Man Utd open initial talks to sign outstanding Bayer Leverkusen forward as £25m deal could be agreed as first summer signing

Manchester United are monitoring Bayer Leverkusen forward Patrik Schick as a potential centre-forward option in the summer, according to German journalist Patrick Berger.

Transfer activities are expected to take shape at Old Trafford, with a lot of outgoings and incomings expected.

For incomings, the club are on the lookout for attacking options following an underwhelming attacking return this season with just 38 goals scored in the Premier League, the third-fewest of teams outside the relegation zone.

Now, according to Berger, United are monitoring Schick’s situation at BayArena and are considering a summer swoop for him.

Although the Red Devils are in the market for a young profile to bolster the No. 9 position, the club consider Schick’s qualities ‘interesting’, according to the report.

According to the German transfer expert, the Premier League giants have opened initial talks to land the Czech Republic international, who is one of several targets currently under consideration by the club.

The 29-year-old still has two years left on his contract with Leverkusen, and Berger adds that the defending Bundesliga champions would demand a fee of up to €30m (£25m) to allow the 6ft 3in forward to leave the club in the summer.