There may be a race between Arsenal and Manchester United to sign Joao Neves, a Portuguese defensive defender.
According to the news picture below from today’s Record, the Gunners want to sign Sociedad star Martin Zubimendi to improve their center, but he wants to stay in Spain.
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That being the case, Arsenal is interested in Neves and can “advance” towards Benfica to sign the player. Manchester United and Manchester City are also interested in him.
A well-known Portuguese news source said that the Eagles will only “accept” a price of at least £85m (€100 million) for the sale of their most valuable player.
United has already had a 60 million euro offer turned down by Benfica.
The big teams in the Primeira Liga have been very good over the past year, especially Joao Neves, who plays in the No. 6 spot.
He will play for Portugal at the European Championships, and it will be interesting to see if the young player starts ahead of Ruben Neves, who is a much more experienced DM.
To be fair, Manchester United needs a strong DM badly and needs to move quickly to beat Arsenal to the signing of Neves.
The club in north London paid a lot of money to get Declan Rice last summer. He is their key playmaker in the middle of the field and plays for England. There is also Partey for the No. 6 job in Arteta.
United, on the other hand, has Casemio, who isn’t as good as he used to be. Amrabat may go back to Italy after moving on loan last summer.
Let us know what you think: Should Manchester United pay £85 million to get Neves before Arsenal does?
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