Zirkzee: “It wasn’t the Premier League that attracted me, but Manchester United. It’s a huge club”

Joshua Zirkzeenew striker of the Manchester Unitedwho moved from Bologna to the Premier League in the summer, spoke again in an interview given to ViaPlayclarifying that landing in England was not an obsession for him: “One of my goals? To be honest, not really. I looked at it, but I never said to myself: I want to play in the Premier League. This club, however, is simply enormous. It’s the club – specifies the Dutch striker – that attracted me, not so much the championship”.

Zirkzee he also explained how much it is helping him Ruud Van Nistelrooyassistant to Ten Hag: “I want to keep secret what he tells me, but it’s fantastic. He was a striker, we do detailed work, we watch the films, we watch the things I do… The way he works with me is very important, I can understand him and learn a lot from him. My idols – he explains – among those who have played in the Premier League? I can name three and they are Cristiano Ronaldo, Robin van Persie and Dennis Bergkamp”.

Joshua Zirkzee has already scored a goal for the Red Devils in the Premier League in 2024 – 2025, a competition in which he played 4 games, for a total of 250 minutes. He also boasts an appearance in the EFL Cup.