Overview
- Manchester City, which were reported Friday to have made informal contact with Sporting, are pushing to secure a summer move for Morten Hjulmand.
- A Bola’s reporting, relayed by Goal and Yahoo, says Sporting would negotiate around €40m–€50m rather than enforce the €80m release clause.
- No club-to-club negotiations have begun, but City sporting director Hugo Viana worked with Hjulmand at Sporting after signing him from Lecce in 2023.
- Juventus and Manchester United are in the race for the 26-year-old, with fresh reports placing City ahead of United for his signature.
- City scouts rate the captain’s defensive reading and deep passing as cover for Rodri next season, and Sporting have started scouting replacements in case he leaves.