Ruben Amorim is reportedly willing to reunite with Manchester United centre-back Leny Yoro as he aims to build a formidable team at AC Milan.
Yoro arrived at Old Trafford as one of the brightest young defenders in world football, with United forced to pay Lille an initial €62m (£52.2m).
The young France defender has since played 70 times for Man United across all competitions.
However, he’s yet to attain the level expected in England and has struggled for regular game time under head coach Michael Carrick.
According to Italian news outlet Calciomercato, Amorim is keen to reunite with Yoro and the player has been added to Milan’s shortlist of transfer targets.
Leny Yoro warms up ahead of the English League Cup third round football match between Manchester United and Brighton and Hove Albion. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP via Getty Images)
The report adds that the Rossoneri attempted to sign a central defender late in the summer transfer window, with a move for Tiago Gabriel failing to materialise.
Milan are said to still want to sign a new centre-back in January and several players are under consideration, including Yoro.
It is thought that Milan believe that Yoro’s ‘slow development’ at Man United will make it easier for them to try and prise the youngster away from Old Trafford.
United €50m (£42.4m) valuation of Yoro would have previously been out of reach for Milan, but after a highly ambitious summer transfer market under owner Gerry Cardinale, the Rossoneri could back that up with another major investment in January.
Milan will now be hoping they can get the deal out of line as they are not the only one interested. Premier League champions Arsenal have also emerged as a surprise contender for his signature.
