Newcastle United and Everton have reportedly ‘made approaches’ for Sporting Lisbon and Portugal midfielder Matheus Nunes.
The 23-year-old made the move to Sporting Lisbon in 2019. He has been a key player for them over the past couple of seasons as he has played 99 times across all competitions.
His form for Sporting led to him making his senior debut for Portugal last year. He has now been capped eight times.
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The centre-midfielder grabbed four goals and five assists in 50 appearances for Sporting Lisbon during the 2021/22 campaign.
It was revealed earlier this week that Man Utd are among the teams interested in the Portugal international.
Foot Mercato (via Sport Witness) are reporting that Newcastle United and Everton are also tracking Nunes.
The report claims that an ‘approach of €45m’ has already been made for the player.
This has been turned down as they state that ‘Sporting will not accept any offer below his release clause of €60m’.
Elsewhere, according to reports, Chelsea are looking to beat Newcastle to the signing of Juventus centre-back Merih Demiral this summer.
Demiral impressed last season on loan at Atalanta, playing 42 games in all competitions for the Serie A side, though they have not taken up the option to make the deal permanent.
Reports suggest Juventus are unlikely to want Demiral to return next season, meaning a permanent sale elsewhere is most likely.
Newcastle have been linked in recent days and Chelsea are now said to have joined the race.
That’s according to CalcioMercatoWeb (via CaughtOffside), who claim the Blues see Demiral as an option to replace Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen, both of whom have left on free transfers.
And the report claims Chelsea could offer Juventus a shock swap deal to land Demiral, with midfielder Jorginho the man put forward as an option.
The Italy international is out of contract in 2023 and it’s claimed Chelsea could be willing to use him in this deal to utilise his true value, rather than losing him for nothing next summer.
Blues boss Thomas Tuchel is keen on improving his forward options as well as adding new defenders to his squad.
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