Transfer news - Manchester United agree world record £80m fee for Harry Maguire - reports

Sam Wallace from the Telegraph is reporting that a basic deal has been struck between United and Leicester on Friday morning with add-on fees likely to follow.

The 26-year-old England international was left out of Leicester's squad ahead of their pre-season friendly against Atalanta at the King Power Stadium on Friday night.

The fee is set to be a world record for a defender, with Virgil Van Dijk moving to Liverpool for £75 million in January 2018.

After completing a move from Hull in 2017, Maguire has been a regular starter for Leicester in the last two Premier League seasons and signed a five-year contract with the Foxes last September.

But now his move to United is set to be completed after a prolonged transfer saga and will become Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's third summer signing behind Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James.

Everyone will be talking about the transfer fee, and that is to be expected. It is even more than the vast amount spent on Virgil van Dijk, but while Van Dijk proved to be a bargain there is much less to be impressed by when it comes to Maguire. He has talent, but there is nothing eminently special about him, and, at 26, now is the time for him to start becoming a commanding central defender able to lead the brittle defence around him, and even Franco Baresi would struggle if he had to sit along side Luke Shaw.

But really, the money doesn't matter - United have deep enough pockets to afford anyone willing to join them, it just depends if they will support Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and allow him to continue making urgent improvements across the squad.