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title: "Manchester United: Tottenham Hotspur’s interest springs Red Devils into action"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-tottenham-hotspurs-interest-springs-red-devils-into-action/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Uways Nisar"
section: "Manchester United Football Club"
published: "2019-08-03T21:00:48Z"
modified: "2019-08-03T21:00:48Z"
---

# Manchester United: Tottenham Hotspur’s interest springs Red Devils into action

**Manchester United could be about to spring into life with regards to their pursuit of Sporting CP star Bruno Fernandes.**

[It is being reported by The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/08/01/tottenham-step-bruno-fernandes-pursuit-negotiations-begin-move/) that Tottenham Hotspur have sent a delegation to Portugal to thrash out a deal, and that the Old Trafford giants are going to decide if they should make their own bid as a result.

> There remains the possibility that [#mufc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/mufc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) will ‘spring into action’ and make their own bid for Bruno Fernandes now that Tottenham have sent their own delegation to Portugal [#mulive](https://twitter.com/hashtag/mulive?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) \[telegraph\]
>
> — utdreport (@utdreport) [August 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/utdreport/status/1156997964927307776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

This has alerted fans of the north-west club on Twitter, who think they know where the reports of Tottenham Hotspur’s interest in the player has come from.

[According to the Old Trafford faithful](https://twitter.com/KingMartiaI/status/1156998166383869952), Sporting CP having been feeding news to the media to push Manchester United along in negotiations.

Fernandes enjoyed a stellar season last campaign, [scoring 32 goals and providing 18 assists](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/bruno-fernandes/leistungsdaten/spieler/240306/plus/0?saison=2018), as he broke [Frank Lampard’s record](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9258961/man-utd-deal-sign-70m-bruno-fernandes/) for most goals from midfield in a season.

Fans are approaching these reports cautiously, amidst the rumoured interest from Tottenham Hotspur.

Here is a selection of tweets from Manchester United fans following the report from The Telegraph:

> lmao that’s the whole point of the spurs briefing, just to make woodward wake up and pay up
>
> — J (@KingMartiaI) [August 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/KingMartiaI/status/1156998166383869952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Like clockwork
>
> — Luke (@Labile\_Life) [August 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/Labile_Life/status/1156998771219283968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> It was all a brief from sporting
>
> — Musab009007 (@musab009007) [August 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/musab009007/status/1156998054727344128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> This is 100% a brief from sporting In order for us to pay up
>
> — ً (@UnitedCojones) [August 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/UnitedCojones/status/1156998362908024834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> We have been supporting Man Utd long enough to know that’s not true
>
> — Mayank Sharma (@MayankShharma) [August 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/MayankShharma/status/1156998329189822465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> There isn’t a spurs bid . It’s all sporting . They want to force Ed ‘s hand . Stand your ground
>
> — Kwame (@kwameA\_B) [August 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/kwameA_B/status/1156998492138745863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Could be sporting briefing so Utd pay up
>
> — Scott prentice (@Scottprentice27) [August 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/Scottprentice27/status/1156998507842195460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)