MANCHESTER UNITED are hunting\u00a0two\u00a0major Premier League targets as they prepare\u00a0to cash in on Raphael Varane.<\/span><\/p>\n
Nice's\u00a0Jean-Clair Todibo and Sporting Lisbon hero\u00a0Goncalo Inacio\u00a0are tipped to top Erik ten Hag's\u00a0shopping list for centre-backs next summer. <\/span><\/p>\n
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But Arsenal and Chelsea rate Todibo highly, while Liverpool scouts have watched Inacio.<\/p>\n
United have stepped up their interest in the duo after Varane slipped way down the pecking order at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n
Harry\u00a0Maguire, Victor Lindelof and Jonny\u00a0Evans are ahead of the frustrated Frenchman, with Lisandro Martinez due back from injury later this month.<\/p>\n
United's incoming investor\u00a0Sir Jim Ratcliffe\u00a0is understood to have cleared the sale of 30-year-old Varane as part of a wider squad shake-up.<\/p>\n
And already Bayern Munich are said to be following\u00a0his situation carefully.<\/p>\n
But Varane's wages of \u00a3340,000 a week are a big stumbling block\u00a0to\u00a0the ex-Real Madrid star joining Harry Kane at the German champions.<\/p>\n
Ratcliffe is ready to allow, or even encourage, a mini-clear-out once he completes his 25 per cent buy-in of United.<\/p>\n
The INEOS owner hopes\u00a0to take over the club completely in a few years.<\/p>\n
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Todibo, 23, who joined Nice from Barcelona after a loan spell, has long been linked with the Red Devils.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Inacio is a risng star, having won all his five Portugal caps this year.<\/p>\n
But Liverpool might force United's hand over the 22-year-old – as Anfield chief Jurgen Klopp is reportedly weighing up a January offer for him.<\/p>\n
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