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Man Utd poised to complete first transfer deal of summer with French star ‘opting to join Red Devils’


MANCHESTER UNITED are close to completing their first signing of the summer transfer window, reports in France say.

United are in the market for a centre-back having struggled for cover after Lisandro Martinez suffered an injury.

Axel Disasi is linked with a move to Man UtdCredit: Getty

And according to L’Equipe, they are close to signing Monaco’s Axel Disasi, who was also linked with City and Chelsea.

The two clubs are set to begin talks for a deal between £34million-£43m, which United are believed to be ready to match.

Disasi has made 129 appearances for Monaco, playing both centrally and at right-back.

And the French international could seek a move away after Monaco failed to qualify for European football next season.

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United captain Harry Maguire also faces an uncertain future, having fallen out of favour with manager Erik ten Hag.

As revealed by SunSport, the centre-back could even be offered to Chelsea as part of a deal to sign contract rebel Mason Mount.

United are hopeful of securing Mount but they are some distance away from agreeing a fee with Chelsea wanting around £70m.

New Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino tried to sign Maguire when he was at Hull.

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But the offer from Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy was not good enough, so the defender signed for Leicester instead.

Equally, Chelsea do have a number of central defenders, and Kalidou Koulibaly and Trevoh Chalobah would have to be offloaded first.

United, meanwhile, are desperate to sign Mount and look set to beat Liverpool in the race for the midfielder, whose contract talks with Chelsea stalled.

Harry Maguire could be included in a deal for Man Utd to sign Mason MountCredit: Getty


Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk


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