Gossip: Man Utd in race for Ekitike

Manchester United are racing Newcastle and a number of top European clubs to sign Frankfurt's 22-year-old French striker Hugo Ekitike. (Football Insider)

The Red Devils are interested in Everton and England defender Jarrad Branthwaite, 22. (Sun)

United and West Ham are tracking Udinese's French defender Oumar Solet, 25. (Messaggero Veneto, in Italian)

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