{"id":101190,"date":"2023-11-25T10:51:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T10:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=101190"},"modified":"2023-11-25T10:51:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T10:51:23","slug":"erik-ten-hag-ready-to-hijack-prem-rivals-as-he-lines-up-two-transfer-targets-to-replace-raphael-varane-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/sport\/erik-ten-hag-ready-to-hijack-prem-rivals-as-he-lines-up-two-transfer-targets-to-replace-raphael-varane-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik ten Hag ready to hijack Prem rivals as he lines up TWO transfer targets to replace Raphael Varane | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
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 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 <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n 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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