MANCHESTER UNITED are interested in signing Lassana Diarra, but the ex-Arsenal man would prefer to join Paris Saint-Germain, according to reports in France.
The French midfielder, who was signed by Jose Mourinho at Chelsea and also played under him for Real Madrid, is currently at Al Jazira Club in the UAE.
And is expected to leave this month.
Le Parisien report United, Inter Milan and PSG are all keen on Diarra 33, but the midfielder’s preferred choice would be a return to France to join the runaway Ligue 1 leaders.
He was on the verge of signing for the French capital side as an alternative for Thiago Motta.
Negotiations have slowed down since Mourinho registered his interest in making the signing.
However, he would still prefer to join PSG.
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Inter are also looking for a new central midfielder, but stand little chance of signing Diarra as he wants to play Champions League football.
Mourinho signed from Le Havre at the age of 20 in 2005 but he left for Arsenal in 2007, where he saw little game time.
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It was at Portsmouth, who he joined in 2008, that his career truly started to blossom. Diarra left for Real Madrid in in 2009, where he stayed for three years before moving to Russia.
In 2015, he returned to Marseille, where he shone before joining UAE side Al Jazira in April.
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