Man Utd ‘line up Flamengo right-back Wesley Franca, 21, in transfer worth over £20m’

MANCHESTER UNITED are reportedly eyeing up a summertime swoop for Flamengo prima Wesley Franca.

The 21-year-old right-back has risen done the ranks astatine the Brazilian giants.

Wesley was a near-ever contiguous arsenic Flamengo finished 3rd successful Brazil's Serie A past season.

The versatile defender is being watched by Red Devils scouts up of a imaginable £25million move, according to reports successful Brazil.

Fichajes assertion Ruben Amorim wants to enactment Wesley connected the close broadside of his 3-4-3 system.

United splashed the currency connected Patrick Dorgu earlier this week, bringing successful the left-sided fullback from Lecce.

But immoderate woody for Wesley is apt to instrumentality spot aft the Club World Cup.

Flamengo are taking portion successful the revamped 63-game competition, which gets underway connected June 14.

The nine person already rejected a bid worthy implicit £20million from Russian broadside Zenit for Wesley.

And they judge they could person an adjacent bigger connection from United successful the summer.

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United person yet to occurrence nether Amorim, with reports suggesting almost the full squad could beryllium up for sale.

The Portuguese brag has been incapable to crook astir the club's fortunes since arriving successful November.

Amorim has since claimed helium is successful complaint of the "worst Manchester United squad successful history".

And the 40-year-old admitted past period helium had lost his temper successful the dressing country pursuing a 3-1 decision to Brighton.

Amorim said: "I'm a young feline and sometimes I marque a mistake.

"That's wherefore I don't [usually] talk aft the game. This game, I needed to speech and possibly it was a mistake.

"Then I get much tense and spell to the [press] league truly tense and accidental things you should not say.

"I don't committedness I volition not bash it again. I don't know, but I'll effort to improve."

Amorim aboriginal clarified his comments, adding: "I did not accidental I was nervous. I said the squad was tense and I was frustrated."

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