Manchester United confident of landing Sporting captain Bruno Fernandes before the January transfer window close,
Manchester United are confident of signing Sporting Lisbon captain Fernandes before the January transfer window close on Friday night.
A bid from United of around £46.6m plus add-ons was accepted by the Portuguese club on Tuesday evening - but the Man Utd will be facing competition with Spanish club Barcelona which also said to be interested in the player too and has already agreed on a deal with Sporting,
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According to Sky Sports, In that case, it will be down to Fernandes to make a decision on which club to choose. If the Reds manage to sign him before Friday's 11pm deadline,
The Portuguese international could make his debut in Saturday's league match against Wolves at home. But Bruno Fernandes won't be given the No8 shirt he currently wears at his club - because it is already taken by a big player Juan Mata.
Here is a look at some likely squad numbers he could wear should he join Man Utd, Courtesy of ManUtdFC Blog.
No:7: this shirt has not had the best record since Cristiano Ronaldo left the club. Could Fernandes bed the one to finally emulate his fellow Portugal teammate?
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Michael Owen, Antonio Valencia, Angel di Maria, Memphis Depay, and Alexis Sanchez have all worn this iconic shirt number but struggled for performance on the pitch.
But with Sanchez potentially returning to the club after the current season, will his shirt number
be waiting for him?
No:11
A signing of Fernandes' stature might be given an iconic squad number, but the 11 shirt is more associated with a left-winger.
This number has not to be assigned to any player since Anothony Martial switched squad number back in summer.
The No was iconic with Ryan Giggs, less so with his successor Adnan Januzaj.
No:12
Another number that might be assigned by a Man Utd Loan player next season. It used to be said ironically, but nobody actually has filled the empty left by Chris Smalling in the summer.
Worn by Pil Neville when United won the Treble, and by David Bellion when they didn't win anything.
No:18
This shirt no was last worn by former captain Ashley Young, who departed for Inter Milan earlier this transfer window. The previous shirt bearer was United Legend Paul Scholes.
No:19
Not occupied since the former bearer Marcus Rashford got his promotion some couple of seasons ago.
James Wilson and Danny Welbeck also had this shirt number during their stay at the club. Fernandes used to wear this shirt number in his country before switching to the No.16 shirt recently.
Antonio Valencia was the last player to wear the shirt No before his departure over the summer and also by Nick Powell.
No:27
Marouane Fellaini, Federico Macheda, and Mikael Silvestre are United players to wear this shirt No. so, some mixed memories are associated with this particular squad number.
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