Manchester United need to pay up for £62m Lazio midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic - Paper Round

United want Milinkovic-Savic Manchester United are moving on from Frenkie de Jong and have made a £42m bid for Sergej Milinkovic-Savic of Lazio. The 27-year-old wants a move to a big club after years with the Serie A side, but The Mirror claims that the opening offer from United falls well short of the Italian club’s valuation, with another £20m needed to meet their valuation for the Serbian.

Ad/> /> TransfersChelsea 'pulled out' of Kounde deal due to 'doubts', Sevilla's Monchi reveals16 HOURS AGO Paper Round’s view: Milinkovic-Savic has plenty of experience in Italy as well as international experience with his country. He however has no games yet in the Champions League and while United are not in the competition this year, they need to be bringing in better players than they have over the last four or five years since their decline became entrenched.

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The player hardly looks thrilled when playing for PSG and if he is not yet ready to move on from European football then retiring at Barcelona would almost certainly be his preference. Read the full story Real