Man Utd are interested in the same centre-back as Newcastle, while they are set to renew their efforts to sign Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves…
BOTMAN RETURNS
Man Utd are ready to jump ahead of Newcastle and AC Milan in the race to sign Lille defender Sven Botman, according to reports.
It has become clear recently that the Magpies will return to their January interest in Botman after another of their winter targets, Diego Carlos, agreed to join Aston Villa. The Netherlands international even provided encouragement to Newcastle to go back in for him again this summer in a February interview, in which he discussed the Geordies’ impressive “project”.
But now it could be Man Utd bringing him to the Premier League with Italian website TuttoMercatoWeb claiming that the Red Devils ‘have joined’ the race to sign Botman after another impressive season in France. The report adds that the Magpies are ‘serious’ about his signing and that AC Milan ‘have an advantage’ over Man Utd and Newcastle.
However, ‘closure will not come’ while Milan could be taken over this summer and TuttoMercatoWeb continue by saying ‘for Botman, the priority remains Milan, but without the acceleration, he could decide to go elsewhere soon’, in a boost to Man Utd and Newcastle.
FRESH NEVES BID
Man Utd are ready to revive their interest in signing Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves this summer, according to reports.
The Portugal international has been one of the club’s best players over the past five years since moving to Molineuz from Porto in 2017 for £15.8m. Over the last few years he has been consistently linked with a move away from the club with the Red Devils understood to be particularly keen on the 25-year-old.
And now The Sun insists that Man Utd are ‘on the verge of making a final push to sign’ Neves with Wolves lining up Sporting Lisbon midfielder Joao Palhinha as a potential replacement. It is understood United ‘have been tracking Neves, 25, with a…
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