Fabrizio Romano reveals Man United’s “concrete conversations” with agents of €50m star

Kone looks like he could be another fine addition to the United midfield, though, with the club already also strengthening with deals for Youri Tielemans and Andrey Santos so far this summer.

If MUFC can add a third midfielder on the cheap then that would represent a really solid rebuild in that area of their squad, and a sign of some smarter recruitment behind the scenes after so many years of over-spending without much success on the pitch in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era.