Manchester United have ‘intensified talks’ to sign Wolves midfielder Joao Gomes in January with growing optimism a deal will probably be accomplished next month.
After strengthening their attack last summer, United have made rebuilding their midfield their next priority within the transfer window.
Nottingham Forest star Elliot Anderson has emerged as a top goal for the club who’re also still admirers of Brighton’s Carlos Baleba. Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton is one other goal.
Neither of those three are prone to be a viable goal in January nonetheless with United already trying to alternative options to get them through to the top of the season.
United have been credited with firm interest in Wolves star Gomes with reports within the midfielder’s homeland now claiming talks are edging towards a complicated stage.
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A fee of around €50million (£44m) is currently being negotiated between the 2 clubs with growing optimism amongst all parties a deal will probably be accomplished before the top of the yr, Globo Esporte report.
It’s the second time United have done business with Wolves this yr having signed Matheus Cunha from Molineux in the summertime after activating his release clause.
Gomes joined Wolves in January 2023 for a fee of £15m.
United’s options in the midst of the park are short with Casemiro and Bruno Fernandes serving as Amorim’s first-choice this season.
Casemiro has enjoyed a tremendous campaign however the 33-year-old is out of contract at the top of the season.
Manuel Ugarte, a £50m signing from Paris Saint-Germain in the summertime of 2024, has been limited to a bench role this season, failing to impress on the occasions when he has come onto replace the Brazil international.
Ugarte played under Amorim at Sporting CP but has shown little sign of replicating the shape he showed in Portugal together with his manager admitting he’s ‘struggling’.
‘You possibly can sense that a variety of superb players come here, and sometimes they struggle, they usually are struggling, he’s struggling within the moment,’ Amorim said.
‘But it surely is our job to attempt to help our players, and again, every thing can change, and also you saw it five weeks ago, the environment (on the club) was completely different.
‘So I do know that Ugarte is struggling within the moment, and my job is attempting to help him to feel as a player, like I felt when he was a Sporting player, for instance, but it surely is a special world, and he must adapt, and he needs to enhance, especially in training.’
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