Update from earlier this week: west ham willing to engage with United on Fernandez. Asking for time to finish new internal structure but all signs are it's United only for him and West Ham will let it happen. Fee expected to be closer to £70m all in, not £80m.
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West Ham co-owner Daniel Kretinsky is understood to have brought in some of his own staff to help fill the void in executive positions at West Ham United following the extraordinary events of the last week.
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🔺NEW: Manchester United set to beat Arsenal in race for £80m-rated Mateus Fernandes
West Ham United midfielder, who is also wanted by the new Real Madrid manager José Mourinho, is increasingly likely to make the move to Old Trafford
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Bit of additional info: The reason so many names coming out is United doing their usual "ask about everyone" routine. So of course it comes across as linked to lots of players.
Only ones worth monitoring for now are Fernandes, Wharton and "maybe" Thuram.
Aiming to sign 3 CMs.
Ugarte, Onana and Bayindir the only names expected to go. Zirkzee only goes if we sign someone to replace him and currently that is distant priority compared to midfield and full backs
Been a while since I had something to share but, Offer for Fernandez is effectively in with West Ham but we think it's going to be a very drawn out process because they are effectively just not talking to anyone whilst getting a structure sorted out internally. Aim is £65m-£70m
Someone at World Snooker Championship final just jumped barrier and was screaming something about TV License before getting bodied and taken out of there.