Erik ten Hag ‘targets Brighton pair Moises Caicedo and Alexis Mac Allister’

Manchester United will look to bolster their midfield options this summer, with Erik ten Hag identifying Moises Caicedo and Alexis Mac Allister as targets, it has been reported. 

Both Caicedo and Mac Allister have been standout performers for Brighton this season, driving on the club’s unlikely pursuit of Champions League football for next season.

Despite both having signed new deals recently, with Mac Allister tied down before the World Cup last year and Caicedo having agreed fresh terms at the end of a January window in which he made public his desire to leave, it is expected they will be the subjects of extensive interest this summer.

The Telegraph have reported both players are on a shortlist of targets for the forthcoming summer window.

However, with Brighton possessing no need to sell, it is believed they would both individually cost north of £70m. 

Alexis Mac Allister is another name on the club’s shortlist to bolster their options in the area

Erik ten Hag is keen to add players in that area having been forced to make-do with Bruno Fernandes in a deep-lying role

In what has been further evidence of Brighton’s shrewdness in the transfer market, initiated by the data-led approach of their owner Tony Bloom, Mac Allister and Caicedo, signed for a combined sum of £11.4m, have turned Brighton into one of the league’s most impressive sides.

Caicedo, 21, is an Ecuador international who had been highly rated in South America before his move to England in 2021.

The midfielder had wanted to join Arsenal in January, while Chelsea were also circling, though Brighton stood firm.

‘I think he suffered in the transfer market window, that moment was very…