He wants to leave Manchester United to play at the World Cup! Gasperini is waiting for him in Rome
Article by Dragoș Petrescu – published on Sunday, October 12, 2025, 15:24 / Updated Sunday, October 12, 2025 15:24
Joshua Zirkzee (24 years old) is dissatisfied with his status at Manchester United And he is seriously thinking about leaving Old Trafford this winter, in the hope that he will get more minutes of play, and thus be able to issue claims for participating in the 2026 World Cup.
The full program of this stage in Group G (CM 2026 preliminaries)
Arriving on the “Dream Theater” in the summer of 2024, in exchange for 42.5 million euros, footballer Batav entered a shadow cone once Ruben Amorim took over the team.
In the current season, Zirkzee only ticked 4 appearances for “devils” in all competitions, failing to score any goals and not give any decisive pass.
For this reason, the 24 -year -old striker came out of the national team's gear, Ronald Koeman not being on his services in the last actions of the “mechanical orange”.
Zirkzee wants to leave United! Gasperini is waiting for him back in series A
According to the British press, the current situation is not at all the footballer's liking, who wants to “desperately” to participate in the World Cup next year, but how things are at the moment, there is a very little chance that this will happen.
Therefore, Zirkzee takes into account a possible separation from the English club this winter, and his future destination could be a series A, a championship that the Dutchman knows well, given that he evolved there for two seasons (from 2022 to 2024), under the colors of Bologna.
The Italians from “Gazzetta Dello Sport” support the possibility of a return to Zirkzee in the peninsula, the favorite team to obtain a signature to the Dutch being AS Roma, where the coach is Gian Piero Gasperini, who, according to the same source, insisted on the former footballer of the “Rossoblu” band and in winter, when he was preparing.
30 million eurosis the market share of Joshua Zirkzee at the moment, according to Transfermarkt
But that move failed. However, it seems that now, the chances of a transfer are considerably higher. In the first phase, it would be a loan, and Rome will activate (or not) a possible purchase clause in the summer of 2026.
Also, “Gialrossi” should pay only half of Zirkzee's salary for the second part of this season (about 1.8 million euros).
So, all parties seem to have to win. The player could benefit from more time to play, Rome could strengthen his attack, and Manchester United could get rid of some money for a footballer with sporadic appearances.
Zirkzee has not evolved for the Netherlands for almost a year!
With the transfer to Manchester United, the doors from the national team seem to have closed for Zirkzee. This came because of the footballer's underwear and, more recently, because of the lack of matches in the current season.
The footballer “devils” was last convened by Ronald Koeman to an action of the Holland team, more than a year ago, more precisely to the “double” that the bats played with Hungary and Bosnia in the League of Nations (16, November 19, 2024).
Joshua Zirkzee in the match with Bosnia (his last appearance for “Mechanical Orange”, November 19, 2024) // Photo: Getty Images
“Mechanical orange” will play against Finland today, in Amsterdam, in a duel in the World Cup preliminaries in 2026. Ronald Koeman's band is a leader in Group G, where Poland, Lithuania, Malta and, of course, Finland are part.
Group G ranking (CM 2026 preliminaries):
