Man Utd face Hakim Ziyech transfer battle with Chelsea over Ajax star

Lampard hasn’t hidden his disappointment that the club failed to sign any reinforcements last month, despite the club working hard to overturn the two-window transfer ban FIFA had put in place.

And while Ziyech is a key part of Ajax’s current squad, United and Chelsea will be buoyed by what the club’s director of football, Marc Overmars, has previously said about the Morocco international leaving the Johan Cruijff Arena.

“Hakim leaves when a good club presents itself,” Overmars told De Telegraaf last year.

“That happens, I think, because he is much more in the spotlight because of his great game in the Champions League than last year.

“Very large clubs are hanging around him.

source: express.co.uk