Athletic Bilbao defender Aymeric Laporte is a target for Barcelona.
The Daily Mirror says Manchester United have been beaten to the signing of the 21-year-old by Barcelona.
They say Barça already have a deal in place -- or are willing to pay his release clause -- to take Laporte to Camp Nou.
The Catalan club signed Thomas Vermaelen and Jeremy Mathieu last summer, but are still thought to be in the market for a younger central defender.