Manchester United announced on Wednesday that they have reached an agreement with Sporting Portugal for the transfer of Portuguese international midfielder Bruno Fernandes. With whom he still has to agree on the terms of a contract.
“Manchester United is delighted to announce that it has reached an agreement with the Sporting Club of Portugal for the transfer of Bruno Fernandes. The transaction is subject to a medical examination and an agreement on the terms of the player's contract, "the Red Devils wrote in their statement.
Manchester United is delighted to announce it has reached agreement with Sporting Clube de Portugal for the transfer of Bruno Fernandes.
The deal is subject to a medical and the agreement of personal terms.
A further announcement will be made in due course. pic.twitter.com/6bDVHszxL1
In a communication to the stock market authorities, Sporting revealed that the amount of the transfer was 55 million euros. Bonuses of an additional 25 million may be added depending on the number of matches played, the qualification or not for the Champions League and the player's performance.
The 25-year-old attacking midfielder, who has scored 15 goals in 28 games in all competitions since the start of the season, was scheduled to travel to Manchester on Wednesday.
He comes from the same club as Ronaldo
He should even be in the stands of the Manchester City stadium in the evening to attend the semi-final return of the League Cup between the two clubs from Mancun, says the Portuguese press. In the first leg, the Red Devils lost 3-1 to Old Trafford.
Trained at Boavista, the second club in the city of Porto, Bruno Fernandes mainly worked in Italy, where he notably passed through Udinese and Sampdoria, before returning to Portugal in 2017.
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His hatching at Sporting, the club from which his elder Cristiano Ronaldo left to go to Manchester United, opened the doors of the national selection to him, which he represented 19 times (two goals). If the transfer materializes, it would be the most important transfer in the history of Sporting Portugal.
