Manchester United’s Ed Woodward and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer are resolute in their determination to continue their brushing up their squad and have been continuously linked with numerous top quality players in this coming summer transfer window and the latest name in the spotlight is that of Joao Felix.
According to Le10Sport’s latest exclusive, the Red Devils are preparing for big summer transfer activities, looking to keep Pogba, sign Sancho and also hoping to nab Felix.
The French source has mentioned that Man Utd have aggressive intentions of making a huge move to sign the Atletico Madrid playmaker. The Old Trafford top brass will apparently hope to be relying on the services of super agent Jorge Mendes, who also represents Cristiano Ronaldo and was instrumental in helping United sign Bruno Fernandes in the winter transfer window.
However, the source claims that the Rojiblancos is unlikely to sell the 20-year-old star because they see him as the future of the club.
Felix made the headlines with his fantastic campaign last term with Benfica and then last summer, prompting Athletico’s Argentine manager Diego Simeone to immediately sign him in a move to replace French playmaker Antoine Griezmann at the Wanda Metropolitano.
This season, so far, the Portuguese international has directly contributed in making 6 goals and 3 assists in 20 starts in all competitions for the La Liga club.
The Selecao starlet is one of the highest paid youngsters in the world and earns £255,000-a-week, as per The Sun. Although the 5-capped international is featured mainly as a secondary striker, he can effectively play on the flanks as well.
Manchester United believe that he could be the next Ronaldo at Old Trafford but having been signed by Atletico Madrid for 120 million euros, he is obviously not going to be up for grabs cheap.