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Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur - Premier League — Alderweireld could be on his way to Old Trafford on deadline day

#1 Toby Alderweireld to Manchester United

Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool - Premier League — Toby Alderweireld could make a big money move to Manchester United

Jose Mourinho's Manchester United have been actively pursuing a new centre-back this summer. Yerry Mina, Harry Maguire, Jerome Boateng and Toby Alderweireld are four names that are most linked with the club.

However, Tottenham's Alderweireld is said to be the primary target for Mourinho with the team willing to pay a big amount for the Belgian. It still remains to be known if Manchester United Executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward is willing to meet Spurs' asking price of £60 million.

Talks between the two clubs are expected to take place over Wednesday and Thursday. Mourinho really wants a new centre-back before the start of the season and that could see the club agreeing to pay the astronomical asking price for Alderweireld before completing his signing on deadline day.

Another point to be taken note of is that Leicester City have made a move for Dinamo Zagreb defender Filip Benkovic. This could mean that Tottenham might sign Harry Maguire if Alderweireld joins Manchester United.

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Dakir is a European and Indian football journalist at Sportskeeda with an overall experience of 10 years. Holding a Master’s degree in Journalism & Mass Communication, and currently pursuing Master’s in Sports Journalism from Sheffield Hallam University, he is a seasoned football journalist who has interviewed the likes of former Liverpool star John Arne Riise, covered the entire 2022-23 Indian Super League season of the Kerala Blasters, and has delivered a seminar at an international conference held by St. Albert's College, Ernakulam.

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When not writing, Dakir enjoys indulging in his guilty pleasure - watching mass commercial movies.

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