Manchester United have been told it will take £20 million to prise Leighton Baines away from Everton.
The Mail on Sunday says Baines is under consideration as competition for skipper Patrice Evra.
Everton's Baines is only four years Evra's junior but Ferguson is determined to bring through the next wave of United stars after taking Ashley Young and Phil Jones to Old Trafford and promoting Danny Welbeck.