Manchester United to splash £80m for highly rate defender

Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho had tabled a £80m bid for Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly.

United boss Jose Mourinho has made no secret of his desire to sign a centre-back but was left empty-handed last summer.

Italian newspaper La Republicca claim United now have launched a €90 million [£80m] bid for Koulibaly to solve their defensive woes.

It is said United’s initial bid, which eclipses the world record defender fee of £75m that Liverpool paid for Virgil van Dijk in January, has been rejected.

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis is reportedly asking for upwards of €100m [£89m] for the 27-year-old.

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