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Manchester United have attempted to steal a march on Arsenal and Liverpool by holding talks with in demand midfielder Jorginho's agent.

United sent representatives to meet with Napoli star Jorginho's representative Joao Santos after he played in Italy's 2-0 defeat to Argentina at the Etihad Stadium, according to Rai Sport.

Jose Mourinho wants to boost his midfield with Paul Pogba failing to impress this season and Michael Carrick retiring in the summer.

The Serie A club have slammed a £50million price tag on their ace - who has netted three times in 30 appearances to help Napoli up to second in the Italian league.

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The 26-year-old has also attracted the attention of Barcelona and Real Madrid but is likely to be lower on the Spanish giants' summer wish lists.

Liverpool had headed the queue for the Brazilian born Italian before United jumped ahead to try and persuade him to join.

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Jurgen Klopp had hoped to use Jorginho as a Emre Can replacement - with the German out of contract and set to move on at the end of the season.

Jorginho will face England at Wembley on Tuesday night, with Italy set to test the Three Lions ahead of the World Cup, to give Premier League fans a snapshot of his talents.