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Manchester United winger Nani has agreed personal terms with Fenerbahce
and is expected to complete a move to Turkey in the next week. The two
clubs are still discussing the fee with United holding out for more than
the €5m (£3.5m) offered by Fenerbahce, who finished second in the
league last season.
The Fenerbahce sporting director,
Giuliano Terraneo, has travelled to Portugal to go over final details
with the player’s agent. Talks had initially stalled as the player’s
family had reservations about a move to Turkey, but they have decided to
try living in a new country after spending seven years in Manchester,
and a year in Lisbon while the player was on loan at Sporting.
Terraneo
held talks with United last week regarding the Portuguese
international’s transfer fee, with the Yellow Canaries wanting the move
to be completed in euros while United are pushing for sterling. Nani is
currently on holiday but is expected to join his agent in Portugal to
meet Terraneo.
Nani scored 11 times for Sporting in all
competitions last season and would become the third Portuguese
international at Fenerbahce after the former Liverpool and Chelsea
midfielder Raul Meireles and the experienced centre-back Bruno Alves.
Fenerbahce
have made sweeping changes over the summer, with the Portuguese manager
arriving alongside the Italian sporting director Terraneo. Pereira
became the first foreign manager to take charge of Fenerbahce since
Christoph Daum in 2009 when he replaced Ismail Kartal. Terraneo,
meanwhile, became the Istanbul club’s first foreign sporting director
when he took over last month.
Credit: Guardian Sport
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