Manchester United are expected to make moves in the midfield area in the next transfer window. Having signed Jadon Sancho, Raphael Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo for the 2021/2022 campaign, the Old Trafford club were unable to recruit a top-level defensive midfielder last summer.
But Manchester Evening News understands that has already been identified as a priority moving forward and Declan Rice is still viewed as target number one in that regard.
Amadou Haidara, Boubacar Kamara and Ruben Neves from Wolves are seen as potential alternatives. Speculation over Paul Pogba and his Old Trafford future remains at fever pitch meanwhile, as he enters the last months of his contract with the Premier League giants.
As things stand, it's looking increasingly likely that United will lose him on a free transfer for the second time; a decade on from his initial Old Trafford exit after he joined Juventus on a free in 2012.
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