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Manchester United target happy to stay with current club claims his agent

Victor Lindelof, the Benfica defender, is linked with many big clubs, but he is in no rush to leave as claimed by his agent Hasan Cetinakaya

The 22-year old is a prime target for Manchester United as Jose Mourinho looks to strengthen the defense by signing the Swedish international in January transfer window

However his agent feels he is enjoying life at one of the most prestigious clubs in the continent and is in no rush to leave.

"There's a lot of speculation, of course, and as I've said before, Victor is already playing for one of the biggest clubs in Europe," he told A Bola. "He's fighting for titles, he plays in the Champions League, and he's very happy at Benfica at the moment.

"Of course there are clubs that are aware of what he has done at Benfica. Victor has done very good things here. But we have a very good relationship with the president [Luis Filipe Vieira] and he will make a decision for Benfica."

Zlatan Ibrahimovic expressed his desire last month that he is the one player Mourinho should sign 

"I think Victor is doing great things, he is playing good for Benfica, he gets a lot of responsibility for the national team now, he is growing," said Ibrahimovic.

"I think he's good enough for the big clubs out there. It's up to him what he wants. Whatever he chooses will be good for him.

"I know he is hot on the market so let him make the right choice, what fits him good."

West Ham and Crystal Palace tussle for Aleksander Mitrovic signature

Both clubs are fighting relegation battle and they look to bolster their attacking options by signing the 2nd choice striker of the already relegated Magpies.

Newcastle United got relegated last season for the 2nd time in 7 years but they are now currently top in the Championships, thanks to former Crystal Palace striker Dwight Gayle.

As Dwight Gayle continues to perform well, the Serbian in seen mostly on the bench

And as both the Premier League clubs feel a striker is the need of the hour, they would go ahead to head for bringing the striker to their respective clubs.

However Newcastle boss, Rafa Benitez is keen to keep the striker with him

Mitrovic has had some disciplinary issues but now seems to be in control

Despite being 2nd choice at Newcastle this season he has managed to grab 5 goals and 2 assists

Loaned prodigy says he is ready to play for Parent club if needed

Andreas Pereira, who is on a loan spell to La Liga side Granada, just netted his first goal for the club and dedicated his first senior goal to the victims Chapecoense tragedy.

Speaking to Goal, Pereira said: "We [he and Mourinho] are always in contact and we talk after my games. If Manchester United needs me, I am always ready."

Speaking about his time so far with Granada, the Pereira said: "The experience here in Spain has been very good, even though the club has struggled a bit. But I think we have been improving game by game and the last two games it showed that we are on the right track.

"I came here to play games, get a good experience playing in a top league and then to go back and to fight for a spot in the squad."

Despite making 11 appearances under former United manager Louis van Gaal, the winger was deemed not in Jose Mourinho's first team plans for this season, with the likes of Anthony Martial, Juan Mata, Memphis Depay, Jesse Lingard, Ashley Young and summer signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan all blocking his route to the starting XI.

Despite beginning his international career with birth nation, Belgium, Pereira made his debut for the Brazil U23's earlier this year, scoring a superb individual goal; the likes of which United fans will be hoping to see more of when he eventually returns to Old Trafford.

With recent transfer talk speculating that Mourinho is planning an exodus, which would include shipping out the likes of Wayne Rooney, Depay and even Martial over the course of the next two transfer windows, Pereira may stand a better chance of seeing some first-team action next season for United and will use this season on-loan to advertise his worth to his parent club.

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