Barcelona are reportedly interested in a summer swoop for Manchester United centre-back Eric Bailly who has fallen down the pecking order at Old Trafford in recent times.
Since Xavi took over the Nou Camp managerial reins, the new Barca boss has been on the hunt for defensive reinforcements to shore up his options at the back heading into the next season.
A report from The Daily Star has now claimed that Old Trafford outcast Eric Bailly has emerged on the radar of Barcelona ahead of the summer with the Catalan outfit mulling over making an approach for the defender’s signature.
The Ivory Coast international has turned out sporadically over the course of this season for the Red Devils and could be in line to ask for a move away to get regular minutes of first-team football under his belt elsewhere.
United are likely to ask for a sizable fee to sanction the exit of the Ivorian who has played in Spain’s top flight before with Villareal from where he made the move to the Premier League in summer 2017.
