Manchester United are interested in signing Fulham defender Tosin Adarabioyo this summer, sources have told ESPN.
Adarabioyo is out of contract at Craven Cottage at the end of the season and could move to Old Trafford on a free transfer.
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Newcastle, Chelsea and Tottenham have also expressed interest in the 26-year-old, who has made 20 Premier League appearances this season and scored two goals.
The former England youth international joined Fulham from Manchester City in 2020. He also had loan spells at West Bromwich Albion and Blackburn.
Adarabioyo signed a contract extension with Fulham in January 2023, but will leave the club when his contract expires in June.
United are looking to sign a centre-back this summer as part of a team overhaul in the first transfer window overseen by the club's new football management team installed by co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
New manager Jason Wilcox knows Adarabioyo well from their time together at Manchester City. Wilcox worked in City's academy before joining Southampton as director of football.
There are doubts surrounding the futures of several current United centre-backs, including Raphaël Varane, Harry Maguire, Victor Lindelöf and Jonny Evans.
Varane is out of contract at the end of the season and is set to leave and United will wait until the summer before deciding whether to offer an extension to Evans, 36. The club are open to offers for Maguire and Lindelöf, although at least one is likely to stay.
Meanwhile, sources have told ESPN that United are owed another payment from Borussia Dortmund after Jadon Sancho helped the German team reach the Champions League final.
The loan deal negotiated in January with Dortmund includes a series of add-ons, capped at €4 million ($4.3 million), related to appearances and progression in domestic matches and the Champions League. The initial loan cost Dortmund a fee of 3.5 million euros.
Sancho has made 18 appearances and scored three goals since rejoining his former club and started both games in the Champions League semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain.
