Manchester United reportedly sent representatives to Belgium this week to run the eye over Club Brugge striker Nicolò Tresoldi, with the same delegation also said to be continuing its work on left-back Joaquin Seys.
Brugge lost 3-2 to Aston Villa in the Champions League on Tuesday, with Tresoldi getting on the scoresheet from the penalty spot despite the defeat. It’s understood United used the trip to keep tabs on Seys as well, though it’s not clear whether either player was the specific reason United’s scouts were in the stadium.
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The report comes via The Peoples Person, which cites TEAMtalk as the source for claims that both United and Tottenham Hotspur had representatives at the match specifically to watch Tresoldi. The Peoples Person itself flags the story with a modest reliability rating, noting that sending scouts to a Champions League fixture is routine and doesn’t necessarily confirm either player was the primary target.
Why United might be looking here
United weighed up moves for both a striker and a left-back last summer. Any deal for a new number nine was always going to hinge on Joshua Zirkzee leaving Old Trafford, but by the time Everton made an approach on deadline day it was too late to identify a replacement, leaving Zirkzee’s long-term future still up in the air.
At left-back, United pursued Newcastle United’s Lewis Hall over the summer without success, and the report suggests the club’s recruitment staff continue to weigh up long-term alternatives to Luke Shaw.
Read more on United’s earlier interest in Tresoldi
The numbers so far
| Player | Age | Position | Recent Output |
| Nicolò Tresoldi | N/A | Striker | 23 goals last season; 5 goals in 7 games this term |
| Joaquin Seys | 21 | Left-back | Described as quick, athletic and defensively solid |
More background on United’s interest in Seys
Spurs also watching
Tottenham’s presence at the same fixture adds a competitive edge to the Tresoldi story, with the German Under-21 international increasingly on the radar of Premier League clubs after his goalscoring form. Still, being watched by two English sides doesn’t amount to a confirmed transfer battle, and no formal bid from either club is established at this stage.
What happens next
United reportedly enquired about Seys during the summer window too, and this latest trip appears to be a continuation of that background work rather than a fresh escalation. Whether Tresoldi and Seys were genuinely the delegation’s targets in Belgium, or simply players United happened to assess while scouting the fixture, remains unclear from the reporting so far.