Manchester United are keen to stop Barcelona from luring De Ligt away from Ajax this summer. The Red Devils are hellbent on signing a world-class centre-back and, despite interest in the likes of Harry Maguire, Kalidou Koulibaly and Milan Skriniar, De Ligt is now their top target. Barcelona were confident of signing the Ajax star as recently as last week but, since then, the situation has changed. And, now, RAC1 journalist Gerard Romero has claimed United have scared Barcelona into looking into alternatives to the 19-year-old.

Source: Express May 28, 2019 09:26 UTC