Manchester United agree £40million fee with Inter Milan for Ivan Persic

MANCHESTER UNITED have agreed a £40million fee with Inter Milan for Ivan Perisic.

The Croatian winger is set to be Jose Mourinho’s third signing of the window following the captures of Romeleu Lukaku and Victor Lindelof.

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Manchester United finally agree fee with Inter Milan for Ivan Perisic

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Jose Mourinho is close to landing this third signing of the summer

The Italians have stood firm on their valuation of Perisic, but now the deal looks close to being finalised as Inter are closing in on Lazio star Keita Balde after enquiring about a loan deal for Anthony Martial.

But finally the long running saga is over and the former Borussia Dortmund star will finally get his wish to make the switch to the Premier League.
SunSport exclusively revealed in May the 28-year-old wideman has agreed to move to Old Trafford on a £100,000 per week deal.

Perisic will fly out to meet his new teammates in the US

United are exptected to turn thier attention to Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic who has not travelled with Antonio Conte’s squad for thier pre-season tour of the Far East.

The Serbian star has fallen down the pecking order at Stamford Bridge with the signing of Monaco midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko.

The Reds kicked off their pre-season tour with a 5-2 win over LA Galaxy on Saturday.

A Marcus Rashford brace and goals from Maroaune Fellaini, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Anthony Martial did the damage for Mourinho’s men at the StubHub Center.

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Ivan Perisic is Old Trafford bound

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Romelu Lukaku couldn’t copy Wayne Rooney by scoring on his debut for Manchester United

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Marcus Rashford scored twice as United won 5-2 in their opening friendly

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Henrikh Mkhitaryan was on the scoresheet for Manchester United against LA Galaxy