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Manchester United are considering an approach for Federico Bernardeschi.
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Manchester United have added Juventus star Federico Bernardeschi to their list of potential additions in the upcoming transfer window, reports claim. The Red Devils are vying with Chelsea, Barcelona and Roma for his signature.
Bernardeschi was brought to Turin from Fiorentina on a five-year deal in July 2017 with the Serie A champions paying £35million for his services.
The versatile winger spent three seasons with the Viola, scoring 23 goals and providing 12 assists in all competitions.
But after an initially successful start to life at Juventus, Bernardeschi's influence has waned under Italian tactician Maurizio Sarri.
The 24-cap Italy international has completed just three 90-minute appearances this season and has only registered one goal against Bayer Leverkusen during a 3-0 Champions League victory in October.
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And Italian website Calciomercato claim Sarri would like to offload Bernardeschi.
One potential suitor could be Manchester United, who are reported to have added Bernardeschi to their transfer shortlist and have started to glean information about the player.
Calciomercato stress that no 'concrete' discussions have taken place with Juventus or the player's representatives.
Bernardeschi, who shares the same agent as Brescia talent Sandro Tonali, 'likes' the interest from the 13-time Premier League champions.
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The Italian report claims 'everything will depend' on the remaining games of the 2019/2020 campaign and that Bernardeschi's future will be resolved in the next two months.
Despite Juventus' willingness to sell, Bernardeschi's agent Beppe Bozzo says winger is staying at Juventus.
“Federico is happy with Juventus,” Bozzo told Gazzetta dello Sport.
“Are we talking about him going elsewhere? No, he wants to remain wearing black and white.”