The Sunday Post (Dundee)

Hart, Schmeichel and

- By John Barrett sport@sundaypost.com

JOE HART is set to be handed a Premier League lifeline as part of a sensationa­l £150-million transfer merry-go-round that could see the world record price for a goalkeeper broken three times.

If it happens, Hart would end up at Leicester City, with Kasper Schmeichel replacing David de Gea at Manchester United.

The trigger to put the carousel in motion will be pulled by Real Madrid as they seek to renew their long-standing pursuit of the Spain No.1.

Jose Mourinho is desperate to sign striker Alvaro Morata.

While the Old Trafford club are reluctant to sell de Gea, United accept the player’s desire to go home to Madrid.

They would listen to offers around £70-million if it helped get the Morata deal over the line.

United have been made aware of Schmeichel’s keenness to join the club he supported as a boy.

The move is driven in part by his dad, Peter, who won 10 major trophies in his time at Old Trafford.

He celebrated several of them on the pitch with his young son.

Kasper, now 30, signed a new £100,000-a-week, five-year deal with the Foxes last summer following their sensationa­l title win.

But has expressed his ambition to play Champions League football on a more regular basis than the Foxes can offer.

Schmeichel has recently switched agents to London-based Italian, Luca Bascherino, who has strong ties with United.

He oversaw Nani and Patrice Evra’s

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