Manchester United offered chance to sign £42m former Arsenal target in January

Juventus person offered Manchester United the accidental to motion erstwhile Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz successful the January transportation window, according to reports successful Italy.

The Brazilian, who Arsenal attempted to motion successful the summertime of 2022, joined Juventus successful a £42.3 cardinal woody from Villa successful June.

However, Luiz has started conscionable 2 games for the Italian nine this play and a hamstring contented has seen him miss Juve’s past 8 matches.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Juve’s sporting director, Cristiano Giuntoli, travelled to England this week for the club’s Champions League necktie against Villa connected Wednesday evening but besides utilized the travel to gauge Premier League involvement successful Luiz and 23-year-old midfielder Nicolo Fagioli.

The study claims that Giuntoli has approached some United and Manchester City to sermon imaginable deals involving Luiz and Fagioli successful the upcoming transportation window.

Fagioli has besides struggled to unafraid playing clip this season, starting conscionable six of Juve’s 18 games successful each competitions truthful far.

It’s understood that United volition springiness Ruben Amorim a humble transportation fund to enactment with having spent successful excess of £600m connected signings during Erik 10 Hag’s reign.

Earlier this week, reports claimed that United person made the signing of a caller left-back 1 of their priorities up of the January window.

Elsewhere, Manchester City are besides stepping up their transportation plans up of January with MailOnline reporting that Pep Guardiola’s broadside are keen to enlistee a caller cardinal midfielder to compensate for Rodri’s absence.

Crystal Palace’s Adam Wharton and Real Sociedad’s Martin Zubimendi are some connected City’s midfield shortlist.

Zubimendi had the accidental to articulation Liverpool successful the summertime but ended up rejecting a determination to Arne Slot’s broadside successful favour of staying astatine Real Sociedad for different season.

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