Benjamin Sesko came to the fore this summer as the No 1 Striker -Zoel van Manchester United.
United has weighed a movement for the young RB Leipzig Center-Forward or Ollie Watkins from Aston Villa and will now channel their efforts to sign Sesko.
They will be confronted with competition from Newcastle, who wants Sesko Alexander Isak to replace if he moves to Liverpool, and it is still possible that head coach Ruben Amorim could enter the new season without a new striker.
It is understood that United Villa approached with a deal in the £ 45 million region for Watkins, but their Premier League rivals did not want to sell and it would have made a considerably higher supply to change that attitude.
Watkins, 29, Amorim would have given the Premier League experience that he wants after spent more than £ 130 million to Bryan Mbeumo van Brentford and Matheus Cunha, Van Wolves, this summer.
Sesko is a younger option at 22 and the Slovenia International will also recommend a higher transfer costs, whereby RB Leipzig will make a high rating for the 6ft 5 in advance.
However, it is clear that the German club has a men's agreement with the 22-year-old to let him go for £ 60-70 million plus add-ons to certain clubs.
United has been following Sesko for some time and director of Christopher Vivell has been a key figure in negotiations that have previously worked at Leipzig and the former Club Red Bull Salzburg of the player.
Sesko has scored 39 goals in 87 games for Leipzig and 16 goals in 41 performances for Slovenia.
United had originally hoped to sign Liam Delap this summer, but the striker of Ipswich moved to Chelsea instead. A number of other strikers have been considered, but Nicolas Jackson from Isak and Chelsea were considered too expensive.
Newcastle will still hope that they can convince Sesko to move to Tyneside when Isak leaves after he spoke with Leipzig and the player's camp.