Man Utd now rivalling Chelsea in race to sign frozen-out wonderkid compared to Marco Verratti

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Manchester United continue to look for top young talents with Ineos eyeing a host of exciting prospects this summer.

Ruben Amorim will want major additions this summer with Manchester United needing serious improvement across the pitch.

United are closing in on Matheus Cunha, with the Wolverhampton Wanderers ace now expected to become United’s first major summer signing.

First-team signings will be the top priority, but United continue to search for top young talents under the Ineos regime.

Enzo Kana-Biyik is poised to join United from Le Havre, but will spend next season on loan at Swiss side Lausanne-Sport – another Ineos club.

Kana-Biyik represents an exciting addition for the future and United may look to follow that move up with another teenage signing.

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Manchester United want Genk’s Zaid Bafdili

The latest name in the mix is emerging from Belgium with United keen on signing Genk talent Zaid Bafdili.

That is according to Transfermarkt, who claim that United are keen to bring Bafdili to Old Trafford.

It’s stated that Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund are both ‘seriously interested’ in signing Bafdili, with his Genk contract expiring this summer.

Bafdili has been frozen out at Genk and hasn’t played for the Jong Genk side since indicating his intention to leave the club back in January.

The report likens Bafdili’s style of play to that Marco Verratti and Youri Tielemans, with the midfielder emerging as top talent in Belgium.

United will hope to win the race for Bafdili, though he doesn’t turn 18 until October.

Post-Brexit rules mean English clubs can’t sign foreign players under the age of 18, so Bafdili would have to agree a deal and then arrive down the line.

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Youth recruitment set to feature prominently in United’s plans

United’s attempts to land top young players will not end with moves for Kana-Biyik and Bafdili.

Sheffield United’s Ryan Oné is on United’s radar, whilst United have scouted Mali talent Seydou Dembele as one for the future.

Ajax teenager Zakaria Ouazane is also wanted and United could launch a triple raid on Paris Saint-Germain for Axel Tape, Mahamadou Sangare and Oumar Camara.

United snapped up the likes of Chido Obi, Samuel Lusale, James Overy and Sekou Kone, placing a keen focus on players for the future.

That approach could return again this summer, with speculation rife over potential additions for the long-term future at Old Trafford.