Manchester United are reportedly moving ahead in their search to replace Cristiano Ronaldo, as the club prepare a €50 million (£43.1 million) bid for Cody Gakpo.
Erik ten Hag confirmed last week that the Red Devils would look to offset Ronaldo's acrimonious departure in the January transfer window and Gakpo has emerged as their top target. United were interested in the 23-year-old Dutch forward over the summer but ultimately decided to focus their efforts of signing Ajax winger Antony, who Ten Hag had previously worked with, for £87.1m.
Now, though, the Red Devils boss is understood to have accepted that his side need to bring in a new forward after Ronaldo saw his £480,000 contract terminated following a bombshell interview with Piers Morgan which burned his bridges at Old Trafford.
