Manchester United were granted favor in their quest to sign Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes after his team was knocked out of the Portuguese League Cup by Sporting Braga.

Sporting Lisbon and hosts Sporting Braga met in the first semi-final of the Portuguese League Cup this season and it ended in a 2-1 loss for Bruno Fernandes and his teammates.

A potential move to Manchester United transfer might have been delayed as the player would want to play the final of the competition billed for this weekend.

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While Sporting Lisbon were trailing 1-0 in the first half, Bruno produced a quick-thinking freekick for the equalizer from French defender Jeremy Mathieu shortly after he was fouled in the opposition half.

Sporting Lisbon ended that game with three players sent off, while their opponents Sporting Braga had one player sent off in what was a feisty game.

The winner of the second semi-final match between Vitoria Setubal and FC Porto on Wednesday night will face Sporting Braga in the final scheduled for this weekend.

For Bruno Fernandes, a transfer to Manchester United is still far from being completed as Sporting Lisbon and the Red Devils are yet to reach an agreement for his transfer.

Manchester United have turned their attention to AC Milan striker Krzysztof Piatek in the bid to solve their attacking problems following the injury to star player Marcus Rashford.

This is according to the report from The Athletic which revealed that the Red Devils have already made an inquiry over the £30m-rated striker.

Marcus Rashford has scored 19 goals since the start of this season in the colours of Manchester United and the England international has been the talisman and go-to player for the Red Devils this season.

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The Manchester United Academy product might miss up to three months after he aggravated the stress fracture in his back during a recent game against Wolves.

The aforementioned publication said that Manchester United want to sign Polish international Piatek on loan for the rest of this season and AC Milan will only sanction a move for the striker if the Red Devils will sign him permanently at the end of the loan deal.

Piatek is also a target for Jose Mourinho and Tottenham Hotspur. The striker has scored five goals in 19 appearances for AC Milan this season and he has lost his central striker position at the club to Zlatan Ibrahimovic who returned to the club this month.

Manchester United are reportedly keen to launch an assault on French Ligue 1 giants Lyon for their star striker Moussa Dembele.

This is according to one of the publications from Foot Mercato which stated that Lyon have slammed an asking price of €80m (£68m) on the player.

Moussa Dembele has scored two goals and two assists in his last two games in all competitions.

The Frenchman is the top-scorer at Lyon with 15 goals since the start of this season and he could be the man to replace the goals-coring burden on Marcus Rashford who will spend several weeks on the sidelines as a result of a back injury.

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Chelsea were the first club to make a bid for Moussa Dembele in this January window but their €40m bid was turned down by Lyon.

Tottenham Hotspur also tried to sign the Frenchman in a swap deal that would see them take Kenyan international midfielder Victor Wanyama from the North London club.

The North Londoners were turned down by Lyon after they made that swap deal offer.

Manchester United are the latest club to make play for Moussa Dembele who could be the man to take the pressure off the club in terms of goals.

New Real Madrid signing Reinier was also a target for the Premier League duo of Liverpool and Arsenal according to his father Mauro Cavalho.

His father talked about the interest of both Arsenal and Liverpool in a chat with Cadena Ser, a Spanish radio station.

Reinier completed his transfer to Real Madrid from Brazilian Serie A club Flamengo in this winter transfer market for a fee said to be around €30m (£25m).

He will join the Real Madrid Castilla (youth team at the Estadio Santiago Bernebeu) upon his return from national team duty next week.

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Reinier is in line to represent Brazil at the pre-Olympics tournament for CONMEBOL ahead of Tokyo 2020.

He is not the first Brazilian teenager to join Real Madrid in the last one year as the likes of Rodrygo and Vinicius Jr. have also joined the Los Merengues as teenagers.

Arsenal have been very active in the Brazilian transfer market and that’s partly due to club legend Edu who’s the sporting director at the Emirates Stadium.

Edu is a former Arsenal midfielder who also turned out for the Brazilian national team.

He was instrumental to the signing of young forward Gabriel Martinelli who has been in sensational form for the Gunners in his first season with 10 goals in all competitions.

Manchester United have reportedly made another bid for Sporting Lisbon star Bruno Fernandes as they try to sign him before the present transfer market comes to a close.

This is according to popular transfer news outlet TuttoMercatoWeb.

It was disclosed that the Red Devils have made a £55m bid for Bruno Fernandes and it is still unknown whether Sporting Lisbon will accept the new offer from Manchester United.

The Red Devils have made several offers to sign the player who has an asking price of £68m as confirmed by Sporting Lisbon.

Bruno Fernandes was the subject of interest from both Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur last summer.

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The 25-year-old has been a scoring machine for Sporting Lisbon in the last two seasons including the last campaign which ended with him netting 32 goals in all competitions thereby breaking the record of Chelsea legend Frank Lampard as the highest-scoring midfielder in a single season.

Frank Lampard scored 27 goals for the Blues from midfield during the 2009/10 season.

Manchester United have lacked a goalscoring midfielder this season and Bruno Fernandes can provide that spark for the Red Devils from the middle of the park.

For now, Bruno Fernandes remains a Sporting Lisbon player pending the agreement of the transfer fee with Manchester United.

North London club Tottenham Hotspur want to steal a march on their rivals in the chase for Lille midfielder Boubakary Soumare according to French publication L’Equipe.

It was revealed that Spurs want to sign the young midfielder but might need to wait until the summer.

In his last interview as granted by L’Equipe, Boubakary Soumare confirmed that he would be staying at Lille for the rest of the season thus ruling out an exit from the French Ligue 1 outfit.

Tottenham Hotspur have already signed a new midfielder in Portuguese international Gedson Fernandes who signed for the North Londoners on loan from Benfica.

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20-year-old Gedson Fernandes has joined Spurs from Portuguese champions Benfica on an 18-month loan deal with the option to buy him when the loan contract expires next summer.

He had to leave Benfica after falling out of favor with manager Bruno Lage and has joined Spurs whom he made his debut for during the goalless draw at the home of Watford at the weekend.

Boubakary Soumare has a lot of clubs on his trail apart from Tottenham Hotspur.

The likes of Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United are keen on the player alongside the Spanish duo of Real Madrid and Valencia.

Manchester United and Chelsea are likely to be bypassed when it comes to the signing of Paris Saint Germain (PSG) striker Edinson Cavani according to his father.

Luis Cavani gave an update on the future of Edinson Cavani at PSG in his latest interview monitored by El Chringuito TV.

According to him, he wants Edinson Cavani to move to Spain when the Uruguayan international star leaves PSG this year though it is uncertain when the striker will leave the French club.

He wants him to join Atletico Madrid who have already made a bid for him as they attempt to sign the ex-Napoli and Palermo star in this January window.

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Atletico Madrid made a €10m bid for Cavani and it was rejected by PSG as confirmed by their sporting director Leonardo.

Edinson Cavani has six months to go on his PSG contract but the French club don’t want him to leave until this summer when he’ll be a free agent.

The 32-year-old PSG striker has spent a large part of this season on the bench due to the form of Mauro Icardi who joined the club on loan from Inter Milan last summer.

Edinson Cavani has scored 198 goals in 292 PSG games.

According to Sky Sports, Manchester United have made a big offer to sign highly-rated Birmingham City player Jude Bellingham.

It was earlier revealed by the same media portal that Birmingham City will make a bid of £25m for the 16-year-old midfielder and the offer made for the player has exceeded that amount.

Citing The Sun, it was stated that the Red Devils have made a bid in excess of £30m for the player attracting interest from within England and outside England.

European sides Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona and defending Champions League winners Liverpool have all been monitoring the player alongside Manchester United.

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Jude Bellingham has made 25 appearances for his boyhood club Birmingham City whom he has a weekly salary of £145m with.

His salary is still at the scholar level as he’s yet to be given a professional contract.

Bellingham won’t be handed a professional contract until June 29 when he celebrates his 17th birthday celebration.

For now, the player is on peanuts of £145m on a weekly basis as salary despite the interest from the biggest clubs on the European football stage.

He became the youngest player to represent English Championship side Birmingham City when he made his debut during the Carabao Cup clash at League One outfit Portsmouth.