The race for Sporting fullback Nuno Mendes is highlighted by Portuguese newspaper A Bola today.
They bring an article to cover the reports from Italy which say that Juventus are now interested in the player.
But A Bola points out they’ve previously claimed that Liverpool and Manchester United have both been following the 18-year-old as well.
Mendes is one of the Sporting talents who emerged this year, and became a regular starter for the Lions in the past couple of months.
Liverpool and Manchester United are said to be ‘following his development’ at the Lisbon side.
Good thing for Sporting is that right after Mendes got his first start, they’ve given him a new contract to run until 2025 and also raised his release clause to €45m.
So the Lions are now in a pretty comfortable situation, knowing that if Juventus, Liverpool or Manchester United come for him, they’ll have to spend big to take the player out of Lisbon.
