Roma boss Jose Mourinho is weighing up a January raid on Manchester United as the details of their proposed bid for Diogo Dalot have been revealed.
A recent report from the Mirror highlighted Mourinho’s desire to land Portuguese full-back Dalot. Mourinho signed the 22-year-old during his stint in charge at Old Trafford. However, in the years following his arrival, Dalot has failed to attain a starting spot ahead of Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
Dalot impressed on loan with AC Milan last season and drew links with a permanent switch to Serie A over the summer.
Kieran Trippier was believed to be on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s radar to give Wan-Bissaka stiff competition. But once the proposed deal with Atletico fell through, United had no desire to move Dalot on.
However, regular game-time for Dalot remains in desperately short supply. As such, speculation linking him with an exit once more has ramped up ahead of the winter window.
Now, Goal (citing Italian publication Corriere dello Sport) have reaffirmed Roma’s desire to land Dalot. They’re described as ‘optimistic’ of finalising an initial loan deal and the details of their mooted bid have been revealed.
The Italian side will reportedly offer a ‘€1.5 million fee up front‘ to sanction a loan. That would then include a ‘€15m (£13m)’ option to buy once the loan concludes which could activate depending on appearance targets being met.