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Shakhtar want more than €50m for Man Utd target Fred

The Ukrainian side's president says he's expecting to receive more for the midfielder than Jiangsu Suning paid him for Alex Teixeira

Manchester United have been warned they will be expected to exceed Manchester City’s previous offer of €50 million if they are to sign Fred from Shakhtar Donetsk.

The midfielder was the subject of an approach from Premier League champions City in the winter but the Ukrainian outfit rejected the bid.

And while United are now the club leading the charge for the Brazil international, Shakhtar president Rinat Akhmetov insists that he is expecting offers this summer to be no lower than the one which City submitted in January.