Man Utd has made a transfer offer for an alternative to Harry Maguire & # 39;

Manchester United has identified an alternative to Harry Maguire according to a report published in Portugal, but their offer of transfer has not been successful.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's players remain on the track of Leicester City's Maguire, whose signing would cost around £ 80 million this summer.

But the newspaper O Jogo, via Sport Witness, says that United has also made an offer for Benfica central defender Ruben Dias, but that the offer had been denied by the supreme Eagles, Luis Felipe Vieira.

Dias is one of the best young defensemen in Europe and has made his debut on the Portuguese team since becoming a Benfica regular over the past two seasons.

The report does not indicate the amount of United's offer, but only that he was not complying with the 22-year release clause, which stands at about 59.3 million £.

Meanwhile, Brendan Rodgers, Leicester's boss, praised Maguire's conduct during speculation.

"Harry is a first clbad player and of course, this has sparked interest, with two upcoming bids," said the Northern Irishman after Saturday's friendly win over Stoke.

"But they are far from being up to the evaluation of the club. Harry is relaxed about it, we are, he was absolutely brilliant.

"I really have to add, because I've been in this situation over and over and it can be very, very difficult for the players.

"But it's a special guy. You see him on the field, but off the field, he was very professional. Supporters must know how he has been.

"He never shunned, he just left, he is part of the group, he smiles, he participated in everything we wanted to do He was sick yesterday and many of our players were sick yesterday after us. came back from our trip.

And under these circumstances, it can be very easy for him not to play, but he wanted to be part of the team. He came here to play and you can see the quality that he has in 45 minutes. "