Man Utd agree £15m fee with Juventus for Adrien Rabiot.. but will have to deal with his MOTHER to get transfer over line

MANCHESTER UNITED face the mother of all negotiations to land their midfield target Adrien Rabiot.

The Red Devils have agreed a deal with Juventus to pay £15million for the 27-year-old France star.

But now comes the tough part — sorting out personal terms with his fiery agent and mother Veronique.

Previously, she has clashed with sporting directors, demanded to meet managers and attend training sessions.

And more nightmare negotiations are the last thing United need following a frustrating summer trying to land key targets and a disastrous opening-day defeat to Brighton.

Veronique wanted to go on a pre-season tour after her son signed his first pro forms with Paris Saint-Germain.

And when he was dropped to PSG’s reserves in a row over wages, she went public with her frustrations.

She said: “My son is a hostage of the club, he will soon live in prison on bread and water.”

She also scuppered a move to Spurs in 2018 over her wage demands.

United have turned to Juve’s Rabiot as their pursuit of Barcelona’s Frenkie de Jong drags on.

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And Cristiano Ronaldo is still demanding to leave.

Juventus are happy to get rid of a player with a year left on his deal, with reports in Italy claiming they were ready to pay him off to get shut.

United have also had a £7.5m offer for Bologna’s former West Ham striker Marko Arnautovic rejected.

Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk