Let’s start this story with the truth, which is that most Portuguese newspapers don’t even have an article about Manchester United’s chase for Alex Telles today.
Correio da Manhã, Jornal de Notícias and local Porto outlet O Jogo don’t even mention the left-back. Record brings a short story, but with all of their information coming from The Sun.
That said, there’s one Portuguese newspaper which continues to sound optimistic about this transfer, and that’s A Bola.
They don’t have a lot to say today, since their paragraph on Telles is in a story about several outgoing transfers from Porto this summer. But they make it clear the chances of his move to Manchester United are real.
A Bola writes that Telles stays at Porto for now, but the negotiations with the Red Devils are at their peak.
They say the Dragons have been tough in the negotiations, demanding between €20m and €25m for the move, and also claim talks are have ‘accelerated pace’.
And that’s all for now.
Despite A Bola’s positivity, it’s still strange that only one sports newspaper in Portugal is writing about this transfer. Especially because they haven’t been very detailed about what’s happening between Porto and Manchester United for the past couple of weeks, and that’s not something usual when big transfers happen in that country.
