Manchester United are poised to make their first signing of the summer in a £44m deal
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Manchester United are set to make their first signing of the summer, for around £44 million.
The Red Devils have enjoyed a strong season, winning the League Cup and finding themselves in the quarter-finals of the Europa League and final four of the FA Cup. The campaign could finish even stronger, too, with the side within the top four in the final straight of the season.
But upgrades look a necessity this summer in a number of positions, as Erik ten Hag looks to take his squad to the next level.
Manchester United are set to strengthen this summer (Image credit: Fran Santiago/Getty Images)
Transfer journalist Dean Jones, speaking to Givemesport, has claimed that Manchester United are very close to striking a deal for Monaco defender, Axel Disasi.
Disasi was a late call-up to the World Cup for France and has emerged this season as a solid centre-back in the principality club's backline. With Spanish outlet Fichajesnaming Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof as two players leaving this summer, there's space in the squad for a new defender.
“He’s a different sort of player, but Axel Disasi could be viewed as Patrice Evra mark two if he was to come from the same Monaco pathway,” Jones said.
“His ceiling is high. He has as a similar age to Evra when he first arrived at the club and I’m told the initial conversations over the past couple of months have been pretty positive around this one.”
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Axel Disasi looks set for Manchester United (Image credit: Michael Regan - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
French football expert Jonathan Johnson, meanwhile, told CaughtOffside,“He’s in that kind of ‘finishing school’ phase that Aurelien Tchouameni was in when he was there, and that someone like Wesley Fofana is in with Chelsea right now.”
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