Manchester United are considering Edwin van der Sar as their new director of football.
United prefer RB Leipzig's Paul Mitchell to take over the role, however, they believe it will be difficult to lure him away from the Bundesliga club.
The Independentclaim van der Sar has emerged as their second favourite candidate.
The former goalkeeper spent six years as at United and now works as the CEO of Ajax.
Juventus pair Giuseppe Marotta and Fabio Paratici were also candidates of the job, but both do not want to work in England.