Manchester United center back Eric Bailly is reportedly wanted by Spanish La Liga side Sevilla as they look to bolster their squad for the remainder of the season.

According to skysports via Marca, Manchester United defender Eric Bailly has emerged as a target for Sevilla. The Spanish side's boss Pablo Machin is keen to bolster his defensive options and has earmarked the Ivorian.

Eric Bailly had fallen out of favour and down the pecking order of center backs at Manchester United under former boss Jose Mourinho. Even now under new manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the 24 year old isn't still gunning for first place with the manager opting for Phil Jones and Victor Lindelof instead.

The center back has only featured eight times in the Premier League and eleven times in all competitions for the red devils so far this season. His appearance amounts to just a mere 728 minutes, leading to speculations the center back may opt to join Sevilla amidst interests from the Spanish side.

The deal would see the ivorian return to the league in which he began his career as a professional footballer. Eric Bailly joined the Espanyol B team in 2013, before eventually gaining promotion to the senior squad a year later. He was later sold to Villarreal for £5.13 million in 2015, where his impressive performances for the club saw him move to Manchester United for £34.2million.

Sevilla are keen on signing the ivorian and are said to be closely monitoring the situation of the player at the club whilst also showing interest in Roma defender Ivan Marcano, Diego Carlos of Nantes and Real Valladolid's Fernando Calero.

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