quoted in Turkish Football: "He is a winger who loves to come inside so we can think to use him as an attacking midfielder.
"He can do more. He is adapting very well. He gave us two assists against Liverpool and Blackburn. He arrived here not 100 per cent but now he is getting better. For sure he can give us much, much, much more, no doubt."
"For me, he's more an inside player than a winger. Sometimes he has to play as a winger. But for me he's more an inside player than a winger."
