Manchester United receive boost as Manchester City cool interest in defensive target

Manchester City have cooled their interest in Leicester defender Harry Maguire, report the Daily Mail.

Pep Guardiola had been interested in launching a bid for the England international, but the Premier League champions have been put off by Leicester's £90m valuation.

That would smash City's transfer record - currently £60m, paid to the Foxes for Riyad Mahrez last summer - and Guardiola is now set to turn his attention elsewhere.

Manchester United have also shown an interest in Maguire, who joined Leicester from Hull for an initial £12m in 2017.

And City's withdrawal from the race could boost United's chances of landing the 26-year-old.

The Red Devils may also balk at the £90m asking price, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is determined to bolster his defensive options ahead of next term.

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Greg Lea

Greg Lea is a freelance football journalist who's filled in wherever FourFourTwo needs him since 2014. He became a Crystal Palace fan after watching a 1-0 loss to Port Vale in 1998, and once got on the scoresheet in a primary school game against Wilfried Zaha's Whitehorse Manor (an own goal in an 8-0 defeat).