Manchester United are close to signing Serbia midfielder Nemanja Matic from Premier League champions Chelsea.
Matic, 28, would be the Old Trafford club’s third summer signing after the arrival of £31m defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica and £75m striker Romelu Lukaku from Everton.
United manager Jose Mourinho’s priorities for his squad are a holding midfielder and a winger.
The fee will reportedly be in the region of £50m.
It will be the second time Mourinho has bought Matic.
The former Blues boss spent £21m to bring the player back to Chelsea from Portuguese side Benfica in January 2014.
Matic had been valued at less than £5m in January 2011 when he left Stamford Bridge as a makeweight in the deal for defender David Luiz.
The pair were keen to work together again, although it was anticipated a deal would have been done by now after Matic was left out of the Chelsea squad for their pre-season tour of the Far East.
Italian champions Juventus were also understood to be keen on Matic.
