Manchester United are interested in signing Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski, according to reports. Speculation suggesting the Poland international could make a move to Old Trafford has gathered pace in recent weeks and the latest report from Bild's Tobias Altschäffl suggests United's interest is mounting.
This week, the Bayern striker fired in an 11-minute hat-trick to surpass the 40-goal mark for a seventh consecutive season. "I can say with certainty that they are interested,” Altschäffl told the Bayern Insider podcast (via Sport Witness). "They have been interested in Lewandowski before, but that doesn’t mean that he will sign for United in the next few weeks. READ MORE: Ralf Rangnick tells Marcus Rashford what to do to regain Manchester United place "It’s not like that.
Pini Zahavi [Lewandowski's agent] is exchanging with many clubs, and United has said that they would be interested if a situation arose that he could leave Munich. "We know from the reporting of the last few days and weeks apparently that anything is possible at the moment.
Lewi is unhappy." United's line-up for last weekend's defeat to Manchester City seemingly reaffirmed Ralf Rangnick's belief that the club need to sign a new centre forward.
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