MANCHESTER UNITED target Douglas Costa has reportedly signed a two-year deal with Brazilian side Gremio in a huge blow to the Red Devils.
The midfielder is on loan at Bayern Munich from Juventus but he will not return to the Serie A side at the end of the season.
Costa, 30, returned to the Bundesliga giants from Juventus in October.
United tried to take advantage of a Fifa loophole to sign him in January but it never came to fruition.
And the Red Devils look set to miss out this summer too with Costa accepting a significant pay cut to make the move to his homeland happen, acccording to Gremio’s vice president Marcos Hermann.
Costa pockets £100,000-a-week in Europe with a year left to run on his Juve deal.
But Hermann revealed his team have come to a two-year agreement.
He told Goal: “He is ready to make big financial concessions, considering his salary in Europe. We also met him and now we are no longer far apart.”
Costa is trying to convince Juve to ratify the deal but Hermann added: “I am convinced that it will work.”
The Brazilian has played just 22 times this season – chipping in with just one goal and one assist.
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He is currently out injured with a broken metatarsal.
Bayern originally signed the 31-cap international for £27million from Shakhtar Donetsk in 2015.
He made a season-long loan switch to Juve two years later before the Italians made the deal permanent for £36m in July 2018.
And he moved back to Bayern again on loan last October.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
