Why Real Madrid's Rodri swoop is good news for Manchester United as huge transfer boost expected

As of Friday evening, they were working to prepare a bid for the player and are said to be confident of reaching an agreement with City, comfortable in the knowledge that Rodri wants to move back home to Madrid.The Frenchman has been widely tipped to leave Real this summer as Jose Mourinho works to overhaul his squad. That is down in part to his high-profile falling out with Federico Valverde, which culminated in a physical fight at the training ground and saw Valverde hospitalised.Transfer target: Aurelien TchouameniAFP/GettyUnited, though, see him as an ideal puzzle piece as Michael Carrick continues to rebuild his midfield. He has already invested some £80m in the signings of Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans, but are keen to add one more pair of legs. They have long since considered Tc