Man Utd target at the centre of three-way transfer battle

Ajax star, Donny van de Beek, is a target for three of Europe’s giants with the Dutch side ready to listen to offers.

The versatile midfielder was one of the standouts last term as Ajax reached the last four of the Champions League.

But their success has led to an exodus of their star players and Van de Beek could be next out of the door due to interest from Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.

Mundo Deportivo understands that the aforementioned trio are the only clubs with a chance of landing the 23-year-old.

Madrid have agreed a pre-contract agreement with the Dutchman according to reports but United could yet hijack the deal.

The success of Bruno Fernandes has seen the Red Devils consider foreign imports having initially made adding homegrown talent a priority under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

But Juventus are ready to make it a three-way tussle and had dealings with Ajax last summer when they signed Matthijs de Ligt for £65m.

Van de Beek’s value will no doubt increase if all three clubs make moves for him.

His current deal in Amsterdam runs out in 2022.

Should he depart this summer he will join De Ligt, Frenkie De Jong, Kasper Dolberg and Hakim Ziyech as players who have headed for pastures new in the last 12 months.

Those departures have earned Ajax almost £200m though.

Van de Beek has again been a leading light for the Dutch side this season with 10 goals and 11 assists in his 37 appearances.

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But the Eredivisie was declared void last week with Ajax sitting top on goal difference.

It means their 3-1 win at Heerenveen in March could prove to be Van de Beek’s last outing for the Dutch side.