Ruben Amorim has reportedly been “made conscious of the prospect” to signal former Manchester Metropolis star Joao Cancelo by the Manchester United bosses.
Cancelo left Manchester Metropolis for Al Hilal in a everlasting deal value £21m in the summertime, however hadn’t made a Metropolis look since January 2023, when he moved to Bayern Munich on mortgage, forward of one other short-term swap to Barcelona for the 2023/2024 season.
There have been reviews of a falling out between Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola and Cancelo which led to exit from the membership, however the Portuguese full-back has denied claims of a rift between the pair.
Talking to Portuguese outlet O Jogo, Cancelo stated: “We talked, it was a dialog, not a dialogue, and we determined that the very best factor could be for me to depart this market.
“A chance I couldn’t refuse. It was by mutual settlement.”
Cancelo has made 17 appearances for Al Hilal within the Saudi Professional League this season, contributing 5 assists from right-back.
However switch professional Steve Kay claims there’s an opportunity Cancelo might return to the Premier League, with Metropolis’s bitter rivals Manchester United regarded as contemplating a transfer.
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The choice over whether or not to go after the 30-year-old is claimed to have been left to under-pressure head coach Amorim, and any ideas of Cancelo not desirous to upset Metropolis has been firmly put to mattress – there’s no love misplaced there.
Kay claimed on his YouTube channel, KS1 TV: “That is one which got here to my consideration this morning. This was talked about to somebody I’m very shut with through the post-match press convention alongside different journalists at Tottenham on Sunday.
“Manchester United have made Amorim conscious there’s an opportunity Cancelo might come to United, they usually’ve principally left it within the fingers of the supervisor.
“As quickly as I heard that I began placing collectively the hyperlinks, the place did the supply come from, he’s Portuguese, the supervisor, however then it’s Man Metropolis, however he left on unhealthy phrases. Swiftly issues began slipping into place. Sure, I’ve to belief my sources, there’s a chance, there’s a likelihood. I’d say about £30m I’d have thought.
“My factor was, would he go after being at Metropolis to United? However I’ve spoken to some individuals as we speak about it and Cancelo has that temperament the place he doesn’t give a rattling, he gained’t give a rattling about that, he doesn’t just like the hierarchy at Metropolis.”
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