Manchester United has been told that it costs them £ 40 million to sign Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta.
As revealed for the first time in France, the Reds have already opened conversations about bringing Mateta to Old Trafford in the summer in an attempt to add goals to the misfirings side of Ruben Amorim. But Palace will require full value for the 27-year-old Frenchman.
And the precarious financial position of United means that they have to generate cash from the sale of players before they considerably add to Amorim's team.
United's £ 72 million Danish striker Rasmus Hojlund has scored only two Premier League goals this season and loses the faith of his manager.
Mateta, who was hurried to the hospital last week with a filthy head injury that required 25 stitches after a pathogenic challenge from Millwall keeper Liam Roberts, scored 15 goals in all competitions for the Eagles, with 12 in the Premier League.
Palace hopes that he will be back at the end of the month for the FA Cup quarterfinals Fulham.
Amorim has demanded a striker who carries a's threat, but also has the intelligence and physical presence to lead his attack.
The Dream -The Portuguese sports machine would be his former sports machine of Sporting Lisbon his Viktor Gyokeres, but the £ 80 million clause from the Swedish International is too rich for a club with debts of more than £ 1 billion.
He has tried to keep himself at both Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee in the midst of injuries in recent weeks, but neither has shown the kind of form that is needed to prove that they can be the most important man and can score regularly enough in the future.
Palace will be disgusting to lose Mateta, who struggled during Roy Hodgson's reign has been an important player under Oliver Glasner since he arrived in South Londs.
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