Man Utd see Barcelona put £46m price-tag on Samuel Umtiti after being offered centre-back in summer transfer window
MANCHESTER UNITED have reportedly being given the green light to sign Barcelona star Samuel Umtiti.
Despite making Harry Maguire the world’s most expensive defender at £85million, boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could make further additions to the backline this summer.
Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo look likely to leave, while there are doubts over whether Eric Bailly will ever reach his potential at the club.
Victor Lindelof is steadily improving and a decision will have to be made with Chris Smalling when he returns from a loan spell at Roma.
According to Sport, Barcelona are happy to ship out French defender Umtiti if their £46m valuation is met.
An ongoing knee issue has limited him to just 11 league games throughout the campaign.
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With Gerard Pique and Clement Lenglet the preferred partnership in defence, Barcelona are prepared to let him leave for the right price.
The 26-year-old joined the Nou Camp for £22m in 2016 and he has gone on to win four major pieces of silverware in Spain.
Another defensive option for Solskjaer is Napoli centre-half Kalidou Koulibaly.
According to Il Mattino, Koulibaly has told Napoli club president Aurelio De Laurentiis that he wants to leave in the summer.
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But the player acknowledges his £90million valuation must be met before he exits Serie A.
Italians Napoli had wanted over £100m for their highly rated 28-year-old Senegal centre-back Koulibaly.
But with the club enduring a turbulent season following the December sacking of Carlo Ancelotti, now in charge at Everton, they have taken a more realistic stance over the value of their prize asset.