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  "textContent": "Mateus Fernandes is on Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid transfer wishlist (PA Wire)\n\nJose Mourinho has told Real Madrid to beat Manchester United to the signing of West Ham midfielder Mateus Fernandes, according to reports in Spain.\n\nFernandes was signed from Southampton in a deal worth £38m plus £4m in add-ons last year but is now set to be on the move once again following West Ham’s relegation from the Premier League.\n\nThe 21-year-old impressed in his debut season with West Ham and has attracted interest from several clubs including Manchester United, Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain.\n\nUnited have already begun talks over a deal to sign Fernandes with West Ham demanding an £80m transfer fee for the midfielder.\n\n##  All the World Cup action\n\nGet everything you need to know about the World Cup – England updates, the games to watch and stories you missed – in five minutes, at 1pm, every day. Sign up here.\n\nHowever, Spanish newspaper AS report that Mourinho has recommended the signing of Fernandes to Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.\n\nMadrid are holding a presidential election and if Perez is re-elected on Sunday, Mourinho will return to the Santiago Bernabeu as head coach.\n\nJose Mourinho will return to Real Madrid if Florentino Perez is re-elected as president on Sunday (Getty)\n\nPerez, who is up against the renewable energy entrepreneur, Enrique Riquelme, in Madrid’s first contested presidential election for 20 years, has also promised to submit a club-record bid for an unnamed ‘great player’ if he is re-elected this weekend.\n\n‘On Tuesday or so, I’m going to make an offer to a major Champions League club for a great player. It would be the largest transfer fee Real Madrid has ever paid in its history,’ Perez told Horizonte on Thursday.\n\nWhen asked to name his transfer target, Perez replied: ‘[Michael] Olise is a great player but it’s not Olise, it’s not [Jeremy] Doku either.\n\n‘We’re going to make a significant offer, at least around €150m (£129.6m).\n\n‘He needs to be a player from midfield who can go forward. And it’s not [Erling] Haaland.\n\n‘The player is not from the Premier League, and the first thing we’ll do is talk to the club.\n\n‘It’s a signing meant to generate excitement because that’s what it’s all about, generating excitement.’\n\n**For more stories like this, check our sport page**.\n\n**Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on**Facebook,** Twitter and Instagram**.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Jose Mourinho tells Real Madrid to sign £80m Manchester United target"
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