Manchester United could be set to join the race for AC Milan captain Alessio Romagnoli - but they will have a fight on their hands with Juventus also keen and Gennaro Gattuso desperate to keep him.
Chelsea, who will appeal their two-window FIFA transfer ban, also want the 24-year-old central defender, according to reports in Italy.
Milan sit fourth in Serie A and Romagnoli has been key to their push for Champions League football.
He was made captain last summer, signing a contract until 2022, when Leonardo Bonucci joined Juventus and Italian outlet Calciomercato report that United are considering a bid of around €75m (£65m) to take him to Old Trafford.
Romagnoli is reported to have rejected moves away from Milan in the past, having joined from Roma in 2015, and manager Gattuso is determined keep it that way.
He said: 'I won’t put a price tag on him because otherwise someone will come along and offer that amount of money. He’s not actually a good player, this way no one will bid for him.'
United have long been in the market for a new centre half with Eric Bailly, Victor Lindelof, Chris Smalling, Marcos Rojo and Phil Jones the current crop at Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's disposal.
Former United manager Jose Mourinho wanted Leicester and England defender Harry Maguire last year while Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly is also on the radar.
destinat
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Sell our captain for only €75m and I’ll personally fly to Italy and burn Casa Milan down to ashes
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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I'd love to take him at Chelsea but we already got Christensen and Rudiger for the coming future and Ampadu waiting to break through into 1st team too. I dont see a desperate reason to sign Romagnoli but I'm not entirely against it cos currently he is better than Rudi and Christensen and would be a good partner to either one of those 2 but generally I think Christensen with enough experience can be just as good and become an amazing defender. Chelsea should really out faith in the youth. We have the second best youth in the world from Odoi/Ampadu age range and a bunch of players available. We have the Personnel to at the very least get top 4 and with some additions where youth players may not cover I.e. right wing then we bring personnel or out faith in Pulisic.
Fiyaou
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For Real i don’t even want to buy him for 7.1k