Man Utd are weighing up making a final offer for Everton centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite after the Toffees takeover collapse, according to reports.
The Red Devils are well underway with their summer transfer business in INEOS first window as co-owners after Sir Jim Ratcliffe s company bought 27.7 per cent of the Premier League club from the Glazer family.
have already signed Netherlands international Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna as their first two incomings of the Ratcliffe era.
Yoro is one of the two centre-back signings Man Utd are looking to make this summer and Everton s Branthwaite the two players at the top of their list.
, it puts the Toffees in a stronger position to hold out for their full £75m original demand for Branthwaite.
Everton have already rejected two bids from Man Utd worth £43m and before the Red Devils pulled back from a potential transfer as they sealed a deal for Yoro.
Former Man Utd defender Mikael Silvestre warned the Red Devils against paying Everton s full demands for the England international after one good season in the Premier League.
On the Toffees £75m demands for Branthwaite, Silvestre said recently: He’s overpriced right now. Very good player. One for the future who could definitely be an option for United but at that price, no way the club should do that.
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Man Utd s hopes of signing Jarrad Branthwaite could be resurrected following the collapse of Everton’s proposed takeover by the Friedkin Group .
The group, led by the American billionaire Dan Friedkin who also owns a controlling stake in Italian side Roma, entered a period of exclusivity to negotiate a possible purchase on June 21.
However, the club said on Friday that no deal had been struck between Friedkin and Everton majority owner Farhad Moshiri’s company Blue Heaven Holdings.
The report adds:
