Mourinho's centre-back targets are the same as FC Barcelona's

Mourinho's centre-back targets are the same as FC Barcelona's

Jose Mourinho has a list of five centre-backs he is interested in bringing to Manchester United. One of those is Barcelona's Marc Bartra. The others are all on the Blaugrana's transfer radar too, bar one.

One is PSG's Marquinhos, the second is Athletic Club's Aymeric Laporte, both of whom Barcelona have been tracking, and the third is John Stones, another player who is liked by staff at the Camp Nou. 

Mourinho's fifth is Raphael Varane, at Real Madrid, the only one Barcelona haven't been interested in signing. 

Marquinhos, Laporte and Stones are the youngest, 21 years old, Varane is 22 and Bartra is 25. Mourinho, who seems set to be the next Manchester United manager, wants to reinforce and reconstruct their back-line.