Manchester United have been linked with a big-money transfer for Barcelona defender Mikayil Faye.
The 19-year-old joined Barcelona final summer time and has spent most of his time within the academy, though he did earn a spot on the bench for the 1-0 win over Mallorca earlier in March.
Faye has since made his senior debut for Senegal regardless of not but taking part in a minute for the Barcelona first workforce.
Based on the Every day Mail, Faye’s progress has caught the attention of United, who’ve recognized {the teenager} as a possible cheaper various to Everton centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite or Good’s Jean-Clair Todibo.
Barcelona rejected gives of £13m from French sides Good and Lens in January with a view to letting him progress into Xavi’s senior setup, however a price of £25m is predicted to be sufficient to persuade the Catalan outfit to half methods this summer time.
The primary opponents for Faye’s signature are believed to be Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen, though Inter are additionally eager to lure the defender over to Serie A.
Bayer are mentioned to be working in direction of an early settlement to signal Faye earlier than the summer time switch window opens as they search to persuade in-demand supervisor Xabi Alonso to snub curiosity from Bayern Munich and Liverpool.
United have made signing a brand new centre-back a high precedence for the summer time switch window and have drawn up a prolonged checklist of targets, together with Branthwaite and Todibo, however are looking for the deal that makes probably the most monetary sense.
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