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Manchester United are interested in signing Benfica midfielder Gedson Fernandes The 20-year-old Portugal international is one of a number of targets for the club ahead of the January transfer window. He has not featured in any of Benfica’s last seven games and is thought to have fallen out of favour with head coach Bruno Lage. Representatives of the player have reportedly been in the UK attempting to broker a loan deal with a £34m option to buy with interested parties. It is believed Fernandes’ release clause is £102m – but Benfica have conceded they will not get that kind of money for an out-of-favour player. United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said they will only go into the market if the right player to fit the long-term strategy of the club becomes available.

New West Ham manager David Moyes says winning is “what he does”, and added that the club’s owners had showed “a lot of class” in bringing him back for a second spell in charge. Moyes, who replaces the sacked Manuel Pellegrini, left the Hammers at the end of the 2017-18 season. He recorded nine wins and 10 draws from 31 games in his first spell, leading the club to Premier League safety. “They are getting a very experienced Premier League manager,” said Moyes. “I think there’s only two or three managers with a better Premier League win record. That’s what I do, I win. “I’m here to get West Ham wins and get them away from the bottom three.” Of managers who have taken charge of more than 500 Premier League games, only two – Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger – have a better win record than Moyes. But he is fifth on the list of Premier League managers who have taken charge of more than 300 games, with Jose Mourinho and Rafael Benitez also having better records.