Man United play down talk of signing Ainsley Maitland-Niles from Arsenal

The Manchester Evening News is reporting that Manchester United aren’t planning a bid to sign the 23-year-old from their bitter Premier League rivals.

The same article states that reports in Germany suggesting that Manchester United were close to reaching an agreement with Arsenal for the signing of Maitland-Niles were wide of the mark.

According to the media outlet’s sources within the 20-time English champions, Manchester United insist there is nothing to the speculation and Maitland-Niles won’t be heading to Old Trafford.

The Manchester Evening News go on to add that the Red Devils are still working on deals to sign three new players before the close of the 2020 summer transfer window on Monday.