Cerro Porteño’s Diego León has ended up on Manchester United’s target list.
The 17-year-old made his way into the Paraguayan side’s first team earlier this year and has made 19 appearances so far.
Tigo Sports journalist Pedro Torres took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to state the Red Devils are keen on signing the left-back and are negotiating a deal with Cerro Porteño.
La Nación state Manchester United have ‘began talks’ with Cerro Porteño to secure the fullback’s services.
León’s club presented their new sporting director, Gabriel Wainer, to the media on Tuesday and he was accompanied by vice-president Juan Carlos Pettengill.
The report says Juan Carlos Pettengill neither denied nor confirmed talks with Manchester United. He stated the defender will be at the club until he turns 18 years of age next April.
Manchester United are in ‘very advanced negotiations’ to sign León, accoridng to César Luis Merlo.
The journalist claims the ‘transfer figure is agreed’ at $4m and Ruben Amorim’s side are discussing details of the deal like the percentage of a future sale.
If Manchester United were to agree a deal with Cerro Porteño, León won’t be able to physically move to the club until he turns 18 years of age.
