{"id":38739,"date":"2024-07-15T09:05:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T09:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=38739"},"modified":"2024-07-15T09:05:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T09:05:30","slug":"joshua-zirkzee-man-utd-complete-36-5m-signing-of-netherlands-striker-from-bologna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/07\/15\/joshua-zirkzee-man-utd-complete-36-5m-signing-of-netherlands-striker-from-bologna\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Zirkzee: Man Utd Complete \u00a336.5m Signing of Netherlands Striker from Bologna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua Zirkzee has signed a five-year deal at Manchester United with the option of a further year; Man Utd paid Bologna \u00a336.5m (\u20ac42.5m) for the Netherlands international, slightly above his \u00a334.4m (\u20ac40m) release clause in exchange for more favourable payment terms<\/p>\n<p>The fee is understood to be \u00a336.5m (\u20ac42.5m), slightly above his \u00a334.4m (\u20ac40m) release clause, but it is in exchange for more favourable payment terms.<br \/>\nIt means United will pay for the Netherlands international over three years.<\/p>\n<p>Zirkzee has signed a five-year contract at Old Trafford with the option of a further year.<br \/>\nThe 23-year-old scored 12 goals and provided seven assists as Bologna qualified for the Champions League last season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38740\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/download-2024-07-15T091040.782.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zirkzee said: &#8220;Having had discussions with the manager and the leaders of the club I know how exciting the future is going to be here and I cannot wait to play my part in achieving success for Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am a player who has always dedicated everything to winning; I&#8217;m ready for this next challenge, to go to another level in my career and win more trophies.<br \/>\n&#8220;It is a privilege to join such an iconic club. I have to take a short break now after being with the national team, but I&#8217;ll be coming back ready to make an impact straight away.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua Zirkzee has signed a five-year deal at Manchester United with the option of a further year; Man Utd paid Bologna \u00a336.5m (\u20ac42.5m) for the Netherlands international, slightly above his \u00a334.4m (\u20ac40m) release clause in exchange for more favourable payment terms The fee is understood to be \u00a336.5m (\u20ac42.5m), slightly above his \u00a334.4m (\u20ac40m) release [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":38741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[1184,1185],"class_list":["post-38739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-joshua-zirkzee","tag-man-utd"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38739"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38758,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38739\/revisions\/38758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}