Manchester United’s willingness to sign the defender on a £12million-a-year deal. The Austrian is set to leave Bayern Munich, with talks over extending his contract falling through and making him a free agent on June 30.
While the 28-year-old has played regularly at centre-back for the Champions League-winning side, it has seen clubs such as Chelsea and Liverpool come sniffing.
And Daily Star exclusively reported last month that United had also put their hand in, speaking to Alaba’s representatives. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side had hoped to hijack the deal from Real Madrid, willing to offer the defender £12m-a-year to secure a deal in January.
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