Manchester United are set to lodge a £65million bid for Sporting Lisbon star Bruno Fernandes this week, claims Mirror.
United see free-scoring midfielder Fernandes as the ideal player to bolster their ailing midfield, with Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay both out injured.
Sporting are said to have rebuffed United's initial offer of a player-plus-cash deal, with Marcos Rojo, Joel Pereira or Angel Gomes going the other way.
That means United are likely to have to meet Sporting's £50m valuation of Fernandes – rising to £65m with add-ons - if they are to sign him this month.
United continue to hold talks with Sporting and representatives of Fernandes, and remain hopeful a deal can be done before this month's transfer deadline.
The uncertainty over his future would seem to have had little impact on Fernandes, who starred in Sporting's 3-1 win over Setubal on Saturday, scoring twice.
Fernandes, who scored 31 goals last season, has 15 from 24 appearances for Sporting this term, with Tottenham also interested in signing him.
BillionaireSteve
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Jan 1 - Manchester United Set to make a £60 million bid for Bruno Fernandes Jan 7 - Man utd agree personal terms with Bruno Jan 12 - Bruno set to travel to Manchester for medicals Jan 19 - Bruno to Man utd still on track Jan 31 - Jesse Lingard renews contract with Man Utd
Utdslim
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why are we still on bidding after all this agreement news..... Media will not kill us
Genesis_Blue
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It's been three days since the negotiations started....VAR is still saying something
Kartik-thereds
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I am a big fan of Bruno and maybe he would be the man to help Utd for the future but he is not going to be a quick fix. Honestly they need multiple players to help stabilise their team. More importantly they need an urgent reinforcement in defensive midfielder. Players like Kante, Fernandinho, Fabinho, Ndidi, Jorginho, & Winks actually help their team bring the much needed balance and protection. They should have tried and sign Declan Rice this January.
mzeereal
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No time to waste pls.. Can you make the official announcement.. Sell Edwood if there is no money..😏