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title: "Manchester United: Double Chelsea swoop mooted"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-chelsea-christian-pulisic-hakim-ziyech-fabrizio-romano-erik-ten-hag/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Follow up"
published: "2022-08-20T19:10:14Z"
modified: "2022-08-20T19:10:14Z"
---

# Manchester United: Double Chelsea swoop mooted

**Manchester United are interested in Chelsea duo Christian Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech, separate journalists have told GiveMeSport.**

### The lowdown

[The Athletic’s Andy Mitten](https://theathletic.com/3515717/2022/08/17/pulisic-manchester-united-transfer/) reported earlier this week that United are exploring a potential loan move for Pulisic.

Chelsea are understood to be open to letting the 23-year-old American leave on a temporary basis.

Meanwhile, [Samuel Luckhurst of The Manchester Evening News](https://twitter.com/samuelluckhurst/status/1558027679017967618) claimed that Erik ten Hag wants a reunion with Ziyech, a player with whom he worked at Ajax.

However, the United hierarchy have apparently shown resistance to that particular transfer up to this point.

Conversely, they they committed [£67.6million](https://theathletic.com/3520465/2022/08/18/manchester-united-antony-ajax/) to try to bring Antony from Amsterdam to Manchester and also sanctioned a [£56.7million](https://www.skysports.com/transfer/news/12691/12655399/lisandro-martinez-manchester-united-confirm-57m-signing-of-ajax-defender-on-five-year-contract) deal for De Godenzonen’s Lisandro Martinez.

### The latest

Transfer insider [Dean Jones](https://www.givemesport.com/88049102-man-utd-150k-a-week-star-now-interested-in-old-trafford-move) says that Pulisic is ‘interested’ in making the move to Old Trafford and urged United to pursue the deal.

*“If he’s open to this and Chelsea are willing to let him go, I think it’s one you have to explore. He is interested in it, so that’s a good start.”*

Meanwhile, [Fabrizio Romano](https://www.givemesport.com/88048581-man-utd-33m-premier-league-star-super-appreciated-by-ten-hag-at-old-trafford) reports that Ten Hag remains a huge admirer of Ziyech, but says that United are not currently in talks over a potential transfer.

*“Yes**, Ziyech is a player who is super-appreciated by Erik ten Hag, but at the moment, there are no negotiations taking place between United and Chelsea. It is not something that is ongoing right now.”*

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### The verdict

Pulisic, who seems more likely to join right now given that key figures at United aren’t too keen on Ziyech, would be a blockbuster addition.

He’s [won the Champions League, Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/christian-pulisic/erfolge/spieler/315779) during his time at Stamford Bridge.

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is among those to have offered an endorsement, having overseen Pulisic at Borussia Dortmund.

The German called him a ‘[fantastic player](https://www.thehardtackle.com/news/2018/07/23/transfer-news-liverpool-manager-jurgen-klopp-praises-christian-pulisic-amid-transfer-speculation/)‘ in 2018 and CBS Sports journalist Ben Jacobs named him as an ‘[admirer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyJlQDHScl8)‘ earlier this summer, suggesting he was interested in bringing him to Anfield.