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Manchester United and Manchester City to battle for Harry Maguire

Now that the UEFA Nations League has come to a conclusion, both the Manchester giants will go head-to-head in a bid to sign Leicester City centre-back Harry Maguire.

Both the Manchester clubs are on the lookout for a top quality centre-back and have earmarked Harry Maguire as the ideal candidate. The report claims that both the clubs are willing to smash the transfer record for an English defender in order to secure the services of the 26-year-old.

However, Leicester City do not want to sign Maguire and haven't even slapped a price tag on him. The report goes on to claim that sources have revealed that the Foxes value him in the ballpark of £80 million. This is £5 million more than the amount Liverpool paid for Virgil Van Dijk when the signed him from Southampton in the winter of 2018.

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