Manchester United have been working on Pavard alternative – Want him just as much as Bayern player

When it looked like Harry Maguire was heading to West Ham, Manchester United quickly started to accelerate their hunt for a replacement.

Two names emerged very quickly, and those were Benjamin Pavard and Jean-Clair Todibo, with the former seemingly higher on the list.

However, with the Bayern Munich player now seemingly heading to Inter Milan, Manchester United are more focusing on the latter these days, according to L’Equipe.

Well, they will be if they manage to get rid of Maguire, which is no tall order since the player isn’t overly fussed about leaving and Erik ten Hag keeps publicly saying he isn’t against him being part of the squad.

Still, the French newspaper touch on Manchester United’s stance at this very moment in time, looking back at their pursuit of Pavard.

It’s written that those in charge of transfers at Old Trafford had ‘validated’ the purchase of the World Cup winner on the condition of ‘freeing a place at centre-back’.

Maguire staying ‘delayed’ the entire thing, and now, should the England international be sold, Manchester United will ‘pursue the avenue’ leading to Todibo, which was ‘worked on in parallel and at the same level’ as Pavard.