Man United: Solskjaer says he has ‘no updates’ on Fernandes
Sporting Lisbon have told Manchester United they must come up with a different bonus structure if they want to seal a move for Bruno Fernandes before Friday's 11pm deadline, says transfer expert Duncan Castles. United have increased their offer to Sporting for Fernandes to €55million. However, the Portuguese club are now not said to be happy with the bonuses United are including in the deal.
Man Utd transfer news: Sporting Lisbon have told United to change the bonuses for Bruno Fernandes (Image: GETTY)
“United have been offering more achievable bonuses than they did in addition to their initial €50m offer.
“Sporting aren’t happy with those as yet I’m told and for example Sporting are saying ‘You’re now including bonuses based on Manchester United qualifying for the Champions League’, previous bonuses were based on Manchester United winning the Champions League but they’re now including bonuses based on qualifying.
“But they’re saying ‘Well, look, in the last six seasons you have qualified for the Champions League through league position just twice, so we don’t consider bonuses based on Champions League qualification to be easily attainable, please think about restructuring those’.
“If you talked to the Sporting side, there is a sense there that they feel a deal is there to be made.
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"I’ve talked to other people involved in the deal and asked them ‘Will €55m as a minimum be enough to satisfy Sporting?’.
“The answer is ‘Possibly, but the bonuses will have to be more easily achievable’.
“And there is a recommendation to Sporting that they will definitely make more money for the player in the summer than that, they can guarantee a larger fee in the summer if they wait.
“Therefore Sporting are going to have to make a final decision on this.”
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Man Utd transfer news: Bruno Fernandes could stay at Sporting Lisbon until the end of the season (Image: GETTY)