Manchester United are the latest club to register their interest in signing Fernando Llorente – reportedly offering the former Tottenham striker a two-year contract.
The 34-year-old has been without a club since his Spurs contract expired at the end of last season.
Llorente had been training with Sevilla’s B team and a move back to La Liga looked on the cards, but nothing materialised for the Spaniard, who scored eight goals for Tottenham last term and played a major part in Mauricio Pochettino’s side reaching the Champions League final.
Spurs have offered Llorente fresh terms on reduced wages from the £100,00 per-week he was earning last season, but the former Swansea City striker is yet to accept the deal.
And now Italian outlet La Gazzetta dello Sport are reporting that the Red Devils, who are looking to replace Romelu Lukaku who joined Inter Milan earlier this month, have held talks with the former Tottenham man and offered him a two-year contract.
Two years contract for Liorente. hop this is not a part two of Fernandez Bruno. Liorente should be a man utd player sooner than later.
That’s bad choice. Llorente is not a good trigger to help Manchester shoot enough goals to secure a place for next c1 campaign. He can prove nothing better than Lukaku.
[…] According to reports, Premier League giants Manchester United were keen to sign former Tottenham Hotspur forward Fernando Llorente in the summer transfer window as a free transfer to bolster their attacking options. The Spanish international ran out his contract with North London side Tottenham Hotspur earlier this season and is looking to find a new club to play his football for the new season. […]