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Manchester United have actually reached ‘overall contract’ with Flamengo to offer Andreas Pereira.
The Brazilian midfielder, who relocated to United’s academy from PSV in 2011, was lent to Flamengo last summer season after a frustrating short-term stint in Italy with Lazio.
Nevertheless, he has actually taken pleasure in a constant spell in Brazil, making 25 looks and scoring 5 objectives for the Rio de Janeiro-based club.
Flamengo, impressed by the 26-year-old’s provings in the middle of the park, have actually been seeking to turn his loan relocation into an irreversible transfer because January, and even had actually a deal turned down by the Premier League giants.
Today they have actually lastly handled to strike an irreversible handle the English attire. According to Fabrizio Romano, United have actually accepted a deal of EUR10.5 m with an extra 25% sell-on stipulation. Pereira has actually likewise accepted the offer and is set to devote his long-lasting future to Flamengo.
United’s choice to offer a midfielder who wasn’t sufficient to challenge the similarity Scott McTominay and Fred is easy to understand, however their unwillingness to update the midfield that leaves their defence exposed regularly is costing Ralf Rangnick’s side points.
Burnley’s equaliser due to McTominay’s absence of spatial awareness in United’s 1-1 make use of Tuesday night was the most recent example of their concerns in midfield.
