According to The Sun, Mourinho is keen to sign the Southampton captain but Woodward wants to trim the squad before any new signings arrive.
Paddy McNair, Donald Love, Adnan Januzaj, Guillermo Varela, Tyler Blackett, James Wilson and Cameron Borthwick-Jackson have all been sold permanently or moved out on loan this summer.
While Bastian Schweinsteiger, Marcos Rojo, Phil Jones and Matteo Darmian have all been linked with moves away from Old Trafford in the final days of the transfer window.
The London Evening Standard say the Gunners are ‘convinced’ he’s going to Old Trafford and are moving onto other targets.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has two senior defenders in Per Mertesacker and Gabriel out injured currently and admitted he is finding it tough to make additions to his defence this summer.
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