Manchester United make £60m Juventus left-back and Chelsea target Alex Sandro 'one of their top transfer targets' for January

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Manchester United target Alex Sandro has told Juventus he wants to move to the Premier League.

Jose Mourinho is keen to bolster the left side of his defence and has made the Chelsea target one of his top transfer targets for January.

According to The Daily Record the United manager is ready to switch his focus from Tottenham star Danny Rose to the £60m defender.

Alex Sandro has told Juventus he wants to leave Italy and move to the Premier League

Manchester United are lining up a £60million move for the Brazilian left-back next month

They claim that Mourinho has been handed an £80m budget next month and is determined to add to his squad.

The Serie A champions are reluctant to do business on Sandro unless a big-money offer comes their way for the 26-year-old.

Sandro was close to moving to England in the summer but Chelsea failed to agree a deal with Juventus.

United have now emerged as the front-runners for Sandro as Mourinho prepares to mould a squad that can compete on three fronts in the new year.

Sandro joined Juve from Porto in 2015 and has played 91 times in two-and-a-half seasons. 

Sandro was close to agreeing a deal with Chelsea in the summer but could move in January