{"id":1336498,"date":"2024-01-01T15:30:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T15:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1336498"},"modified":"2024-01-01T15:36:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T15:36:58","slug":"joshua-zirkzee-bologna-release-clause-bayern-munich","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/joshua-zirkzee-bologna-release-clause-bayern-munich\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Zirkzee will not move in January, says Bologna sporting director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bologna sporting director Marco Di Vaio says Joshua Zirkzee will not depart the club in January.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old Dutch forward has grown in stature following his move from Bayern Munich in 2022 and has recently been heavily linked with Milan and Manchester United.<\/p>\n<!-- Shortcode [sky-bet-b10-get-40-acca] does not exist -->\n<p>After concluding that a pathway to Bayern&#8217;s first team was slim, the Schiedam native opted to join Parma and Belgian powerhouse Anderlecht on loan before permanently joining Bologna on a four-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Having enjoyed a tentative first season, bagging two goals across 19 appearances, he&#8217;s truly excelled this campaign having netted seven goals in 18 league outings to date.<\/p>\n<p>When head coach Thiago Motta was recently asked if Zirkzee could one day play for a European super club one day, &#8220;It depends on him,&#8221; was his response.<\/p>\n<p>As far as sporting director Di Vaio is concerned that will not be anytime soon while revealing former club Bayern can activate a release clause in his contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Click to see some absolutely filthy football ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/InterBologna?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#InterBologna<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreOne?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeAreOne<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2vuj4lOTuA\">pic.twitter.com\/2vuj4lOTuA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bologna FC 1909 (@BolognaFC1909en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BolognaFC1909en\/status\/1737802433449849161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How many phone calls have we received? None,&#8221; he told La Gazzetta dello Sport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And we wouldn&#8217;t answer anyway! Joshua is a nine-and-a-half [a cross between a striker and a playmaker], yes, but he doesn&#8217;t resemble anyone. He&#8217;s a unique player.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The release clause? It is valid only for Bayern. For the other clubs the price is open\u2026 but our top players will not move in January.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/\"><strong>Latest football news<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football betting tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best betting sites<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/best-free-bet-offers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best free bet offers<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/accumulator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football accumulator tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bologna sporting director Marco Di Vaio says Joshua Zirkzee will not depart the club in January. The 22-year-old Dutch forward has grown in stature following his move from Bayern Munich in 2022 and has recently been heavily linked with Milan and Manchester United. After concluding that a pathway to Bayern&#8217;s first team was slim, the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":1336500,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1336498","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Joshua Zirkzee will not move in January, says Bologna sporting director | Squawka | EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/joshua-zirkzee-bologna-release-clause-bayern-munich\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Only one club can activate this wonderkid&#039;s release clause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bologna sporting director Marco Di Vaio says Joshua Zirkzee will not depart the club in January. 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