Leicester City join race for 20-year-old Man United target valued at €25m

Leicester City have become the latest club to join the race for Manchester United target Caglar Soyuncu according to Eurosport.

The Foxes have been keeping tabs on the Freiburg centre-back and have made an enquiry regarding his availability.

Freiburg want to keep hold of Soyuncu who still has three years remaining on his contract but could find it difficult to fight off interest from some of the biggest clubs in the Premier League.

Turkish-Football recently revealed that United have also been scouting Soyuncu and that the young player dreams of playing under the stewardship of Jose Mourinho in the future.

“I admire Jose Mourinho, not just his football but his philosophy,” Soyuncu said.

“I would like to work with him in the future.”

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Soyuncu joined Freiburg from Altinordu over the summer and has hit the ground running in the Bundesliga establishing himself as a first-team regular.

Altinordu president Seyit Mehmet Ozkan revealed his side have a 30 percent future sale clause option and that the young centre-back is currently valued at €25 million.

“Altinordu stands to make 30 percent of his transfer fee if he is sold on from Freiburg, we know there are several clubs interested in him and that he is now worth €25 million,” Ozkan was quoted as saying by Turkish-Football.

The Turkish international has missed just one league game in 2017 and that was down to an adductor problem.

The young defender made a seamless transition from Turkish second-tier football to the Bundesliga in under a season.

Freiburg have exceeded expectations so far this season and are currently 9th in the Bunesdliga on 30 points.

The newly promoted side are just eights points off 4th placed Hoffenheim and take on Eintracht next on Sunday 5 March.