New Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe is reportedly set to approve a bid of just over £100million for an exciting youngster this summer.
United are eager to improve their squad as they look to start competing for the Premier League title again.
A report in the Sunday Mirror claims that United have already identified one of their key transfer targets for the summer.
If the signing went ahead it would be a record-breaking deal for United and would eclipse the £89million they paid to re-sign Paul Pogba from Juventus in 2016.
The report suggests that United are looking to sign Joao Neves from Benfica.
19-year-old midfielder Neves is seen as a very exciting talent and has already made three senior appearances for Portugal.
A product of Benfica's academy, Neves has played 62 times for the Portuguese club at senior level and has scored three goals.
Last month Ratcliffe gained control over sporting operations at United after finalising his £1.3billion deal for a 27.7 per cent stake in the club.
Significant changes are expected at Old Trafford this summer, with United players becoming increasingly doubtful that manager Erik ten Hag will remain in charge.
United have appointed Omar Berrada as their new chief executive and are edging closer to naming Newcastle's Dan Ashworth as their director of football.
In addition, United have held talks with data company Ludonautics, who were behind Liverpool's signings of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Andrew Robertson.
Ten Hag's side are currently in sixth place in the Premier League having taken 47 points from 28 games so far this season.
Betapidkin
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Man united still have good player that plays like Joao neves or even more than him in the academy. So why spending spree on joao neves, we should learn from Garnacho's £400k bargain and is doing well
Hiaeiklpry
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ETH is not our problem Our problem is from the players if we can offload Rashford, Anthony, Martial, Sancho, Eriksen, Varane, Evans, Maguire, Lindelof, Amrabat then use Casemiro Mctominay Malacia Bruno sometimes as our substitutes buy LW RW DM 2CB and CF we're good to face the premier league title race
momenhuda
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Meaning this team not better then current team.
Zohbnstu
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Why spent 100 million on players while Liverpool got Endo for thirty…… United had to learn how to go for unknown players
rafaeljoel
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I'll say if suck Ten hag and bring a new coach it'll add no meaning it's better to stick with him and accept it's a dead season let's see what's next up in the coming season is when we shall judge him
kusbcnorty
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Them players should be doubtful if they will be part of the project. Man utd can't be changing manager almost every season, the problem is with some players not the manager this time
Kizabdmsuy
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nerves is an amazing player.I have been following him since he was linked to united and I can confirm he is the real deal to replace casemiro.
denadintuz
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Ten Hag had to deal with too many injuries.Remember he has played numerous games without a genuine striker. Yesterday count of injured players were 10. Even Klopp or Pep would have struggle. His signings apart from Hojlund & Onana are a big let down. All managers after Sir Alex have found hard to come to terms & have spent a huge amount of money. Why only blame Ten Hag for that matter. Remember he had a awful bunch of players when he came in. His winning ratio in better then any of the managers including Sir Alex. Players like Pogba, Sancho, Martial are hard to handle including CR7 for ego.
Then keep Ten Hag AS MAN U MANAGER FOR NEXT SEASON....
Losbcekmpz
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united it shall be well , we will get back to our glory days 🙏
fooabckmty
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different additional owner ...same man United ways.
ignasiuskasire
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Same as today.
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momenhuda
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Just Dreaming how about this lineup
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Same as today.
ignasiuskasire
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Just Dreaming how about this lineup
ignasiuskasire
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nope let's sign the tried and tested someone like onana from everton
Vaaaben
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Ten Hag had to deal with too many injuries.Remember he has played numerous games without a genuine striker. Yesterday count of injured players were 10. Even Klopp or Pep would have struggle. His signings apart from Hojlund & Onana are a big let down. All managers after Sir Alex have found hard to come to terms & have spent a huge amount of money. Why only blame Ten Hag for that matter. Remember he had a awful bunch of players when he came in. His winning ratio in better then any of the managers including Sir Alex. Players like Pogba, Sancho, Martial are hard to handle including CR7 for ego.
IronBorn
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He is making the same mistakes of the past... binge buying. if he has leant nothing from Chelsea then he has got a long way to go. Money doesn't buy success.
Fuwacelnor
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This Ratcliff man, thinks that he has the final say at Manchester United. He's got to work as a co-owners.
Ratcliff has 100 control of football ops per the buy in so yeah he makes the call
Adeyemi83
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This Ratcliff man, thinks that he has the final say at Manchester United. He's got to work as a co-owners.
That man will gradually buy United, I hope we all live king to witness this
Riddikls
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Okay
Niekrsuz
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sign him up united ♥️♥️👍🇸🇸
Niekrsuz
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LIVERPOOL WIN TO NIGHT ♥️♥️
Jizbcdopuz
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This Ratcliff man, thinks that he has the final say at Manchester United. He's got to work as a co-owners.
Well said … Some utd fans talk too much. They easily forget
kawdilmo
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Let him lose money like fans lose for tickets
kawdilmo
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The coach but his players let him down too many Injuries. Last season everyone was praising him but already you saying he is useless. Look at how may times he juggled defence and midfield no recognised striker.
kukdknoyz
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This Ratcliff man, thinks that he has the final say at Manchester United. He's got to work as a co-owners.
Licbikny
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Man utd don't need to be busy buying new players, even the existing players have a hard time competing for the championship, it's just a waste of money. As long as Erik ten hag is not replaced by a wandering manager, as long as that's the case, Man utd will not be able to compete.
Licbikny
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Man utd tidak usahlah sibuk2 hendak beli pemain baru,yang pemain sedia ada pun susah hendak bersaing kejuaraan hanya buang duit sahaja.selagi erik ten hag tidak diganti dengan pengurus yang berkelibar selagi itulah Man utd tidak akan mampu untuk bersaing.
Cohabdensy
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robbing United again for money..not worth it mate
jujubee8
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neves very talent player Manu I can see him for d future
lanbcilpsy
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Sir. Jim is serious to transform Man United
Toskiid
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Benf1million lol 😂
Everblessed10
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Benfica is the 100m dollar selling club it seems like they only sell players in that region 😜😂😂
Koobekmsuy
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Good boy but utd coach staff is not guud at all
malone95
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BUY BUY BUY
pihcdlopyz
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They need to change the coach first
MU need Zidane not ETH
jaebeopru
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Neves, Maino and Martinez in the same team defensively? Chris wood will be liking his lips
BLKBtl
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They need to change the coach first
behaclnrz
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sign him up united