Manchester United are admirers of Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton, talkSPORT understands.

United are weighing up whether to test Palace's resolve to keep Wharton after being told Brighton's Carlos Baleba is not for sale .

Brighton owner Tony Bloom wants to keep the star midfielder around for at least one more season.

They believe the 21-year-old will eventually be worth as much as £115m Moises Caicedo.

It means the Red Devils will need to stump up a fee that would set the record for the highest fee ever paid in the Premier League, should they prise him away from the Amex.

That figure stands at £116m, which was what Liverpool shelled out to Bayer Leverkusen to snap up Florian Wirtz.

This means United could turn to alternative targets this summer in an effort to shore up

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