Real Madrid have moved into pole position to sign Ajax's £100m-rated Donny van de Beek - just three months after Manchester United decided against signing the midfielder for almost a third of the price.

Real Madrid are keeping tabs on Ajax's Donny van de Beek, who would cost the club around £50m.

Ajax midfielder Donny van de Beek, 22, has confirmed that Real Madrid have shown an interest in him.

Matthijs de Ligt has accepted Juventus offer of a five-year contract worth €24m a year, but Paris Saint-Germain have still not given up on signing the Ajax defender.

Liverpool's first signing of the summer could be 17-year-old PEC Zwolle central defender Sepp van den Berg, with Ajax, Bayern Munich and PSV Eindhoven also interested in the Dutch Under-19 international