Manchester United have sent an opening bid of around £23million for Lecce wing-back Patrick Dorgu after talks in Milan on Tuesday.
United director of football negotiations Matt Hargreaves met with agents Frank Trimboli and Leon Angel as well as Lecce president Sticchi Damiani.
Lecce did not come into the transfer window intending to sell. 'We explained to Manchester that our will at the moment is to try to keep our staff unchanged, retaining all the big ones, especially Dorgu,' said Damiani.
The left-sided wing-back is one of the options United have been exploring to strengthen their squad with manager Ruben Amorim poised to give the green light for Antony to join Real Betis on loan.