Man United has found another fantastic player if the fail to Sign Frankie De Jong from Barca

MAN UTD are considering Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves as an alternative to Frenkie de Jong, who remains club's No 1 target; United manager Erik Ten Hag has been searching for a new midfielder ahead of the upcoming Premier League season.

Manchester United are considering alternatives to Frenkie de Jong as Erik ten Hag looks to resolve his search for midfield reinforcements ahead of the new Premier League season.

United have a long-standing interest in Ruben Neves, who has made 212 appearances for Wolves, scoring 24 times.

Speaking in April, Wolves boss Bruno Lage says the club have slapped a £100m price tag on Neves amid rumoured interest from United, Arsenal and Tottenham.

"What I know is we have a special player here with us," Lage said.

"What he is doing this season is very good. I think also the way we play, he can show a better Ruben, and also the way he plays puts our team on a different level.

"When you have that player, the best thing to do is improve his salary and years of contract. But who knows, when you have a top player like him in that specific position, that can defend and attack, and is a top professional and a great man, the big teams are there with £100million to buy these kinds of players."

Neves has been linked with United for several months, but the club has spent much of the transfer window chasing Ten Hag's former Ajax player De Jong.

We know Frenkie de Jong has been Manchester United's priority target, but with the deal dragging on, alternatives will come into play and one of the names we know they have looked at and have been interested in is Ruben Neves of Wolves.

"There is a long-standing interest from the Old Trafford club because of his stylistic profile, incredible passing range, a threat in terms of goalscoring and he controls the tempo really well - all the things you want in an anchor in a progressive side.

We know Wolves value him upwards of £60m. They wouldn't want to lose him necessarily, but United have to start considering the fact the longer the De Jong saga drags on with no resolution between him and Barcelona, what else can be done?

"From United's end, though, they remain quite confident in their agreement with Barcelona for De Jong and are quite confident that the player does indeed want to join them.

"The other name loosely floated has been Renato Sanches, who can play as an anchor, but is better when used as a box-to-box midfielder. I wouldn't put too much stock into that name yet."