Manchester United have improved their bid for sign Lecce left-back Patrick Dorgu for €30m (£25.3m), reports reveal.
United want a new attacking left-back for Ruben Amorim’s system and, after missing out on Nun Mendes from Paris Saint-Germain, have turned their attention to Dorgu, who they have already seen a €27m (£22.8m) bid for. rejected.
The Red Devils did not lose hope and planned to return with a superior offer who The Athletic the state has now arrived.
The offer has now been raised to 30 million euros, which is reportedly the highest United they showed a willingness to pay for the versatile 20-year-old. Fabrizio Romanohowever, he claims United’s latest bid is worth “more than €30m”.
Lecce demanded €40m (£33.7m) to approve a mid-season sale, with club president Saverio Sticchi Damiani recently admitting his priority was to keep hold of his best players as Lecce try to fight their way out of the relegation battle.
An increased offer for Dorga comes soon after United gave the go-ahead to Antony to travel to Real Betis to complete his loan to the Spanish side.
Betis will not pay a loan fee for Antony, but have agreed to cover the vast majority of his wages, saving United as much as £1.5m over the next six months.
It is unclear whether Marcus Rashford will eventually leave the club, despite Amorim freezing him out of the first-team picture. The 27-year-old was a target for both AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund, but his rumored £300,000-a-week wages proved problematic in negotiations, leading to conversations with the latter are interrupted.
Meanwhile, Milan decided to use their last place for a foreign loan on Kyle Walker from Manchester City but on Rashford, who remains in the crosshairs of the fight West Ham.
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