The Football Transfer Tavern is full of fans looking forward to tonight’s Champions League clashes.

That means that the bar is mainly made up of a strong contingent of Arsenal supporters who will be watching their match against Bayern Munich later tonight.

However I notice that a group of Manchester United supporters have taken a spot near the back of the bar and walk over to listen into their discussion about possible transfer targets.

They are debating the latest speculation that David Moyes is planning his predecessor Sir Ferguson’s trick of picking up the next talent off the production line at Sporting Lisbon; the club where Ferguson picked up Cristiano Ronaldo.

talkSPORT report that Manchester United scouts were in attendance to watch William Carvalho for reportedly the 12th time last weekend.

As our landlord points out, if you watch somebody so consistently over the last few months you are clearly interested in the player and surely a bid for the 21-year-old midfielder could be in the offing.

Barcelona are also thought to watching the talented Portuguese international, whose price could escalate with some impressive displays at the upcoming World Cup in Brazil.