Manchester United will have to fend off Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain to sign Federico Valverde, while Real Madrid have decided his huge valuation, as per a report.<\/p>\n
Real Madrid<\/a> are the gift that keeps on giving at the moment. Florentino Perez hosted an incredible press conference on Tuesday in which he called for a new presidential election, said his critics will have to \u2018shoot me\u2019 to get him out of the club, and reignited his feud with Barcelona over the unsolved Negreira court case.<\/p>\n Perez is set to appoint Jose Mourinho as the club\u2019s new head coach but, remarkably, a story as big as that has been drowned out by other events in the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n Aurelien Tchouameni and Federico Valverde<\/a> have fought twice in training, resulting in the latter being taken to hospital, Antonio Rudiger has slapped Alvaro Carreras, while over 70 million people have signed an \u2018Mbappe Out\u2019 petition.<\/p>\n Tchouameni and Valverde were fined \u20ac500,000 (\u00a3433k) each after their bust-ups in two separate training sessions. The Mirror revealed on Tuesday that most Madrid players have sided with Tchouameni and want Valverde out, piquing Man Utd\u2019s interest.<\/p>\n Man Utd<\/a> are supposedly preparing a bombshell move to prise Valverde away from Madrid, and Spanish newspaper AS<\/a>\u00a0have revealed the operation will cost \u20ac100-120m (\u00a387-104m).<\/p>\n A transfer at the higher price of \u00a3104m would see United smash their transfer record, which is currently the \u00a389m they spent on Paul Pogba in August 2016.<\/p>\n However,\u00a0AS state that City and PSG are also taking steps to try and capture Valverde.<\/p>\n PSG have \u2018opened the door\u2019 to his sensational signing by making a \u2018call\u2019 to his entourage.<\/p>\n The Champions League finalists previously thought a deal would be \u2018impossible\u2019, but his fights with Tchouameni have changed matters.<\/p>\n Get the inside story first by joining our TEAMtalk Facebook channel<\/a> to receive the latest breaking and exclusive news straight into your Messenger inbox.<\/p>\n Man Utd, Man City converge on Federico Valverde<\/p>\n City have also \u2018approached\u2019 Valverde to try and get a move underway. Pep Guardiola\u2019s side last made contact in summer 2025, viewing it as a \u2018pipe dream\u2019.<\/p>\n But Madrid could soon remove his \u2018non-transferable\u2019 status, teeing up a major battle between United, City and PSG.<\/p>\n It is worth noting that the Uruguay star still wants to turn things around and help Madrid win trophies next season. After all, he has repeatedly called Madrid his dream club.<\/p>\n However, it might not be up to Valverde to make the final decision. If numerous players inform the Madrid hierarchy they want Valverde to be sold, then exit negotiations could swiftly begin.<\/p>\n Madrid have expressed interest in City star Rodri to improve their own midfield. But we can reveal City are making an aggressive push to keep Madrid at bay<\/a>.<\/p>\n Valverde is far from the only midfielder United are considering, as up to 13 players are rumoured to be on their radar<\/a>.<\/p>\n