Manchester United sign striker Wout Weghorst on loan for the rest of season

Manchester United person signed Netherlands striker Wout Weghorst connected indebtedness for the remainder of the season.

Weghorst scored 8 times and provided 4 assists successful 16 league appearances for Besiktas, portion adding 1 extremity successful 2 Turkish Cup outings.

"I consciousness privileged to beryllium joining Manchester United," said Weghorst.

"I've played against the nine successful the past and it's a fantastic feeling to present person the accidental to propulsion connected the celebrated reddish shirt. I've seen United's advancement nether Erik 10 Hag this play and can't hold to commencement playing my portion successful pushing the squad towards its aims.

"Whatever happens successful the adjacent fewer months, I tin committedness to springiness everything to the nine for arsenic agelong arsenic I americium here. I convey everyone who has played a portion successful getting maine to this stage, and present I americium looking guardant to gathering my caller team-mates and getting progressive consecutive away."

Weghorst's astir caller extremity came successful a 2-1 triumph against Kasimpasa connected 7 January and aft that crippled helium appeared to question goodbye to Besiktas' fans.

Weghorst joined Burnley past January successful a £12m determination from German broadside Wolfsburg, but lone scored doubly arsenic the Clarets were relegated from the Premier League to the Championship.

He was portion of the Dutch squad astatine the 2022 World Cup and his 2 precocious goals against Argentina levelled their epic World Cup quarter-final astatine 2-2 earlier the Netherlands went connected to suffer connected penalties.

Manchester United manager Erik 10 Hag has added Weghorst to his attacking ranks pursuing the exit of Cristiano Ronaldo.

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