Manchester United target Willian and Toby Alderweireld as Jose Mourinho plots summer spending spree
Mourinho is planning route back to the summit of English football and has put both players on a summer wanted list
WILLIAN and Toby Alderweireld are both being lined up by Manchester United as Jose Mourinho looks to stamp his mark on his Manchester United squad.
The Portuguese is plotting a route back to the summit of English football and is said to have put both players on a summer wish-list.
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He is aware that Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan struggled to hit the ground running after big-money moves.
And Chelsea's Willian and Tottenham's Alderweireld would both appear able to immediately boost a United side.
Mourinho is a big fan of winger Willian, 28, who he snatched from under Spurs' clutches with an 11th-hour bid in August 2013.
The Brazilian offers the kind of work rate that Mourinho admires, such is his insistence that wide men track back to cover the full-backs.
And centre-back Alderweireld, also 28, would provide added steel to United's backline, and the kind of passing ability they have missed in central defence since the departure of Rio Ferdinand.
Mourinho has already confirmed that he is compiling a list of transfer targets for the summer.
At the end of January, he said: “We are more focused on the summer period.
“If you ask me 'do I know what I want for the next transfer window?' yes I know. Is it possible to get? I'll try, always, to be realistic."
Mourinho's number one target is Antoine Griezmann, but the striker has hinted that he is happy at Atletico Madrid for now, while eyeing a "dream" move to Barcelona, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich.