AS Monaco’s sporting director Vadim Vasilyev claims the club have been offered the services of Manchester United winger Nani.
The Portuguese winger has just 12 months remaining current contract at Old Trafford, and after talks over a new deal broke down last season over his excessive wage demands, an exit looks inevitable.
Nani missed out on United’s recently concluded pre-season tour of Asia and Australia after undergoing a nose operation last month, although boss David Moyes has confirmed he has returned to training at the club’s Carrington training base.
The arrival of Wilfried Zaha and emergence of young winger Jesse Lingard, who netted his fourth goal of pre-season in United’ 5-2 win over Kitchee in Hong Kong on Monday, could well see Nani headed for the exit door.
Monaco, backed by billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, have embarked on a lavish spending spree this summer as they prepare for life back in Ligue 1, spending well over £100million on the likes of Radamel Falcao, Joao Moutinho and James Rodriguez.
High profile agent Jorge Mendes has been at the heart of Monaco’s recruitment drive and not only represents the aforementioned players but also looks after Ricardo Carvalho, who joined the club on a free from Real Madrid, and Nani.
Mendes could well be trying to engineer Nani’s move to the Stade Louis II with Vasilyev confirming Monaco have been offered the Portuguese wideman.
– Deal-maker Mendes keeping Monaco ahead of the game
“He has been proposed to us. He is a very good player, but there have been no talks so far,” he told L’Equipe.
‘”We have already changed our group quite a bit and we also want to offer opportunities to our young players. We still have time to make a few alterations before the end of the transfer window, if needed.”
Given Moyes’ struggles to bolster his own squad this summer, it remains to be seen whether he would be willing to part with Nani, who despite being infuriatingly inconsistent is still capable of the sublime.
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