Morgan Schneiderlin: Marseille join Everton and West Brom in race to sign Manchester United midfielder
SunSport revealed United are reluctant to sell the Frenchman to Everton but doing business abroad is an option if West Brom fail to match valuation
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MARSEILLE have entered the race to sign Manchester United outcast Morgan Schneiderlin this month, SunSport understands.
The Frenchman is expected to be one of a number of players heading for the Old Trafford exit as Jose Mourinho looks to offload fringe players.
Everton and West Bromwich Albion bids for the midfielder have come up short of United's £24 million valuation, with the player keen to link up with his old Southampton boss Ronald Koeman.
The 27-year-old was not part of the United squad who beat West Ham on Monday evening has hardly been seen in a United shirt this season.
The French international has appeared for less than 15 minutes in the Premier League this term and only featured in eight games all season.
Marseille are desperate to get back to get back to the top of French football again and have seen money bags Paris St Germain and Monaco take a stranglehold of the domestic scene.
SunSport exclusively revealed United would prefer to sell Schneiderlin to West Bromwich Albion or abroad with Inter Milan keen.
New Marseille majority shareholder Frank McCourt has vowed to back manager Rudi Garcia and heavily invest in the squad, and the signing of Schneiderlin will be seen as a real statement of intent.
The French side are not phased by the £24m price tag as United look to recoup the fee they shelled out to Southampton in 2015.
Meanwhile, Marseille feel they have a chance of bringing Dimitri Payet back to the Veldorome and are preparing an audacious £30m bid for the West Ham playmaker.
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L'Equipe are reporting Garcia who managed Payet at Lille has been in regular contact with the 29-year-old suggesting his family are keen to return to the south of France.
The Hammers insist their star man who signed a new five-year contract last February is not for sale, and will do everything possible to keep Payet at the London stadium.