Roma have begun talks to remove a £31.5million release clause from Kostas Manolas’ current deal, in order to sell him at a higher price this summer, according to Italian media.
The Italian giants have accepted the Greek international may move on to pastures new, with a transfer to the Premier League most likely in the summer.
Manchester United are known to be in the market for a new centre-back and Manolas is among their top targets, while Arsenal have also been continuously linked with him.
Juventus and Bayern Munich are among the European heavyweights keen to sign him and Roma’s director of sport Monchi is now hoping to squeeze as much money out of potential bidders as possible or to fend them off completely.
Monchi hopes to either remove the release clause from Manolas’ contract completely or to insert an increased clause of around £43.7m, according to Corriere dello Sport.
Aside from the insertion of a new clause, talks between the 27-year-old and Roma are progressing well.
He is currently tied to a deal that runs until June 2022.
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