ANDREAS PEREIRA is reportedly set to join Lazio on loan after falling out of favour at Manchester United.
The 24-year-old said his goodbyes to his team-mates at United’s Carrington base on Wednesday.
Andreas Pereira looks set to spend the 2020-21 campaign in ItalyCredit: Getty Images – Getty
The Daily Mail claim Pereira then jetted to Rome to finalise the deal.
Lazio will have the option to make the loan move permanent for £24.5million.
Pereira has been reluctant to leave United but he wants to secure regular first-team football.
He has fallen down the pecking order at Old Trafford following the summer arrival of Donny van de Beek.
The Brazil ace is yet to feature for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side in the league this season.
Since breaking into the first-team in 2015, he has made 75 appearances for the Red Devils.
Reports claimed the club were prepared to sell him, along with a number of others, to fund their move for Jadon Sancho.
Solskjaer’s side are yet to wrap up a deal for the Dortmund star despite chasing him all summer.
But SunSport revealed Sancho still believes he will be a United player before the transfer deadline.
As well as offloading Pereira, United could lose Chris Smalling this week.
Roma have reportedly made a last-ditch bid of £10.9m up front with £2.7m in add-ons.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
