Man United facing big-money transfer risk - opinion

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Aston Villa midfielder John McGinn is a transfer target for Manchester United, according to The Sun.

What’s the story?

After completing moves for young British talents Daniel James and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, it appears that the Old Trafford outfit are now casting an eye on the Scotland national team.

The paper say that United have conducted background checks on the Aston Villa ace, ahead making an opening bid for the player.

Villa are keen to keep hold of him though, according to the report, hoping to tie him down to a new contract and valuing him at a whopping £50m.

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An emerging talent

Moving from Scottish Premiership side Hibernian to Villa less than a year ago, McGinn has had something of a meteoric rise when it comes to his reputation in English football.

The industrious midfielder was a stand-out on the Championship last term, scoring seven goals and assisting nine times, winning promotion with the Villans and named as their player of the year by both his teammates and the club’s supporters.

No doubt then that he’s an emerging talent.

However, the step up from Hibs to Villa to top-four chasing Manchester United in less than a year is absolutely massive and the truth is he is entirely untested at the elite level.

At the reported £50m fee it would take to bring him to Old Trafford it’s not as if he’d be cheap either.

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Villa are of course simply protecting one of their key assets, but from United’s perspective it makes signing the 24-year-old too much of an expensive risk, despite their resources.

A year in the Premier League will lay his top-flight potential bare and if he has a good season then a top six move could prove to be in the offing.

Right now though, the Red Devils should keep their money.

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