Manchester United preparing £50m transfer offer for winger loved by Ruben Amorim

Manchester United person stepped up their pursuit of Sporting wonderkid Geovany Quenda and a £50million bid for the teenage sensation is successful the works.

Quenda, 17, broke into Sporting’s elder squad successful pre-season, having joined the nine aged conscionable 13, and the youngster has gone connected to marque 18 appearances successful each competitions this term.

Ruben Amorim predicted a ‘spectacular future’ for Quenda earlier leaving Sporting for Old Trafford and the winger volition nary uncertainty person been disappointed to spot the backmost of the manager who gave him his accidental successful the first-team.

However, speculation is mounting that Quenda could beryllium acceptable to travel successful Amorim’s footsteps to the Theatre of Dreams astatine the extremity of the season.

According to Portuguese outlet A Bola, United’s involvement successful Quenda has grown importantly pursuing archetypal talks with Sporting and the Red Devils are preparing a bid that could ‘unlock a caller signifier of discussions’.

It’s claimed the connection successful question is apt to beryllium successful the portion of €60m (£50m), positive bonuses based connected idiosyncratic and squad performance.

The study adds that Quenda is present firmly successful United’s sights and the figures being discussed simply ‘cannot beryllium ignored’ by Sporting’s hierarchy, who are unfastened to further negotiations.

Quenda enactment pen to insubstantial connected a declaration hold with Sporting successful September, tying him to the nine until 2027.

This saw the merchandise clause successful Quenda’s woody summation from €45m (£38m) to €100m (£84m), a sum lone matched by prima striker Viktor Gyokeres astatine the Estadio Jose Alvalade.

Sporting could portion with the young wing-back turned winger earlier than adjacent summer, but lone if a imaginable suitor agrees to wage his merchandise clause successful full, arsenic is the lawsuit with Gyokeres.

United person besides been heavy linked with Gyokeres and Amorim’s determination from Lisbon to Manchester has lone fueled rumours that the free-scoring Sweden guardant could travel suit.

Asked whether helium could crook his aged nine to fortify his caller squad past week, Amorim told reporters: ‘I won’t beryllium signing [Sporting players] successful January, that’s what I said.

‘I don’t cognize astir the summer. The main happening is to clasp connected until the summertime [laughs].

‘After that, we’ll see, Sporting’s players are precise bully players. I don’t know. we’ll see.’

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