Nice sporting director Florent Ghisolfi insists they have no plans to sell their best players this month.

Tottenham and Manchester United have been linked with defender Jean-Clair Todibo and Khephren Thuram is interesting Liverpool.

But Ghisolfi told Entwisle: “We want to have stability, and stability is keeping your best players.

"JC [Jean-Clair Todibo] and Khephren Thuram are definitely that. We absolutely want to keep them."

Nice are owned by new United director Sir Jim Ratciffe.