Due to United's poor performances in the league this season, the team's rebuilding this summer is already inevitable. Recently, as many as eight Manchester United players have been rumored to be transferring in the summer window, not including players who have been loaned this season, and Midfielder Andreas Pereira, who was loaned by Manchester United to The First Division side Flamengo last summer, is one of them.
Flamengo are reportedly considering buying out Pereira's contract, but United have asked the club's top brass to come to Manchester in person to negotiate.
In recent times, Marcos Braz, a top brass of the flamenco club, has been constantly asked about the situation around Pereira in every interview.
Pereira joined Flamengo on loan last summer, when the two clubs negotiated the terms of Pereira's loan, which also included the option of a €20 million buyout deal.
However, just six months later, when flamenco began to negotiate against Manchester United on Pereira's transfer, his transfer value had already been cut off, leaving only 10 million euros.
It is reported that until now, Flamengo has not paid Pereira rent to Manchester United. The midfielder, who has dual Belgian and Brazilian citizenship, has a loan contract with Flamengo that expires at the end of July this year.
According to Brazilian sports media Sportv, Marcos Braz explained the situation again, stressing that the club will not rush to complete the flamenco 18-man trade.
In response, Marcos said: "In fact, Andreas has played a very important role in the team, he is one of our key targets. The biggest reason we will be travelling to Manchester for negotiations is that when we made our first offer, the Staff at Manchester United politely asked us to come to the UK to process the transfer and they didn't want to make a deal via email.
While the club are very keen to get Pereira permanently, we have to calm down now as his loan contract doesn't expire until 30 July and we can use that time to make more cautious decisions. ”
Pereira, 26, joined United's Under-18 youth team from Eindhoven in the Netherlands at the age of 16 and joined The Manchester United first team in 2015-16. He was also the main player in the team's midfield two seasons ago, and he suffered from insomnia due to the fierce competition in the team.
After Solskjaer became Manchester United manager, Pereira lost his place in the squad. Last season he was loaned to Serie A's Lazio and last summer he joined Flamengo on loan for €1 million.
Pereira did quite well last season, scoring five goals and one assist in 18 of his 18 League games for Flamengo. However, his transfer value has dropped sharply this year, from 20 million euros in 2019 to less than 10 million euros.
Despite this, flamenco still can't afford such a high transfer fee, and it is not known whether they can persuade United to sell Pereira to flamenco club at a cheaper price in this negotiations in England.