MANCHESTER UNITED sent scouts to watch Benfica striker Darwin Nunez but he flopped on the latest occasion.
Red Devils’ representatives have watched the Uruguayan three times but the pressure is said to have got to him last time out as the Portuguese giants lost 1-0 at home to Portimonense.
Nunez shone in the first two games United reportedly had officials in the house for.
Benfica beat Boavista 3-1 at home on September 20 with Nunez scoring the first and last goals in the game.
And he got another brace in Benfica’s brilliant 3-0 win over shambolic Barcelona in the Champions League last Wednesday.
United scouts were present on both occasions, according to Portuguese outlet A Bola.
And they sent someone else to watch for a third time on Sunday.
But Benfica’s grip on the top spot in Portugal’s Primeira Liga got weaker with a 1-0 home defeat to Portimonense thanks to Lucas Possignolo’s second-half effort.
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Nunez has six goals in eight games this season and was in excellent form before Sunday’s loss.
Porto and Sporting are just one point behind Benfica who have 21 points from their first eight games.
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The Lisbon outfit were one of SIX European league leaders who lost at the weekend which made Man Utd’s 1-1 home draw with Everton look like a decent result.
Bayern Munich, Ajax, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Zenit also lost.
And according to Reddit user Danny Boy, the odds of the league leaders of Spain, Germany, France, Russia, Portugal and Holland at the weekend were 244,497/1.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
