Adrien Rabiot's mother makes a request to Manchester United, who is leading the transfer negotiations

Manchester United must deploy their full bargaining arsenal if they are to win a deal forAdrian Rabiot. Hmm.

The Red Devils have agreed in principle to acquire the French player from Juventus.Eric Ten Hug is desperately looking for mid-summer recruits. The Old Trafford chiefneeds to come up with an initial cost of around £15 millionto secure the deal.

They also strike personal terms with Rabiot. is needed. This means entering into negotiations with his mother and agent, Veronique. She appears to make a tough deal when it comes to negotiating the best possible contract for her son.

This is according to the Daily Telegraph, notes that a member of the Red Devil hierarchy has not been in touch with Veronique at this stage after her request as to who to do business with. clarified. United's relationship with Rabiot has gone from strength to strength despite his insistence that he leave Juve with less than 12 months left on his contract.

With the French national team formally asking to leave the Turin giants and not including him in manager Massimiliano Allegri's plans, the club is happy to accept his request. According to Rabiot, he would like to play Champions League football, but due to the club's prestige, he is willing to make an exception.

United need a fresh injection of quality after he lost 2-1 to Brighton in the Premier League opener of the campaign. It was clear that there was Assessing the loss, Ten Hag confessed that one of his team's biggest problems was the fact that they were useless in the center of the park.