Man United also hope to land Dutch midfielder Nigel de Jong with the £10m rated battler an ideal capture to provide Louis van Gaal with some much needed steel in the centre of the park.
Louis van Gaal possesses a host of players who could be described as ‘box to box’ performers but the likes of Tom Cleverley, Marouane Fellaini and Darren Fletcher arguably fall between two stalls whilst De Jong would offer an ‘enforcer’ who can protect the club’s defence as well offering Man United’s more creative talents more time on the ball.