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

City and United go to war over signing Morten Hjulmand from Sporting, but Amorim promises to try to stop Viana

Morten Hjulmand is one of Sporting’s most sought-after players 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 intends to bring him to Old Trafford already in January.

Ruben Amorim intends to ‘pull a fast one’ on Hugo Viana and wrap up the signing of Morten Hjulmand for Manchester United already in this winter transfer window. For his part, the former Sporting sporting director is only considering signing the Lions’ captain for City in the summer and could well lose the player.

According to the newspaper A Bola, the Red Devils are putting on the table the possibility of moving early, 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 kindly on these intentions, nor does it plan for Hjulmand’s departure, having agreed with him that it would only happen at the end of the season.

Even so, the same source adds that the Old Trafford side intends to reinforce the midfield in January and that the ‘number 42’ in Rui Borges’ team is seen as the main target. Even so, Sporting is willing to make the task difficult – considering the captain untouchable, the Lions’ hierarchy 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 eyeing Hjulmand, and the Spanish press claim that the Sporting captain has given the green light to a move to the Vecchia Signora, if the offer is advantageous for the Lions’ coffers.

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