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TOP STORY: Man United eye Serbian midfielder Racic

Manchester United have already spent €45m on one midfielder this summer, Ajax’s Donny van de Beek, but are now weighing up a move for Valencia‘s Uros Racic, according to The Sun.

Racic, 22, arrived from Red Star in 2018 for around €2m but hasn’t settled in Spain and spent time on loan at Famalicao in Portugal and Spanish outfit Tenerife.

The Serbia U21 international has a €100m release clause in his contract but Valencia are struggling financially and reports suggest they could be open to offers around €30m.

Central midfield doesn’t seem an obvious place for United to be adding players right now, as they continue to make Borussia Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho a priority, but Racic would provide competition to compatriot Nemanja Matic as the 32-year-old nears the end of his career.

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10.00 BST: Aston Villa have completed the signing of Arsenal goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez for around £20m.

“I always had that feeling that I would have my chance at Arsenal,” Martinez said in an Instagram video yesterday. “Season after season I was always trying to come back to the club I love [from loan] to try and have my chance.

“I waited, I worked past the frustration because football is not always easy, like everyone thinks. I’m proud to overcome my frustration and show the Arsenal fanbase what they missed 10 years ago, because I knew I could do the same thing years before. I truly believe that keepers go at different times and on different paths. For me, it was hard, but I knew there was light at the end of the tunnel.”

09.51 BST: Barcelona will try and sign United States international Sergino Dest on loan from Ajax if they can sell Nelson Semedo this summer, according to Mundo Deportivo.

Dest, 19, was linked with Barca earlier in the summer but his agent, Joes Blakborn, told ESPN at the time that Bayern Munich were the only club to have displayed a serious interest in signing the right-back. However, Mundo claims that the U.S defender is very much on Barca’s radar as they attempt to overhaul their squad following last month’s 8-2 Champions League defeat to Bayern.

Barca need to sell before they can buy and see Portugal international Semedo as one of the few players who could bring in a sizeable fee. If they can move him on, the idea is to bring in a cheaper option to compete with Sergi Roberto for the right-back position.

The offer for Dest would reportedly be on an initial one-year loan with an option to buy next summer, so the incoming president could make the final call on the deal.

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