{"id":1094147,"date":"2019-06-16T18:11:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T17:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1094147"},"modified":"2019-06-16T18:11:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T17:11:45","slug":"man-utd-city-premier-league-centre-back-dominant-van-dijk","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/man-utd-city-premier-league-centre-back-dominant-van-dijk\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd &#8216;battling City&#8217; for only Premier League centre-back more aerially dominant than Van Dijk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Manchester United and Manchester City are set to battle for the signature of Leicester City&#8217;s aerially dominant Harry Maguire this summer.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The England centre-back outshone Virgil van Dijk in 2018\/19 for aerial duels contested and has been linked with a move to the North West.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Could Maguire leave Leicester? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Maguire had the highest PL success rate (78.2%) of any player to have contested at least 30 aerial duels in 2018\/19.<\/li>\n<li>As such, rumours \u00a0have been rife the defender will leave the\u00a0King Power Stadium this summer.<\/li>\n<li>Man Utd and City have both been mooted with a move for Maguire.<\/li>\n<li>Leicester City will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/harry-maguire-set-transfer-leicester-16524968?_ga=2.59873067.763682222.1560690081-1187916952.1557861579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> allow the 26-year-old to leave the club this summer.<\/li>\n<li>It is believed Ed Woodward could be willing to sanction funds of up to\u00a0\u00a390m to secure the England international.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7284737-it-s-time-to-talk-about-a-potential-bernard-or-silva<\/p>\n<p>Both Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and\u00a0Pep Guardiola will be in need of defensive reinforcements this summer, notably the latter having lost\u00a0Vincent Kompany to Anderlecht, as well as doubts surrounding\u00a0Nicolas Otamendi&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Solskjaer has wasted no time in trying to revamp his defence, having already seen advances for Crystal Palace&#8217;s Aaron Wan-Bissaka pushed back by the south London club.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BywOBb8iuRJ\/<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils are expected to table a fresh offer for the talented right-back, but will also look to prise Maguire away from East Midlands, with Leicester City supposedly willing to let the defender leave.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a &#8216;gentleman&#8217;s agreement&#8217; with\u00a0late Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the Foxes will\u00a0honour a promise to allow Maguire to leave, but only if the bidding club matches his valuation.<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd could offer a sum in the region of \u00a390m for Maguire&#8217;s services, while City are supposedly reluctant to lodge any offer in excess of \u00a380m.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yannick Carrasco, Bruno Fernandes, Matthijs de Ligt TRANSFER NEWS w\/Squawka\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xRJ-5tmqd-E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Solskjaer seeking home talent<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As part of Solskjaer&#8217;s rebuilding process at Old Trafford, the Norwegian coach has so far looked to bring home talent to the &#8216;Theatre of Dreams&#8217; rather than recruiting form overseas.<\/p>\n<p>The 13-time Premier League champions have already concluded a deal for Swansea City winger Daniel James for a fee in the region of \u00a315m.<\/p>\n<p>United have also been in the hunt for the aforementioned Wan-Bissaka, as well as Newcastle United midfielder Sean Longstaff, who recently admitted he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/sean-longstaff-flattered-man-utd-transfer-speculation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;flattered&#8221;<\/a> by interest from the heavyweight club.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, West Ham&#8217;s Issa Diop has also emerged as a possible candidate to add significant firepower to Solskjaer&#8217;s defence, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11667\/11742448\/manchester-united-interested-in-west-hams-issa-diop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> associating his name to Man Utd.<\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"7c4c485a-3260-4ab4-8346-d80b747acdcd\" data-show-share=\"false\" data-show-info=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United and Manchester City are set to battle for the signature of Leicester City&#8217;s aerially dominant Harry Maguire this summer.\u00a0 The England centre-back outshone Virgil van Dijk in 2018\/19 for aerial duels contested and has been linked with a move to the North West. 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