According to reports, Erik ten Hag has ‘asked’ for Manchester United to sign Inter Milan full-back Denzel Dumfries this summer.
Ten Hag would have seen a lot of Dumfries during the defender’s time at PSV. He played 124 times for the Dutch side between 2018 and 2021.
After impressing for the Netherlands at last year’s European Championships, Dumfries signed for Inter Milan for around £13m.
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The 26-year-old shone for Inter Milan last term as he grabbed five goals and seven assists in 45 appearances.
Man Utd have been linked with the attacking full-back of late. It is being reported that Inter Milan want a fee in the region of £26m for him. His contract expires in 2025.
Gazzetta dello Sports (via Sport Witness) are reporting that Ten Hag has personally ‘asked’ for Dumfries.
The new manager is said to want Dumfries to be part of ‘his’ Man Utd. The report adds that the club have ‘smelled the deal’, but Chelsea are also showing an interest in him.
Meanwhile, Arsenal are reportedly ready to pay Vitinha’s £35m release clause to bring him to the Emirates this summer.
The 22-year-old midfielder came through the Porto youth system and was loaned to Wolves for the 2020-21 season.
He made 23 appearances under Nuno Espirito Santo in that time, but many of them were brief and they decided not to take up their €20m option to make the move permanent.
Vitinha was a standout performer for Porto on his return to the Estadio do Dragao last season, making 47 appearances in all competitions, with four goals and five assists perating primarily as a central midfielder.
A number of Premier League clubs, including Liverpool, are said to have been ‘monitoring’ Vitinha, and multiple reports on Tuesday claimed Manchester United will pay his €40m (£35m) release clause; an Old Trafford transfer was said to be ‘imminent’.
But now, Record (via CaughtOffside) claim Arsenal are also willing to pay the fee to release Vitinha from his Porto contract.
Arsenal, like United, need to strengthen in midfield and are said to be quietly confident of pulling off a deal for Leicester star Youri Tielemans.
It’s not clear whether Vitinha is seen as an alternative should that deal fall through, or whether their supposed interest is with an eye to sign the Portugal international as well as Tielemans.
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