Andreas Pereira could become part of Bruno Fernandes deal as Sporting Lisbon want Manchester United midfielder on loan as clubs search for agreement over £64m asking price
* Manchester United and Sporting Lisbon are negotiating over Bruno Fernandes
* Portuguese club now want £64m for the 25-year-old attacking midfielder
* United had previously offered £50m plus a further £10m in add-ons
* But offer could be beefed up if United throw in a player to join Sporting on loan
* Andreas Pereira is the latest player to be offered to get the deal over the line
Andreas Pereira could be heading to Sporting Lisbon on loan as a makeweight in Manchester United's for Bruno Fernandes.
The Old Trafford club have offered various players in order to get the deal for the Portuguese attacking midfielder over the line, and Pereira is the one Sporting are most interested in, according to reports in Portugal.
The two clubs' negotiations are stuttering over their respective valuations of Fernandes, with Sporting now wanting a transfer fee of £64million, paid up front.
United are understood to be offering £50m plus a further £10m in add-ons.
But that would be beefed up by including a player in the deal, with Brazilian midfielder Pereira, who stands to be replaced in the United team by Fernandes, the latest to be offered in a loan deal.
Newspaper A Bola report that United offered Sporting their fourth-choice goalkeeper Joel Pereira, defender Marcos Rojo and playmaker Angel Gomes - but none of them interested the Portuguese club.
Sporting Lisbon and Manchester United have differing opinions over the valuation of Bruno Fernandes, with the Portuguese club now demanding £64m for the playmaker. United midfielder Andreas Pereira could be used as a makeweight to seal the deal. Portuguese newspaper A Bola report that United have offered Pereira on loan to Sporting
Andreas Pereira, 24, has featured regularly for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side this season, starting 15 Premier League matches and three in the EFL Cup.
But there have been question marks over whether the United academy graduate is of the calibre to play for the first team as Solskjaer continues his rebuilding operation.
The loan offer suggests, however, that United do want to keep him in the long-term.
Fernandes, 25, wants to sign for United and they fast-forwarded plans to sign him in the current window following injuries to midfielders Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay.
It is still possible that a deal can be struck before Sporting are due to play their rivals Benfica in the Lisbon derby on Friday night.
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