Man Utd add second Sporting star to Ruben Amorim wishlist amid Viktor Gyokeres setback

Manchester United people Viktor Gyokeres is understood to person a merchandise clause of £83million and cannot permission anytime soon, truthful the nine are present turning their attentions to 17-year-old winger Geovany Quenda

Manchester United are reportedly lining up Sporting Lisbon starlet Geovany Quenda aft learning they won't capable to motion his team-mate Viktor Gyokeres until adjacent summer.

Ruben Amorim is preparing to permission Sporting for Old Trafford adjacent week and is being linked with a fistful of the club's apical players - with Gyokeres powerfully tipped to articulation him successful Manchester aft starring successful the 4-1 win against Manchester City.

The Swedish prima netted a hat-trick against Pep Guardiola's broadside to permission fans blown away, though Amorim has already insisted helium volition not beryllium capable to raid the Portuguese giants for immoderate players this January.

Gyokeres is understood to person a merchandise clause of £83million and volition apt not permission until adjacent summer, truthful United are present turning their attentions to 17-year-old winger Quenda, who started against City, according to MEN.

Quenda played 85 minutes against Pep Guardiola's broadside and grabbed an assistance connected an awesome all-round show - confirming his presumption arsenic 1 of Portugal's brightest talents.

He has started 8 of Sporting's 10 league games nether Amorim truthful far, showcasing his maturity for a subordinate of his property - scoring his archetypal extremity of the play past month. That helped him marque past arsenic helium became the club's youngest scorer successful the league, beating Cristiano Ronaldo.

The study suggests United person been monitoring Quenda - who has been compared to Bukayo Saka - since the commencement of the play since being fixed his debut by Amorim successful August.

Quenda joined Sporting aged 12 and has already been trusted by Amorim to beryllium connected the seat past play aged conscionable 16. The 39-year-old manager is intelligibly a immense admirer of the young endowment and would beryllium tempted to bring him to United fixed the opportunity.

United person a 4 main wingers astatine the nine but lone Alejandro Garnacho and Amad Diallo person shone this season, with Marcus Rashford struggling and Antony hardly playing truthful far.

Quenda tin besides play astatine wing-back - which would suit Amorim arsenic helium is expected to acceptable up his classical 3-4-3 enactment astatine United erstwhile helium joins connected November 11.

Reports person indicated that Quenda has a merchandise clause of £84m and Sporting would not beryllium consenting to judge thing little - and similar Gyokeres United would person to hold until adjacent summertime to drawback him up.

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