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Manchester United to make a move for Brazilian striker Everton Soares

According to ESPN, Manchester United may be looking to address their goalscoring concerns in January. The report states that Manchester United's scouts have been watching Gremio striker Soares.

The 22-year-old can play down the left flank as well as the right flank in addition to playing down the centre. United will do well to pull off the transfer though as the striker had signed a new contract in January that pins him to the club till 2022.

His release clause stands at €60 million. The Brazilian has already broke into the international team and made his debut against the United States of America recently, as a second-half substitute.

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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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