Can “thank” Zlatan for not being a Manchester United transfer
A transition influenced by many factors. A move to Manchester United depends on so much more. Andreas Cornelius is one of the top scorers in the Turkish Süper Lig, but knows that football life could have changed completely in 2017 when he played for FC Copenhagen.
Then the agent for the Danish striker received a phone call from a certain Matt Judge, chief negotiator at Manchester United.
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The agent says:
-He (Judge) could tell that the Man Utd manager, José Mourinho, was impressed by him in a CL match in Porto a few months back Cornelius scored) where FC Copenhagen, with Mourinho in the stands, played to a 1-1, begins agent According to Per Steffensen Ball.dk.
-Judge said that United were looking for a strong centre-forward who could stand a bit in the background and learn from the club’s great but older star, Zlatan, and then take over the place after him, the agent continues.
Talk about chance of a lifetime.
“Unfortunately, Zlatan injured his knee shortly after and was out for more than half a year, so United changed their strategy and brought in a more experienced attacking player,” says the agent.
It ended with a contract with Atalanta from the summer of 2017 in the Danish, right to loan stays with Bordeaux and Parma, then on to Trabzonspor.
Imagine if…