Man Utd make contact over £47m centre-back who snubbed Chelsea as they look to solve injury crisis

MANCHESTER UNITED have made contact over a move for Nice centre-back Jean-Clair Todibo, according to reports.

The Red Devils are searching for defenders after Raphael Varane went off injured in their 3-2 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

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The former Real Madrid man, 30 is set to be out for more than a month.

And SunSport can reveal that Todibo, 23, is a centre-half Erik ten Hag is targeting.

Nice want £47million for the French defender – with Man Utd set to offer the player a five-year deal with a £385,000-a-month salary and a £3m signing bonus.

It comes after Todibo rejected an £18m-a-year offer from Saudi Arabia – which would have seen Nice secure a £43m transfer fee.

Chelsea contacted the player earlier this month before they signed Axel Disasi from Monaco.

However, he refused a move to Stamford Bridge.

Now, though, Man Utd will hope they can be the club to sign the highly-rated centre-back.

He started 33 of Nice’s 38 Ligue 1 games last season as they secured a ninth-place finish.

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Todibo joined Nice from Barcelona in 2021 after he made just five senior appearances for the Catalan giants.

But he did feature in their LaLiga-winning 2018/19 season under Ernesto Valverde.

Todibo has also earned five caps for France‘s U20s and one for the U21s.

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