The promise to Sporting fans after Ruben Amorim’s exit a week ago was that he would not bring any players to Manchester United in January, a promise he still keeps, but it means that an effective search has been launched elsewhere than the Portuguese big club.
Ruben Amorim desperate to make ex-Manchester City player his first Manchester United signing.
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Since Amorim was confirmed as Ten Hag’s successor, United have been linked with several of Sporting’s players, including Swedish goal machine Viktor Gyokeres. However, Amorim has ruled out raiding its former side on the winter market and in addition, Gyokeres will cost 100 million euros. – Unless someone else steps in and puts the money on the table, Manchester United are looking for the Swede in the summer.
With an eye on more achievable goals, Amorim could be keen to sign Juventus captain Danilo, whose contract expires in Turin at the end of the season.
The Mirror reports that the 33-year-old is seen as a quick fix to strengthen United’s defence.
Danilo has worked with some of the most famous managers in the world, including Zinedine Zidane, Massimiliano Allegri and Pep Guardiola, the Brazilian has admitted that his relationship with the latter was not perfect.
Speaking to la Repubblica in 2021, Danilo said: “I’ve been lucky, they’re different, but they’re all winners. I’ve tried to learn from everyone. It was with Guardiola I changed the way of looking at things, I didn’t play much also because of an injury.
“It’s true that it’s not easy to have a good relationship with him, he’s never relaxed, he thinks about football all the time. I think at home, in the evening, he lays his wife on the couch as if she were a player on the field.
“From Allegri, I’m trying to learn something I hadn’t yet been taught, he wants something completely different and I’m sure I want to get stronger.”
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