Manchester United are in pole position
to sign Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic after Manchester City
refused to match the Spanish giants’ £80 million asking price, according
to reports.
We have already landed one central
midfielder in Fred this summer, which makes it a surprise for us to
continue to be linked to other players in this same position.
Following the arrival of the Brazilian
international and Marouane Fellaini signing a new contract, Jose
Mourinho now has six central midfielders at his disposal to use in his
4-3-3 formation.
Prior to Fellaini renewing his contract
we had been strongly linked with a move for Mateo Kovacic, who himself,
earlier this summer, had hinted at his intention to leave Real Madrid to find more regular first team football.
It initially looked as though we were going to lock horns with Manchester City again in a transfer battle with several reports suggesting that both of us had registered interest in the Croatian international.
However, we are now in an excellent position to bring the 24-year-old to Old Trafford this summer as Sky Sports are reporting that Pep Guardiola’s side have withdrawn from the battle after refusing to
meet Real Madrid’s £80 million demands.
It still remains to be seen whether we
will meet with the Champions League holders’ asking price ourselves.
It’s certainly a substantial fee for a player who hasn’t seen a great
deal of first team football since arriving in the Spanish capital from
Internazionale in 2015.
Mateo Kovacic made only 10 La Liga
starts last season, competing alongside the likes of Luka Modric, Toni
Kroos and Casemiro in the Real Madrid midfield.
The central midfielder was once
considered to be one of the hottest prospects in Europe during his time
at Inter Milan and still has bags of potential so there’s no doubt he
could be a good signing for us.
He was part of the Croatian squad that made it to the World Cup final.
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