PORTSMOUTH are eyeing up a free swoop for Manchester United defender Max Taylor as he continues his fight back from cancer.
The centre-back, 21, was diagnosed with testicular cancer in November 2018.
But he is back on the pitch aiming to get his career back on track.
Taylor is out of contract at Man Utd at the end of the season.
And he is currently enjoying a trial spell at Portsmouth – most-recently playing all 90 minutes of the 2-1 reserve team win over Luton on Tuesday.
Pompey are now keeping tabs on Taylor’s situation, keen to make his trial spell permanent in the summer.
Taylor has been at the Old Trafford giants since the age of 14.
Having worked his way into first-team reckoning in 2018, the defender was hit by his devastating cancer diagnosis a little over two years ago.
A lump on his testicle was initially treated with antibiotics but quickly came back and was revealed to be something much more sinister.
Taylor, who was given the all-clear following ‘risky’ surgery and chemotherapy in February 2019, later revealed he feared he would die.
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After making the first-team squad for the Europa League game against Astana later that year, Taylor has since drifted out of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s plans.
Taylor had spent time on loan at Kidderminster and Stalybridge Celtic before his trial at Portsmouth.
The centre-back has played in one EFL Trophy game for the Under-21s this season – the 6-0 win over Salford.
Taylor – formerly known as Max Dunne – has also played once in the PL2 for the Under-23s, a 2-1 win over Southampton in February.
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