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Ex-Chelsea boss travels to UK to poach Man Utd defender Timothy Fosu-Mensah

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Rob Parker
 @ April 13th, 2016

Former Chelsea manager Avram Grant is on his way to the UK to hold talks with Manchester United starlet Timothy Fosu-Mensah, according to Ghana Web.

Israeli coach Grant is currently coaching the Ghana national team and wants to convince Fosu-Mensah to represent the Black Stars, the report claims.

Fosu-Mensah, aged 18, has broken into the United first-team in recent weeks and has put in some very impressive performances.

The Amsterdam-born defender is currently playing for Netherlands Under-19s and has represented the country of his birth at every age group from under-15 level.

But the former Ajax junior also qualifies to play for Ghana by virtue of his heritage.

Grant has been monitoring the versatile 6ft 3in centre-back, full-back or defensive midfielder and is apparently travelling to Manchester with the aim of convincing Fosu-Mensah to switch allegiances.

The Netherlands will be keen to avoid that. They are starting to rebuild after their failure to qualify for Euro 2016 and look set to ditch a generation of older players.

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