Manchester United have learned that it will take as much as €50m (£42m) to convince Monaco to sell Aurelien Tchouameni.
The Premier League club has been strongly linked with the talented midfielder for some time now with United, tipped to make a move soon to sign the 21-year-old.
His rise at the Stade Louis II has been remarkable, with five senior France caps already to his name.
But it’s Tchouameni’s explosion this season which has seen talk ramped up that he could move on, either in January or next summer.
The player has become a regular for Didier Deschamps at international level and has even been tipped by United midfielder Paul Pogba himself to be the next midfield superstar of French football.
The irony is that Tchouameni could be the man to replace Pogba at Old Trafford.
The former Juventus star is out of contract in the summer and looks increasingly likely to leave on a free transfer next summer.
Despite being more of a defensive-minded midfielder, Tchouameni has so much upside that he is expected to be developed into more of a box-to-box player.