{"id":249694,"date":"2026-06-23T19:40:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/man-utd-battling-with-tottenham-chelsea-to-sign-brobbey\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T19:40:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:40:30","slug":"man-utd-battling-with-tottenham-chelsea-to-sign-brobbey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/man-utd-battling-with-tottenham-chelsea-to-sign-brobbey\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd battling with Tottenham &#038; Chelsea to sign Brobbey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/topics\/manchester-united\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Man Utd news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> are reportedly battling with <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/topics\/tottenham-hotspur\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Tottenham news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham<\/a> Hotspur and <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/topics\/chelsea\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"Chelsea news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea<\/a> over a deal to sign Sunderland striker Brian Brobbey, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/sunderland-brace-brian-brobbey-battle-man-utd-spurs-atletico-interest-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">TEAMtalk<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After moving to Stadium of Light from Eredivisie giants Ajax Amsterdam last summer, the 24-year-old enjoyed a promising debut campaign in the <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/premier-league\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"21\" title=\"Premier League\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a>, scoring seven goals and registering a solitary assist in 22 starts.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the forward guided the newly promoted side to qualify for next season\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/europa-league\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"23\" title=\"Europa League\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europa League<\/a> by finishing seventh in the English top-flight.<\/p>\n<p>After being impressed by Brobbey\u2019s performances for Sunderland, Ronald Koeman has included him in the Netherlands\u2019 World Cup squad. He has repaid the faith by scoring twice against Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <em>TEAMtalk<\/em> claim that Brobbey\u2019s recent eye-catching displays haven\u2019t gone unnoticed as he has been attracting a lot of attention in this window.<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd are planning to purchase a new striker to create competition for Benjamin Sesko and are keen on purchasing Brobbey. They hold a long-standing interest in him and could make a concrete approach to finally secure his service this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham and Chelsea are also in this race, while <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/aston-villa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"24\" title=\"Aston Villa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aston Villa<\/a> have expressed their interest in him as well. Apart from the Premier League clubs, Juventus, Stuttgart, and Atl\u00e9tico Madrid are considering making a move.<\/p>\n<h2>Battle<\/h2>\n<p>However, Sunderland have no intention of letting him leave, with his existing deal set to run until 2029. They are even preparing to hand him a fresh long-term contract, with the player valued at around \u00a326m by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/brian-brobbey\/profil\/spieler\/473169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Transfermarkt<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With Joshua Zirkzee struggling to showcase his best in the Premier League, Man Utd are said to be keen on purchasing a new striker.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, after finishing 17th in the last two Premier League campaigns, Tottenham are keen on overhauling the squad under Roberto De Zerbi\u2019s guidance this summer and are seemingly looking to buy a new CF.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea, meanwhile, are set to start a new rebuild under Xabi Alonso, and it appears the Spanish boss is seeking a new No.9 to create competition for Jo\u00e3o Pedro as Liam Delap struggled to showcase his best last term.<\/p>\n<p>Brobbey is a Premier League-proven player and would be a shrewd acquisition for Man Utd, Chelsea, or <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/topics\/liverpool\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"Liverpool news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> should any of those clubs purchase him.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--mvp-post-tags--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--posts-nav-link--><\/p>\n<div class=\"mvp-org-wrap\" itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\n<div class=\"mvp-org-logo\" itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/new-logo.png\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/new-logo.png\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-logo--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Football Talk | Premier League News\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-wrap-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/234280\/man-utd-battling-with-tottenham-chelsea-to-sign-brobbey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United are reportedly battling with Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea over a deal to sign Sunderland striker Brian Brobbey, as per TEAMtalk. After moving to Stadium of Light from Eredivisie giants Ajax Amsterdam last summer, the 24-year-old enjoyed a promising debut campaign in the Premier League, scoring seven goals and registering a solitary assist in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6807],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-249694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leagues-cups"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}