Man Utd have decided when to make an opening bid in their transfer pursuit to sign Portugal international Bruno Fernandes.
The Independent have claimed that the Red Devils will have to bid over £50million to secure a deal with Sporting, and will make a move over next three weeks.
The report adds that Solskjaer is still set on rebuilding his midfield this summer as Paul Pogba nears the exit door after Ander Herrera’s departure.
Fernandes wants to take the next step in his career by leaving his native country after he helped the national side to Nations League glory.
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Wan-Bissaka reveals Zaha message
Aaron Wan-Bissaka says Wilfried Zaha told him to play without fear at Man Utd.
“When he knew that I joined, he just told me to play without fear,” Wan-Bissaka said.
“I have come here as a new signing and he said, ‘Just play your game and do what you did last season’.
“He was happy for me. He said I deserved it and I should continue working hard and doing what I do.
“I try not to focus on [the pressure]. For me, it is just developing as a player and my ability to help the team going forward.
“I expected it when I came here – it’s a big club. I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Crystal Palace so the attention will always be there.
“I just need to play my game and block it out. It’s always good to get that first game, that is what I was looking forward to.”
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Man Utd urged to sell Pogba and Sanchez
Manchester United have been urged to sell Paul Pogba and Alexis Sanchez by former Red Devils man Paul Parker.
“You have to let Pogba and Sanchez go,” Parker told Eurosport. “Pogba’s a definite one. He wants to go – that’s been stated, but the only thing he’s not done is go on strike.
“You don’t know whether it’s struck him to do that. When people are watching him week-in-week-out they see what I see. You see him sulking.
“Sanchez was another massive mistake. It was a ridiculous signing and it was always going to go wrong. He wasn’t needed.
“But how do you get rid of somebody when they’re carrying so much money in their wage packet?
“You’d have to supplement them. You might have to give him over 50 per cent of his wages. It’s madness.
“Whatever club he goes to next, they’re going to have the same issues as well.”
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Pogba best interests not Raiola priority - agent
Agent Bernie Mandic believes Mino Raiola does not have Manchester United star Paul Pogba’s best interests at heart.
“From what I’ve seen, and I don’t know Raiola personally, he is without a doubt the premier dealmaker in the world at the moment,” he said on The Transfer Window podcast.
“But it seems like the money definitely comes first and the clients second, and that for me was what happened with Pogba when he went to Manchester United from Juventus.
“Your clients best interests have to come first, and for all the supposed bad stuff I did with Harry Kewell, at the end of the day he had better offers from other clubs and he was the one who chose Liverpool rather than going to Chelsea, for example, or at that time Arsenal or Barcelona, because one, he loved the club, secondly, he felt that he had the best connection with Gerard Houlier compared with anyone else.
“Houlier put his best case forward personally whereas other clubs had sporting directors doing it and that made a substantial difference to his thinking.
“Whereas I think Raiola basically couldn’t care less. It’s a case of chase the money and that’s the bit which I don’t think is in the best interests of the players and it doesn’t look like that a lot of these things have turned out well for the player apart from the financial aspect.”
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has admitted he would love a Bryan Robson in his team right now.
“I never had the honour of playing with Robbo, but we need a player like him in the team,” said Solskjaer.
“We're waiting for the young ones to come through, because we've got so many exciting players and I'm sure we'll see the best of them in the years to come.
“There are some experienced ones as well that still have a few years left in them. We can get back to the level we were, definitely.
“We need to win again. We're on the way to building a new squad. We've got new staff in, coaching staff.
“I believe so much in this club and this project. To be manager of this club is fantastic.”
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Man Utd use Neymar to make Paul Pogba transfer decision
Manchester United want £150million to let Paul Pogba go - because of PSG star Neymar.
The Red Devils are aware that Pogba hasn't lived up to the hype ever since his stunning return from Juventus in the summer of 2016.
However, ESPN claim United want big money because they feel Neymar's move from Barcelona to PSG two years ago inflated the market.
The Samba star cost £200m when he moved to the Parc des Princes in 2017.
And United feel that, as a result, they are entitled to demand £150m for Pogba, who is wanted by Real Madrid and Juventus.
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Man Utd selling Pogba may prevent signings - Osman
Former Everton star Leon Osman believes Manchester United will struggle to attract top players if Paul Pogba leaves.
“Nowadays I think it relatively picks itself with the strongest players that Manchester United have,” he said.
“Let’s make no mistake, United are adrift. They’re getting worse season after season.
“If you’re looking at bringing in better players to strengthen it, they’re gonna want to come and play with a Pogba, they’re gonna want to come and play with the best players.
“If you take Pogba out of that midfield and say you’re going to come and join these other players, without being disrespectful, the best players aren’t going to want to come.”
BBC Sport man Simon Stone believes Manchester United chief Ed Woodward has let Paul Pogba down by failing to build a team around him.
“What I would say is, Manchester United paid a club-record fee for Paul Pogba - £89m,” he said on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Football Daily podcast.
“And Ed Woodward, the executive vice-chairman, made it very clear that virtually as soon as Pogba left Manchester United for Juventus in the first place they were trying to work on how to get him back.
“They invested a lot in Paul Pogba and there’s a lot invested in him, not just financially but in terms of the social-media footprint.
“Where I kind of question United is that they brought in this guy and paid so much money for him, and then didn’t really construct a team around him.
“So we’ll look at Lukaku, we’ll look at Sanchez, Ibrahimovic obviously who arrived at the same time, and you kind of think: where do these people all fit in?”
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Jose Mourinho job hint after Man Utd sacking
Jose Mourinho has been out of work since Manchester United sacked him in December following a nightmare start to the Premier League season.
But, now, he’s dropped a hint that Germany may be his next destination.
“I really miss football. I miss the adrenaline, the field, my job. Football is football,” he said.
“Right now, I am studying German. Bundesliga? Now, I’m studying German because I miss the language.
“I speak English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Italian. But I do not exclude anything, not even Germany.”
Juan Mata speaks out
Meanwhile, away from transfer news, United star Juan Mata has expressed optimism ahead of next season.
“The [pre-season] training is excellent – for different reasons,” he said.
“One of them is that we had a lot of sessions in two weeks, productive sessions with almost every player training almost every day.
"It has been good from a physical point of view and we’ve had time to work on tactics and the way we want to play.
“We are still not at our best but we still have five more games and we're doing OK so far.”
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Solskjaer and Woodward at loggerheads
Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha claim Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ed Woodward are at odds over Bruno Fernandes.
The Sporting Lisbon star has emerged as a top Red Devils transfer target this summer.
But, while Solskjaer wants his signing, Woodward is said to be wary of paying more than £50m for a midfielder who has never played in the Champions League.
Fernandes scored 31 goals for Sporting from midfield last season.
And the 24-year-old also helped Portugal win the Nations League, beating both Switzerland and Holland on their route to glory.
Manchester United new boy Daniel James has revealed the advice Ryan Giggs gave him about his move to Old Trafford, saying: “Giggsy, as soon as I came into the Wales set up had ambitions for me. The way he brought me and a lot of other youngsters through has been amazing.
"He spoke to me when I first signed for United. His advice was to be myself, which is what I will try to do.
“He wasn’t a bad player was he? What he did at Manchester United was amazing. Every young winger looks up to a person like him.
“He was playing in the Premier League until he was 40 and he was still beating players. Credit to him, the way he looks after his body.
“It is amazing for me, when I go away on internationals, to learn from people like him. He is obviously someone I aspire to be like.”