Manchester United have gotten themselves in pole place within the race to signal Borussia Monchengladbach ahead Marcus Thuram.

The Pink Devils are out there for a brand new frontman following the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo.

United head coach Erik ten Hag instructed reporters final week: “We’d like good gamers. Not solely numbers, you want high quality gamers to cowl that and likewise that you just want competitors. And also you want additionally that you could make tactical decisions.

“So, we’re in search of the precise participant for our squad and has to match our sporting standards but in addition our monetary standards.”

The Premier League giants have been linked with a lot of options to Ronaldo, together with Joao Felix and Vincent Aboubakar.

Nevertheless, based on La Republicca, the 20-time English champions are on the head of the queue to signal Thuram from Monchengladbach.

The 25-year-old has remained as a star man on the Bundesliga outfit this season, contributing 10 targets and three assists in 15 high flight appearances.

Nevertheless, the France worldwide now has lower than six months left to run on his contract, and it seems that he’ll tackle a brand new problem this 12 months.

Monchengladbach’s hierarchy are insisting on a payment of £13.2m for Thuram.