Manchester United agree terms for Serie A superstar, Real Madrid to battle Liverpool and Manchester United for £50 million star and more: Transfer Roundup, 6 January 2019

By Shambhu Ajith

Modified Apr 30, 2019 04:55 GMT

Solskjaer seems to be inching closer towards his first signing at Manchester United

Real Madrid join Liverpool and Manchester United in race to sign Porto ace Militao

Militao has been impressive since joining the club in August

Porto have proven to be an exceptional grooming place for South American footballers in the past. Players like Radamel Falcao, James Rodriguez and Alex Sandro are prime examples. It now looks like a new name will be added to that list soon.

Now according to Marca, Real Madrid have eyes on Porto's Brazilian defender Militao and sent representatives to watch him play over the weekend. Militao is widely likened to Pepe for his aggression and willingness to go into tackles.

He has been pivotal to Porto's formidable defence having secured 8 clean sheets in addition to racking up two assists and scoring a goal. The Real scouts are reportedly impressed by the Brazilian's professionalism and swagger and are likely to return to Portugal with an official bid.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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