Manchester United have reportedly cooled their interest in signing Ivan Perisic from Inter Milan.

Jose Mourinho made it clear last week that he wants to bring in a wide player to complete his summer transfer business.

And Perisic has been his main target, but the Red Devils have so far fallen short of Inter's £48m valuation for the Croatia international.

And journalist Gianluca Di Marzio claims United have now given up in their attempts to sign the 28-year-old.

Perisic made 42 appearances for Inter last season, scoring 11 goals and assisting 12 in all competitions.

Anthony Martial was reportedly being offered to Inter on loan to help lower the price for Perisic.

But Mourinho insists the 21-year-old remains part of his plans for the upcoming season.

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"Everybody is in the plan. The plan is to have a good squad, not just a good team," said Mourinho, when asked directly about Martial.

"[We need] options because we have important players injured for a long time. They will be back by the end of the year so our squad is not so big and we need options. We need different players.

"Lukaku, Martial, Rashford – they are all different players and we need everybody.

"It’s going to be good, to be funny, to choose the team for every match according to the plan or the opponnent. So the squad is good."

Nemanja Matic described his Manchester United debut as "strange" after he played 45 minutes in the 2-1 win over Sampdoria.

Matic completed his £40m move from Chelsea earlier this week and Jose Mourinho was keen to get his new signing involved in some pre-season action with the Premier League campaign little over a week away.

The Serbia international has spent much of this summer training alone but he is confident he will prove his fitness in the coming weeks.

“It was strange because the team has played and had a good pre-season,” Matic told the club’s official website.

“I trained alone in London and it was strange for me and I tried to give my best.

“I tried to control the game well and to give balance to the side and I think for my first game, it was good for me.

“Step by step, I will get better and better and help the team achieve something this season.”