Man Utd will dispatch their ‘chief scout’ to Italy to monitor centre-half Gleison Bremer who was heavily linked with Tottenham last month, per a report.

The Torino defender, 24, is fast emerging as a target for a host of Premier League clubs. The Brazilian has become a regular in the Torino backline since arriving from Atletico Mineiro in 2018. In the current campaign Bremer has played in all but two games (missed via injury and suspension) and has captained the side on occasion.

Links to Chelsea and Tottenham throughout January were widespread. It was Spurs who seemingly came closest to forging a deal with an Italian report claiming ‘concrete steps’ had been taken towards securing his signature.

Chelsea dispatched their own scouts to Turin to watch see the defender up close and personal. The Daily Mail later reported the Blues officials were left wowed by his power.

Now, according to Sport Witness (citing FCInterNews), it is Man Utd who are the latest to take note.

The report centres mainly on Inter Milan’s interest. The Serie A champions may be looking for a replacement for Stefan De Vrij in the summer who now appears to be Spurs’ primary target at the back.

But the article mentions Man Utd, and claims their ‘chief scout’ will travel to Italy in the coming weeks to gauge Bremer for themselves.

Torino president Urbano Cairo is hoping to pocket around £30m for his star defender. A bidding war involving Man Utd is understandably his ideal scenario.

Yet it’s noted £30m may already be too high for Inter to stay in the race. In their words, going ‘blow for blow’ with the financial might of the Premier League simply isn’t viable at present.

Instead, the greatest competition – if United scouts like what they see – could come from Newcastle.