By losing 4-2 to Liverpool, Manchester United managed to both grant their rivals a Champions League lifeline and showcase exactly why they are looking for someone other than Eric Bailly or Victor Lindelöf to play alongside Harry Maguire.
The England international’s absence was felt, and the need for a new centre-back was extremely apparent, which is why the Nikola Milenković rumours continue.
La Nazione are the guilty part on Tuesday, explaining that Inter are ‘pushing hard’ to sign the Serbian, but ‘Manchester United and Manchester City also intend to invest in him the millions that Commisso asks to get the player to go’.
Why Pep Guardiola’s side continue to be linked is a bit puzzling since they invested heavily in the role with Ruben Dias and Nathan Aké last year, but they’re there and cannot be ignored.
Perhaps they plan on moving on the Dutchman, with José Mourinho and AS Roma allegedly interested, which would then leave a gap, but without any concrete rumours on that end, their interest in Milenković should probably be taken with a pinch of salt for now.
Manchester United, on the other hand, could use his services, and with him unlikely to be overly expensive as he only has one year left on his contract at Fiorentina, the Serbian fits the bill almost perfectly.
Either way, it’s made clear by La Nazione that the Serie A side ‘are likely to begin to evaluate in a concrete way the purchase proposals ready for the defender’.
