Manchester United are planning a major bid for Wolves striker Diogo Jota.

The Daily Express says United are ready to launch a bid of £50m to take Wolves frontman Jota to Old Trafford this summer. United had spies paying particular attention to Portuguese when he netted a hat-trick against Espanyol in the Europa League on Thursday night.

Jota, 23, became the first player in eight years since Schalke's Klass-Jan Huntelaar to score back-to-back hat-tricks in the Europa League.

United are desperate for someone to take the goal-scoring burden off Marcus Rashford having failed in the last two transfer windows to land a top-class striker.

Jota has spent the three seasons at Molineux having played for Nuno Espirito Santo at Porto and helped the club win a Championship title in his first season.