Manchester United could be ready to make a huge offer for Nottingham Forest's Brazil centre-back Murillo, 24, in the summer. (Football Insider)

If Manchester United sack head coach Michael Carrick, 45, then former Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe, 48, and ex-Germany, Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig boss Julian Nagelsmann, 39, remain the top two candidates to replace him. (Manchester Evening News)

However, USA head coach Mauricio Pochettino, who managed Tottenham and Chelsea in the Premier League, is the new bookmakers' favourite to replace Carrick at Old Trafford. (Standard)

Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea head a list of Premier League clubs monitoring the form of AC Milan's Belgium centre-back Koni de Winter, 24. (Caught Offside)

United, Everton, Chelsea and Tottenham have all been in contact with the representatives of former Barcelona forward Vitor Roque, 21, with the Brazil international valued at £42m by Palmeiras. (Bolavip via Teamtalk)

Manchester United made an approach for Manchester City defender Rayan Ait-Nouri, 25, in the summer and could make another attempt to sign the Algeria international in January. (Football Insider)