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Transfer Talks: Man Utd plot £250m triple raid; Barca to scout De Ligt again

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All Football takes a look at the biggest transfer news and rumours from all across Europe.

Man Utd planning £250m raid to sign Portuguese trio?

Manchester United's pursuit of three of Portugal’s rising young stars could cost them a staggering £250 million, according to Mirror.

Manager-in-waiting Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants to sign the best young talent rather than older experienced players.

It’s why he has ordered regular updates on Benfica pair Joao Felix, 19, and Ruben Dias, 21, plus Sporting Lisbon’s 24-year-old Bruno Fernandes.

But the top clubs in Europe including Manchester City , Juventus , Barcelona and Real Madrid also covet the trio who are all regular internationals for their country.

It’s why forward Felix has a £105million release clause, midfielder Fernandes’ buy-out cost is £95million while Dias has a value of £50million.

That adds up to a hefty £250million if a club wanted to secure all three.

Barca to scout De Ligt once again

Mathijs De Ligt is a certain starter for Holland, despite being just 19, as Ronald Koeman is investing in youth to wake this giant national team from its recent slumber. 

Ajax's captain will play alongside Liverpool's Van Dijk forming a world class partnership. Unless something changes at the last minute, the pair are expected to get the nod for the match against Germany tonight. And in that match Barça will have a representative in the stands: none other than Eric Abidal. The French director of football is hoping to get a moment to speak with Marc Overmars about a deal for the in-demand De Ligt.

Man Utd to hijack Lozano?

According to Italian publication La Gazzetta Dello Sport, Manchester United have stepped up their interest in PSV Eindhoven's Hirving Lozano in a bid to hijack Napoli's move for the winger.

Mexico international Lozano, known as 'Chucky' has scored 19 goals and provided nine assists in 34 competitive games for PSV this season.

Napoli boss Carlo Ancelotti had been tracking the winger and the Serie A club were believed to be offering €40m (around £34m) for the 23-year-old.

City to battle Utd for Skriniar

Calciomercato claims Manchester City are prepared to flex their financial muscle to beat rivals United to Inter Milan centre-back Milan Skriniar.

Quadruple hopefuls City are ready to smash their transfer record to sign the 24-year-old Slovakia international for £85.5m.

Both City and United reportedly tried to snap up the centre-half last summer. Calciomercato claims Jose Mourinho tried to sign him for Manchester United, while the player's agent says City also had a bid rejected.

Arsenal 'pondering swoop' for Argentina defender

Arsenal are showing interest in Argentina defender Walter Kannemann.

Unai Emery wants better options for his defence and 28-year-old Kannemann is a naturally left sided centre-back who has been drafted into the national squad this season.

The Gremio defender has drawn interest from a number of English sides plus Atletico Madrid whose coach Diego Simeone worked with Kannemann previously at San Lorenzo.

Known as 'the Viking', Kannemann is a combative, robust tackler and is understood to have a buy out clause of around £17million. Independiente, Flamengo and Boca Juniors have also asked about him but will struggle to match his valuation.