Manchester United are winning the race to sign Brazilian wonderkid Gabriel Veron, according to reports.
The 18-year-old has emerged as a huge talent this season and Real Madrid, Manchester City, Barcelona and Juventus have all been linked with his signature.
Veron has a £53m release clause in his contract but his many suitors are confident of landing him for cheaper.
In fact, Sport suggests it could take only £18m to prise the youngster away from Palmeiras.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side returned to the top of the Premier League with a 2-1 win at Fulham on Wednesday.
“Of course you’d like a comfortable win at times but it never is easy down here,” Solskjaer said.
“Of course going 1-0 down after such a short time, I think that was what we needed – we needed a wake-up call.
“It’s never easy when you travel down here, stay in a hotel, you wanted to have a light training session but we couldn’t so we needed that wake-up call really.”
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