Manchester United defender Axel Tuanzebe attracting Trabzonspor interest

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Manchester United defender Axel Tuanzebe is attracting interest from Turkish side Trabzonspor, according to Fanatik.

The Turkish outlet claims that the 24-year-old centre-back is on Trabzonspor’s radar as the club looks to strengthen their defence.

Fanatik report that Trabzonspor have ‘stepped on the gas’ in their search for a new centre-halve and turned their attention to names across Europe with Tuanzebe one of several players being considered.

Manchester United defender Axel Tuanzebe attracting Trabzonspor interest

The Manchester United Academy graduate is part of Erik ten Hag’s 31-man squad that have touched down in Bangkok, Thailand, for the first part of the club’s pre-season tour.

Like Eric Bailly and Phil Jones, the one-time England Under-21 international faces an uncertain future under the former Ajax manager.

Despite being in the best shape of his life, Tuanzebe has arrived at a crossroads in his Manchester United career and with Ten Hag keen to reunite with his former Ajax charge Lisandro Martinez, the competition for centre-back minutes looks set to only intensify at the Theatre of Dreams.

After being re-signed by Dean Smith at Aston Villa last summer, Tuanzebe made six Premier League starts for the Villains before Smith was replaced by Steven Gerrard.

Tuanzebe played eight minutes of football under the former Rangers manager before his season-long loan was terminated in January.

He then joined Serie A giants Napoli on loan for the remainder of the campaign but made just one start for Luciano Spalletti’s side.

That came in a 5-2 cup defeat to Fiorentina where Tuanzebe was given the run around by soon to be Juventus star Dusan Vlahovic.

After being omitted from Napoli’s Europa League squad, Tuanzebe never played for the Champions League qualifiers again.

Having failed to secure regular first team football across the last three seasons, Tuanzebe desperately needs to get his career back on track and the only way he can do that is by playing regularly.

With his contract with the Red Devils expiring next summer, Tuanzebe, who has made 37 appearances for Manchester United, could well consider a move to Turkey if Trabzonspor firm up their interest with a bid – in order to address the last three years which has been a frustrating period of stagnation.