Man Utd back in for Premier League star Leon Bailey eight years after scouting mission

Leon Bailey was connected Manchester United's radar arsenic a teen astatine Belgian broadside Genk, lone for the Premier League broadside to miss out, but they could soon marque up for mislaid time

Manchester United's hunt for a caller guardant has led them backmost to Leon Bailey, it has been claimed.

United archetypal looked astatine Bailey backmost successful 2016, erstwhile the Jamaican was inactive successful his teens. Jim Lawlor, the club's main scout astatine the time, watched Bailey successful enactment for Genk against Sassuolo and saw him people arsenic the Belgian broadside ran retired 3-1 winners.

When Bailey near Genk successful 2017, though, it wasn't for Old Trafford. He joined Bayer Leverkusen for astir £17m, and spent much than 4 years with the Bundesliga nine earlier yet getting a Premier League accidental astatine Aston Villa.

Now 27, the Kingston-born winger could yet get that United move. However, he's not the lone attacking imaginable being eyed up by Ruben Amorim's side.

Bailey is 1 of 3 attacking options being considered by United, according to The Athletic. Christopher Nkunku is another, with the Frenchman looking for a determination distant from Chelsea, portion Ruben Amorim's broadside could besides bargain a march connected Premier League rivals Arsenal and get a woody for Mathys Tel implicit the line, aft helium rejected Tottenham.

United are understood to favour a indebtedness for Tel, portion Arsenal are keeping tab aft Spurs eyed a imperishable deal, but the erstwhile Rennes antheral could yet enactment successful Bavaria. “Mathys is highly connected to the club," Bayern sporting manager Christoph Freund told Sky Sport Deutschland. "He loves being here. It’s rather imaginable that helium volition inactive beryllium a Bayern Munich subordinate connected Tuesday.”

If Bailey ends up becoming the apical target, immoderate woody would beryllium abstracted from Villa's pursuit of United guardant Marcus Rashford. England planetary Rashford is understood to person said goodbye to his team-mates connected Saturday, with the woody apt to go authoritative connected Sunday.

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United made their archetypal summation of the model connected Saturday, with Ayden Heaven joining from Arsenal. The teenage centre-back made conscionable 1 elder quality for the Gunners, but technical manager Jason Wilcox hinted helium could diagnostic much astatine his caller club.

“We are delighted that Ayden has joined Manchester United.” Wilcox said. "He is already an highly talented defender who is acceptable to articulation our first-team squad."

Patrick Dorgu is expected to travel adjacent behind, with the Danish defender owed to articulation United connected Sunday. The versatile full-back didn't question to Parma with his Lecce team-mates for their Serie A clash connected Saturday, but the relegation strugglers inactive picked up a important 3-1 triumph without him.

A determination for Bailey, oregon so for immoderate of the different targets, is not expected to travel astatine the disbursal of Alejandro Garnacho. Chelsea and Napoli person some explored a woody for the Argentina international, but Amorim hinted aft Thursday's triumph astatine FCSB that helium wants Garnacho to stay.

"He understands sometimes that I’m a antithetic coach, that I’m demanding successful my way, sometimes it’s hard the archetypal impact," Amorim told reporters. "It’s a antithetic benignant of manager and helium understands that it’s ne'er successful a atrocious way, it’s ever for him, but I’m a antithetic person. I deliberation each the merit is from Garnacho and helium is improving, and we privation to proceed to amended with Garnacho."

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