Morten Hjulmand set for Premier League showdown, Sporting captain in demand | OneFootball

Morten Hjulmand is one of Sporting’s players with the most interest on the market and, it seems, the Lions’ captain is close to sparking a true clash of titans in Manchester. Hugo Viana is interested in taking the midfielder to City in the summer, but Ruben Amorim wants to bring him to Old Trafford as early as January.

Ruben Amorim intends to ‘get the jump’ on Hugo Viana and secure the signing of Morten Hjulmand for Manchester United already in this winter transfer window. Meanwhile, the former Sporting sporting director is only considering signing the Lions’ captain for City in the summer and could very well lose out on the player.

According to the newspaper A Bola, the Red Devils are putting on the table the possibility of moving ahead, since they know that in the summer they will have fewer arguments to win this race for the Danish international. However, Sporting does not look favorably on these intentions, nor are they counting on Hjulmand’s departure, having agreed with him that it would only happen at the end of the season.

Even so, the same source reports that the Old Trafford side intends to strengthen their midfield in January and that the ‘number 42’ from Rui Borges’ team is seen as the main target. Nevertheless, Sporting is willing to make things difficult—considering the captain untouchable, the Lions’ management will only sell Hjulmand for 80 million euros, and it seems United only has 60M set aside.

Besides United and City, Tottenham and Juventus are also keeping an eye on Hjulmand, and Spanish sources claim that the Sporting captain has given the green light to a move to the Vecchia Signora, should the offer be advantageous for the Lions’ coffers.

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