Manchester United are planning a huge move to jump ahead of Real Madrid for Brazilian youngster Estevão, also known as Messinho.
That’s according to Fichajes.net, who say Manchester United are willing to give into ‘madness’ to get the player ahead of their Spanish rivals.
They explain that the youngster has caused ‘massive madness’ ahead of the January transfer window, with several big sides in Europe all keen on him.
Real Madrid want him and after wrapping up a deal for Endrick had turned their attention to ‘a new gem’ in the form of Messinho.
However, that dream could be ‘frustrated’ because Manchester United ‘would be willing to go all out’ and put an offer of €90m on the table to secure his signature.
That’s a price Real Madrid nor any other interested teams would be willing to pay and thus put them out in front of the competition.
Manchester United’s interest is reportedly being pushed by Erik ten Hag, who is aware of Messinho’s potential and has asked the club to make a ‘significant financial effort’ to secure the signing of the one of future jewels of world football as he continues efforts to reconstruct the squad at Old Trafford.
Now, we’ll take this claim with a massive pinch of salt and a huge does of doubt as well given the source and the numbers mentioned.
€90m would be an insane price to pay for a 16-year-old who is yet to play outside of Brazil, even if he has been making big waves with his performances so far.
That’s even for Manchester United, who may not be averse to spending big sums by any means but would they really go this far for an unproven youngster who hasn’t even been valued by the likes of Transfermarkt yet?
