Transfer news: Man United and Chelsea ‘prepared to make offers’ for Sporting revelation Flavio Goncalves

Manchester United and Chelsea person scouted Sporting Lisbon’s breakout prima of the commencement of the season, Flavio Goncalves. Offers of up to €50m (£43m) for the adjacent wintertime transportation model are being mentioned.

At lone 19, Goncalves is already establishing himself arsenic an important portion of Sporting’s attacking system.

This season, the Portugal Under-21 planetary has afloat emerged and has made 9 appearances, scoring 3 goals and providing 1 assist. Capable of playing connected either helping and arsenic a fig 10, helium is chiefly utilized connected the near helping by Rui Borges.

His emergence astatine the highest level has not gone unnoticed. ‘Chelsea and Man United person scouted Goncalves extensively and they’re present prepared to marque offers straight to Sporting,’ a root told CaughtOffside.

Chelsea and Manchester United funny successful Flavio Goncalves

The study adds that the 2 English giants are already preparing to trial the waters this wintertime for the French-Portuguese player, who was calved successful Mantes-la-Jolie but came done the ranks successful Portugal, with bids estimated astatine betwixt €45m and €50m (£38m-£43m).

Sporting bash not mean to unfastened the doorway to a departure for their gem and volition request the afloat magnitude of his merchandise clause: €60m (£51m). The Portuguese broadside are truthful nether pressure, arsenic the offers mentioned are adjacent to the merchandise clause of their winger.

According to the aforesaid source, the runners-up successful past season’s Portuguese league privation to widen Goncalves’ contract, which expires successful June 2030, to rise his merchandise clause to astir €100m (£85m).

Sporting privation to widen their protege and rise his merchandise clause

It should beryllium noted that Manchester United, who could portion ways with Michael Carrick, and Chelsea are not the lone clubs funny successful Sporting’s caller gem. CaughtOffside reports that La Liga and Serie A clubs, whose names person not emerged, person besides scouted the young winger.

The scouts from those clubs were each impressed by the 19-year-old’s ‘explosive acceleration, one-on-one dribbling ability, agility successful choky spaces and nonstop extremity contribution’. His performances up to the adjacent transportation model volition beryllium intimately monitored.