Gossip: Man United eye West Ham-centric £47.7m double swoop

Manchester United have found a couple of budget options for their summer rebuild, with current and former West Ham players set to be targeted.

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Jurrien Timber, Noussair Mazraoui and Antony have all already been linked with moves to Old Trafford, and not for the first time this season Haller has made it four. The Sun say ‘it looks as though’ the 27-year-old forward ‘could be following in the same direction’ as his current manager.

He is framed as an affordable alternative to nine-figure targets such as Harry Kane and Darwin Nunez. The two years remaining on his Ajax contract give Haller a supposed valuation of £35m, which would be phenomenal for a forward with 33 goals and nine assists in 39 games this season, albeit with the sizeable caveat of that West Ham stuff.

Not sure why Ajax would sell him back to a Premier League side for less than the Hammers originally paid, mind.

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Diop has been linked with a move to Old Trafford before – he was once thrust into the middle of a feud between Paul Scholes and Jose Mourinho – and it seems that interest never really faded. But there could be a fight for the Frenchman.

It is claimed by Foot Mercato that Monaco took advantage of West Ham’s arrival into the country for their Europa League game against Lyon, arranging a meeting with Diop’s representatives. But Manchester United have ‘already approached’ the player and Ralf Rangnick ‘followed him closely’ while at Leipzig.

The 25-year-old has just over a year remaining on his West Ham contract and a £12.7m fee is deemed fair. Shame about the whole season-ending injury thing, though.

Huge credit to Issa Diop. Came into the side at a crucial moment in the