Reports indicate that a top centre half has decided to transfer to Manchester United, which is exactly what the team needs to strengthen their defence.

Il Mattino claims that Man Utd offered Kim Min-Jae a salary of 9 million euros annually (£150,000 a week), and the player accepted.

To seal the deal, the 20-time English champions will quadruple his present salary.

The Red Devils have informed Napoli that they are prepared to spend 56 million euros to activate the release clause in order to recruit the South Korean centre back, according to an Italian news source.

Club president Aurelio de Laurentiis is resigned to losing his finest asset this summer since he is unable to make a counter bid.

The 26-year-old Asian star has been instrumental in Napoli’s Scudetto-winning season under Spalletti since he replaced club great Kalidou Koulibaly.

Varane and Martinez, Man United’s starting centre defenders, have been in and out of the hospital frequently this season. Maguire, on the other hand, has gotten worse and worse, and Ten Hag has to get rid of him.

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This season, Kim has directly assisted in 4 goals (two goals and two assists) and assisted in 16 clean sheets for the Diego Maradona team in Serie A.