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Manchester United set to match Chelsea in competition to sign 29-year-old right-back - Reports
Manchester United have supposedly joined Chelsea in the competition to sign Lens right-back Jonathan Clauss.
The Evening Standard has guaranteed that the Blues have been checking the French safeguard for north of a year. Clauss has now been moved toward by the Red Devils over a potential exchange to Old Trafford.
The two clubs are admirers of the 29-year-old wing-back, whose agreement terminates the following summer and is esteemed at £8 million by his ongoing club. Marseille and Atletico Madrid are additionally answered to be keen on the player.
Having joined Lens on a free exchange from German second division club Arminia Bielefeld in 2020, Claus showed up of his vocation soon thereafter. He was even remembered for the Ligue 1 'Group of the Year' for the beyond two seasons.
Clauss has scored multiple times in his 70 appearances for Nice and accepted his most memorable hit up to the French public side this year and has since played multiple times.
The Premier League team's quest for the wing-back will be subject to whether they can sell current players in their crews.
Chelsea will chase after another full-back ought to club chief Cesar Azpilicueta leave this mid year, with the veteran protector unequivocally connected with a transition to Barcelona.
In the mean time, Manchester United are thinking about offloading Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who has been unquestionably disheartening since his large cash move from Crystal Palace in 2019.
Manchester United encouraged to sign Chelsea star by previous player
Previous United protector Mikael Silvestre accepts the Red Devils ought to endeavor to sign N'Golo Kante from their Premier League rivals.
The 31-year-old has become one of the main protective midfielders in world football. Kante has previously brought home two Premier League championships, the Champions League and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
His future is supposed to lie away from Stamford Bridge, with his agreement set to lapse one year from now. Silvestre accepts his old side ought to exploit what is happening and dip in for the French global. He told Lord Ping:
"N'Golo could go to United, as well. I don't have any idea why his name is being connected away, yet as far as I might be concerned, he's endlessly blue. He could play anyplace and in any of the top groups in Europe. He showed keep going season he's still large and in charge."
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