{"id":833775,"date":"2026-09-02T04:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T04:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/833775\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T04:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T04:54:09","slug":"man-utd-reach-final-decision-on-letting-joshua-zirkzee-join-everton-on-deadline-day-after-agreement-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/833775\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd reach final decision on letting Joshua Zirkzee join Everton on deadline day after &#8216;agreement close&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> have decided to pull the plug on Joshua Zirkzee\u2019s proposed move to Everton on deadline day.<\/p>\n<p>In the final hours of this summer\u2019s transfer window, Everton have made a move to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/joshua-zirkzee\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zirkzee <\/a>on loan with an option to buy.<\/p>\n<p>Everton\u2019s swoop for Zirkzee came about after they encountered issues with their move for AS Monaco striker Folarin Balogun, with it suggested that he failed a medical after agreeing a move to the Premier League side.<\/p>\n<p>Zirkzee has been heavily linked with an exit from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd<\/a> this summer because he is not one of Michael Carrick\u2019s important players, and his potential exit could have freed up funds for the club to sign another forward.<\/p>\n<p>However, there have been conflicting reports on whether Zirkzee wants to leave Man Utd, even though he has been attracting interest from several Serie A sides this summer.<\/p>\n<p>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-united-big-club-bias-blame-pointed-team-mate-singled-out-mediawatch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Are Man United benefiting from \u2018big-club bias\u2019 as star \u2018points the blame\u2019 after Ipswich clash?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A move to Italian outfit Fiorentina recently fell through, though Everton moved quickly to secure a deal with Man Utd before the transfer window closed.<\/p>\n<p>With a couple of hours of the window remaining, Ben Jacobs claimed that Everton are \u2018close to an agreement\u2019 over a loan with an option to buy for Zirkzee.<\/p>\n<p>However, it has since emerged that Man Utd have decided against letting Zirkzee leave on deadline day.<\/p>\n<p>Reason Man Utd are not letting Joshua Zirkzee leave revealed<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic\u2019s Laurie Whitwell has shed light on why this decision has been made.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-zirkzee-replacement-matanovic-transfer-deadline-day\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zirkzee replacement breaks silence on Man Utd transfer as INEOS make striker decision<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He said on X: \u2018Manchester United have turned down Everton\u2019s proposal to take Joshua Zirkzee on loan, meaning the forward stays at Old Trafford. Not enough time to source replacement.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Fabrizio Romano has also confirmed that this is Zirkzee\u2019s situation.<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed on X: \u2018Joshua Zirkzee will NOT leave Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018#MUFC inform player\u2019s camp about decision to keep Joshua, no chance for Deadline Day exit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Everton proposal has been immediately rejected.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned, Everton made a move for Zirkzee after being at risk of missing out on Balogun, but David Ornstein is now reporting that this deal is back on.<\/p>\n<p>Ornstein reported: \u2018Everton hopeful of completing deal to sign Folarin Balogun from Monaco before transfer window closes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018#EFC deal for 25yo #ASMonaco striker being renegotiated with lower fixed fee + higher bonuses. Loan move for Joshua Zirkzee of #MUFC off.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/summer-transfer-deadline-day-2026-live-coverage-done-deals-gossip\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Transfer deadline day summer 2026: Follow it LIVE with F365<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, Manchester United have decided to pull the plug on Joshua Zirkzee\u2019s proposed move to Everton&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[25461,24663,14195,3788,3,1084,403,99],"class_list":["post-833775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-everton","tag-home-page","tag-joshua-zirkzee","tag-manchester-united","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}