Manchester United have been on the hunt for a new centre-back all summer and we are now on the verge of signing one.
After being priced out by Tottenham
Hotspur for Toby Alderweireld and Leicester City for Harry Maguire, we
could be about to close in on a bargain in comparison as Barcelona
defender Yerry Mina has agreed personal terms with us.
As part a report in Mundo Deportivo,
we have agreed terms with the player after 10 days of negotiations.
However, we still need to agree a price with the La Liga champions.
The price could be inflated by strong
interest from Everton and Lille, but there’s no doubt that the
23-year-old centre-back would rather join Manchester United.
Barcelona want €40 million (£35.6m) which is less than half of what
Spurs wanted for 29-year-old Alderweireld, and not much more than half
of what Leicester wanted for Maguire. The Catalan club did only snap up
the Colombian international for €11.8 million (£10.5m) back in January
though. Barcelona also want to insert a buy-back clause in the player’s
contract, something which could agitate Jose Mourinho.
Mina’s price has been inflated by the
current market, our desperate search for a centre-back and that he
scored three goals from three shots in three matches at the World Cup
earlier this summer. The 6’4″ defender was also a colossus at the back,
helping Colombia reach the second round where they were eliminated on
penalties to England.
It certainly looks as though we’re close
to completing the transfer of the centre-back and with the summer
transfer window shutting on Thursday 9 August, it looks as though the
deal will be completed in less than a week if we don’t hit any stumbling
blocks between now and then.
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