Fred close to Manchester United transfer as Man City gift deal to Jose Mourinho
GETTY Fred is close to joining Manchester United from Shakhtar Donetsk
Manchester United and Manchester City both want Fred amid uncertainty over his Shakhtar future. The Brazil international nearly left the club in January and, given his fine displays, a summer transfer now beckons. Guardiola’s City appeared favourites to sign him just months ago but ultimately chose to spend their money on Aymeric Laporte, who joined from Athletic Bilbao. And the Manchester Evening News say their hesitance has cost them dear with Manchester United set to sign him instead. Jose Mourinho has already confirmed a central midfielder is on his radar, particularly with Michael Carrick and Marouane Fellaini leaving.
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The United manager said: "We are going to invest the basic to improve our squad. "We need to find a replacement for Michael Carrick, if Marouane Fellaini leaves, we need to find a replacement for Marouane Fellaini. "There is always in the group of players, in the squad, there is always a player or a couple of players, they are not playing a lot, and they will try obviously to leave. "So we are going again to touch our squad and to believe that more than spend, spend, spend, is probably the evolution of our players. We have some young players that need to get with both hands opportunities with their evolution, so let's see. And the MEN say Fred is primed to be their first signing of the summer.
GETTY Fred is set to work under Jose Mourinho at Manchester United next season