redmaster
23-01-2007, 05:17 PM
Manchester United are tracking young Paris St Germain midfielder Youssouf Mulumbu, according to reports in the French media.
The Premiership leaders sent scouts to watch the defensive midfielder in a match against Troyes last December in one of his four first team starts for the capital club.
But since then, the coach who launched Mulumbu's career, Guy Lacombe, has been sacked and replaced by Paul Le Guen, who seems less willing to play the 19-year-old.
Eduoard Cisse and Clement Chantome are currently above the Congolese youngster in Le Guen's pecking order, and the former Rangers' boss may yet bring in further cover in that position.
Jeremy Clement, Emerse Fae and Florent Balmont have all been linked with PSG, and should one of them go to the Parc des Princes, Mulumbu would be relegated to the reserve team.
United are yet to find a true replacement for Roy Keane, and despite the arrival of Michael Carrick at Old Trafford in the summer, manager Sir Alex Ferguson is keen to bring in another defensive midfielder.
It is not the first time Mulumbu has been linked to a big European club, with Ajax and Valencia also thought to have shown an interest in securing his services.
The Premiership leaders sent scouts to watch the defensive midfielder in a match against Troyes last December in one of his four first team starts for the capital club.
But since then, the coach who launched Mulumbu's career, Guy Lacombe, has been sacked and replaced by Paul Le Guen, who seems less willing to play the 19-year-old.
Eduoard Cisse and Clement Chantome are currently above the Congolese youngster in Le Guen's pecking order, and the former Rangers' boss may yet bring in further cover in that position.
Jeremy Clement, Emerse Fae and Florent Balmont have all been linked with PSG, and should one of them go to the Parc des Princes, Mulumbu would be relegated to the reserve team.
United are yet to find a true replacement for Roy Keane, and despite the arrival of Michael Carrick at Old Trafford in the summer, manager Sir Alex Ferguson is keen to bring in another defensive midfielder.
It is not the first time Mulumbu has been linked to a big European club, with Ajax and Valencia also thought to have shown an interest in securing his services.