Manchester United monitoring Maicon

The 28-year-old Brazilian has made 97 Serie A appearances for the Nerazzurri - scoring eight times - since arriving from Monaco in 2006.

And the powerful, pacy full-back, who has 50 caps for his country, was part of the Samba Boys' successful Confederations Cup campaign in South Africa earlier this summer, scoring against eventual runners up USA in the group phase.

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Gregg Davies

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.