MANCHESTER UNITED are ready to make a £37million bid to land Radja Nainggolan, according to reports in Italy.
Jose Mourinho has identified central midfield as one of the key areas to reinforce this summer with Nemanja Matic and Fabinho also potential new recuits.
Gazzetta dello Sport claim the United boss is keen on Nainggolan — and would offer the Belgium international £130,000-a-week.
This is a transitional summer for Roma, with Mohamed Salah having already been sold to Liverpool — and question marks over the futures of big hitters Kostas Manolas, Kevin Strootman and Antonio Rudiger.
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Club legend Francesco Totti has also left the side after 25 years of service.
The Giallorossi have shown that every player has his price — and Nainggolan is considered the jewel in the crown, with several of Europe’s top clubs targeting him.
Luciano Spalletti left Roma to take over Inter Milan and has made the 29-year-old one of his top targets.
Antonio Conte is another fan and has frequently tried to sign him for Chelsea.
The Blues are reported to have had a mega-money bid rejected last summer.
And they were rebuffed in their attempts to sign him in this transfer window.
Radja Nainggolan factfile: Huge wings tattooed on back in tribute to late mother
- Born in Antwerp on May 4, 1988
- He speaks English, Dutch and Italian fluently, as well as French to a decent level.
- Germinal Beerschot were Nainggolan’s first club, before he joined Piacenza’s youth side in 2005
- He made his professional debut on May 28, 2006 and joined Cagliari in 2010
- That summer, his mother died and he had two wings tattooed on his back with the date of her birth and date
- The Belgian hit the big time when he joined Roma for an initial fee of £2.6million in 2014
- He was involved in a sickening incident in March 2015, which saw Juventus youngster Federico Mattiello’s season ended with a shocking broken leg
- Scored a sensational long-range strike during Belgium’s 3-1 defeat to Wales at Euro 2016
Mourinho is desperate to add some steel into the centre of the United midfield, and there are few tougher tacklers out there than the Belgian.
Roma, meanwhile, are on the brink of closing a deal to sign Dutch right-back Rick Karsdorp from Feyenoord.
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