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Manchester United’s hopes of including one other Brazilian to their engine room have been left in tatters as Wolverhampton Wanderers have struck a deal for Fluminense midfielder Andre.
HITC report that the Brazilian enforcer, dubbed “the subsequent Casemiro”, who has lengthy been reported to be on United’s radar, is on his method to Molineux with Wolves shelling out £21m for the participant.
The Reds have bolstered their midfield choices with Uruguayan destroyer Manuel Ugarte present process his medical earlier at present forward of a blockbuster switch from Paris Saint-Germain.
And Andre was broadly reported to be another possibility ought to the Ugarte transfer fail to materialise, however after giving it the well-known “Right here we go!”, switch guru Fabrizio Romano has now revealed that the Uruguayan was all the time “possibility no 1, 2 and three” for United.
However, rumours endured that there’s scope for an additional midfield addition, with Andre’s identify talked about as a doable further physique in the course of the park.
Brazilian veteran Casemiro, who dragged United to a Carabao Cup trophy and third-place Premier League end in his first season on the membership, seemed far previous his prime final season.
And his poor type, alongside loanee Sofyan Amrabat’s failure to make his mark in Erik ten Hag’s aspect, made midfield reinforcements an inevitability.
Ugarte’s identify rapidly rose to the highest, however as PSG performed hardball on the worth, Andre was mooted as a doable cheaper possibility.
His performances within the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A caught the eyes of a number of golf equipment throughout Europe, notably these within the Premier League.
Fulham had been a doable vacation spot, who had been eying him to switch the Bayern Munich-bound Joao Palhinha, however they’ve since added former United goal Sander Berge to their ranks, whereas Liverpool and Nottingham Forest had been additionally credited with curiosity.
Nevertheless it’s Gary O’Neil’s Black Nation outfit who appear to have gained the race for Andre’s signature. We will’t rule out additional midfield reinforcements for United, who’ve simply bought Scott McTominay to Napoli for £26m and Hannibal Mejbri to Burnley for £5.4m rising to £9.4m.
Christian Eriksen is also proven the door earlier than the switch window slams shut, however there aren’t any apparent names within the body with the Purple Devils extra prone to strengthen up prime or at left again.
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