Man Utd transfer target set to snub Man City after secret Ruben Amorim talks

Manchester United brag Ruben Amorim is seemingly keen connected bringing different of his erstwhile Sporting Lisbon players to Old Trafford adjacent summertime amid links to Viktor Gyokeres

Sporting Lisbon defender Ousmane Diomande is said to beryllium leaning towards joining Manchester United alternatively than Manchester City arsenic involvement successful him continues to grow.

The talented centre-half, 20, has admirers each passim Europe aft impressing for Sporting since joining the Portuguese giants astir 18 months agone and is apt to beryllium the taxable of transportation involvement successful January.

After losing the services of caput manager Ruben Amorim, Sporting volition beryllium hopeless not to suffer immoderate of their apical players successful the wintertime window. And portion their brag has vowed helium won't raid his aged nine successful January, Manchester United are expected to travel calling adjacent summer.

Viktor Gyokeres and Geovany Quenda have been linked with the Red Devils successful caller weeks, however, United besides look to clasp an involvement successful Diomande, who is connected the radar of their arch-rivals, Manchester City.

Sky person suggested that United whitethorn person the borderline successful immoderate transportation race, though, owed to Amorim. He is said to person already spoken with Diomande astir the anticipation of moving unneurotic again astatine Old Trafford, with United keen to guarantee they don't autumn down their rivals erstwhile it comes to their pursuit of the sought-after youngster.

He isn't the lone Sporting alumni to sermon signing the defender. Hugo Viana is poised to go City's caller sporting manager and helium besides has designs connected luring him to the Premier League for his caller club.

Diomande is 'leaning towards' United, though, and it's owed to the Amorim factor, with the defender keen to support processing nether his eye.

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Diomande is believed to person a €80million (£66m) merchandise clause written into his contract, meaning Sporting would basal to nett large clip connected a subordinate they snapped up from Danish outfit Midtjylland.

His agent, Luis Cassaiano Neves, moved to chill transportation speculation past year, citing that Sporting was the cleanable situation for his development. He told Portuguese outlet A Bola: "He is highly satisfied astatine Sporting, helium is precise focused connected the nine and the objectives for this season, which see winning the nationalist rubric and improving.

"He knows that Sporting is the perfect nine for this evolution. Sporting is Diomande’s contiguous and aboriginal and it is wherever helium wants to evolve."

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