The file of the recruitment of a central defender at Manchester United was necessarily eagerly awaited since the start of the transfer window. Harry Maguire having sealed his departure from West Ham for 35 M€, the Red Devils will now accelerate to recruit the appropriate reinforcement, which will be likely to strengthen the Mancunian club over time. After thinking about Axel Disasi finally leaving for Chelsea, MU have several prime targets to solidify their rear guard.
Several players are targeted, starting with Edmond Tapsoba, the Burkinabe defensive rock of Bayer Leverkusen or the tricolor world champion Benjamin Pavard. But another player is also a priority in the eyes of Erik ten Hag, a certain Jean-Clair Todibo, a player followed since the start of the transfer window and even for a year by the English club. The defensive rock of the Gym, which has been called up to the French team in recent months, is announced on the departure and Florent Ghisolfi, the sports director of the Gym has left the door open to a departure in the event of a good offer. This has not yet arrived on the desk of the latter according to our information, but a contact between the different parties has taken place as revealed at the beginning of the week by Fabrizio Romano.
Todibo still far from Manchester United
But if Manchester United is Todibo’s heart club, it is still far from Old Trafford. Juventus tried a short approach last week and even wanted to include several players in the deal to complete the operation (including Daniele Rugani, Luca Pellegrini or Marley Aké). Discussions that have not gone beyond the stage of interest. According to our information, another club whose name has not been filtered is also eyeing the former FC Barcelona defender.
The ball is in the court of the player’s entourage, but also of OGC Nice. Ghisolfi will be intractable and will ask for a large sum, probably higher than the 40 M€ mentioned in the media in recent days. But the English club which has other tracks could not put the amount requested by the Riviera club. Anyway, the resumption of the championships as well as the formalization of the departure of Harry Maguire should make it possible to speed things up.
