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PEP GUARDIOLA may have found the ideal man to strengthen his creaking defense – Benfica star Ruben Dias.

Manchester City are reportedly interested in the young Portugal international but may once again have to go head-to-head with their neighbors in a January bidding war.

A £ 60 million move has been under consideration at Manchester United for some time with any bidder needing to act quick.

Benfica are preparing a bumper new contract for Dias which could raise his release clause to £ 80 M.

The prospect of paying such a fee for Harry Maguire in the summer turned City off but they may find themselves with little option when the market reopens.

Nicolas Otamendi is the only senior center-back available to play, leading to Fernandinho lending a hand at the back.

EXCLUSIVE by Neil Custis: PAUL POGBA is winning his race to be fit for Manchester United’s huge clash with Liverpool after the international break.

The French World Cup winner has played in just two of United’s last seven games.

He aggravated an ankle problem in the home draw against Arsenal and missed the trip to AZ Alkmaar as Ole Solskjaer feared the artificial pitch in The Hague would cause him more problems.

He subsequently also missed The Red Devils 1-0 defeat at Newcastle and has been rehabilitating in the sun and heat of Dubai with a plastic cast around his right foot and ankle.

He posted a video of him working out with a message saying: “Almost there. Show off or motivation. You choose? Same result at the end anyway.enjoyworking. ”

Reports in France have suggested Pogba also has a cracked toe picked up in the Carabao Cup game against Rochdale although manager Solskjaer made no mention of that when discussing his injury.

STRUGGLING Manchester United are now ranked an embarrassing 46 th in the world, after the top 50 clubs were revealed.

The Old Trafford club are in the midst of their worst season in 30 years and have slipped down the world rankings as a result.

Sitting 12 th in the Premier League, United now sit behind the likes of Al Hilal, Guangzhou Evergrande and a host of English rivals in the world – and could even lose their massive £ 450 million shirt sponsorship deal with Chevrolet.

A hoard of clubs from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, South Korea, China, Japan, Russia, Colombia, Portugal, Egypt – the list goes on – all sit above Man Utd now.

That is, according to Football World Rankings, who have calculated who truly deserves to be called the best team on the planet.

MANCHESTER UNITED are reportedly looking for a new shirt sponsor with Chevrolet considering their future due to the Red Devils’ slump since Sir Alex Ferguson retired.

The American car manufacturer’s deal to have their logo on the front of United jerseys runs out in 2021.

And according to The Times, they are unsure whether to extend the deal because of the Red Devils’ poor form.

Chevrolet brokered a whopping £ 450 million deal in 2012 – worth a Prem-high £ (ma year – to sponsor Manchester United’s shirts from the) / 15 season through until the end of the 2020 / 21 campaign.

But some at General Motors – the parent company – believed paying double that of previous sponsors Aon was simply too much.