Manchester United are confident of closing a deal for Chelsea’s Nemanja Matic after hitting a wall in their efforts to take Eric Dier from Tottenham Hotspur. PSG increasingly confident of signing Neymar and Alexis Sánchez Read moreAbramovich, though, will make United pay – with a fee of £50m having been mooted. The Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte, has signed Tiemoué Bakayoko from Monaco for £39.7m and he will play him instead of Matic this season. Conte left Matic out of the squad that he took on the club’s tour to east Asia. Matic previously played under Mourinho at Stamford Bridge and he is keen to renew his working relationship with him.

Source: The Guardian July 22, 2017 10:52 UTC