Manchester United have made a bid for Inter defender Milan Skriniar, with the Red Devils still wanting to bolster a frail defensive line that has cost them at times this season despite their revived form of late.
Skriniar is a player that Jose Mourinho was interested in during his time in Manchester, and he tried to sign the 23-year old throughout the summer transfer window before the start of the 2018/19 season.
Nothing materialised, however, with executive vice-chairman Ed Woodwood not backing the move, leaving Mourinho an even more disgruntled figure at the lack of business being made.
However, Italian outlet TuttoMercatoWeb claim that a bid has been made for Skriniar from United – though it is not clarified when the offer was submitted.
The £54million (€60m) bid falls short of Inter’s £81million (€90m) valuation of the defender, however.
Since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took charge on a temporary basis, United have impressively won every game but not yet been tested against one of the big six.
That will all change this Sunday as they face an in-form Tottenham team at Wembley – which we will cover with a live match-day blog available on talkSPORT.com – but are these rumours concrete and will United sign Milan, from Milan?
The Baby-faced Assassin was the ‘chosen one’ to replace the Special One, Mourinho, in December, winning five games in a row (4 Premier League, 1 FA Cup) – the first time this has been done by a new manager in United’s history.
Solskjaer has made it clear that despite being the caretaker manager, he wants a say with the board in transfer targets in January and potentially the summer, Skriniar is one of those individuals.
“They’ve got the targets, but I have not sat down to discuss that yet.”