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Manchester United are close to completing a deal to bring Barcelona midfielder Andre Gomes to Old Trafford.

That's according to sensational reports from Spain linking the 24-year-old with a £31million transfer to Manchester United.

Jose Mourinho was reportedly keen on Gomes in the summer, according to reports in Spanish outlet Don Balon.

He will look to finally sign the Portuguese in the summer, who has seen first-team football harder to come by since the arrival of Paulinho.

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Jose Mourinho hits out at 'hypocrite' Jurgen Klopp

Jose Mourinho has accused Jurgen Klopp of hypocrisy after the Liverpool boss spent a world record £75million for a defender to sign Virgin van Dijk.

Klopp scoffed at the huge fees spent by many Premier League clubs, with United having spent a then world record £89m on signing Paul Pogba from Juventus in the summer of 2016.

But the Liverpool boss has joined the trend of managers paying exorbitant fees for players with the capture of Van Dijk from Southampton , with Mourinho warning his rival of his former stance.

"I think the one's that speak about it in a specific way has to be Jurgen," said Mourinho when asked about Liverpool paying such a huge fee for Van Dijk.

"And if I was one of you I would ask him about his comments about one year ago.

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"But not speaking specifically about that case, because in Liverpool they do what they want to do, and I am nobody to comment on what they do.

"The reality is that if they think that the player is the right player for them and they really want the player they pay his amount or they don't have the player because that is the way the market is at that time.

"So when we compare now the amount of money certain managers and clubs spend, to try to compare that, I am not saying even 10 years ago, but even three years ago, is to compare the impossible. You cannot compare the realities.

"Van Dijk is the most expensive defender in history of football, was he better than Paolo Maldini, Giuseppe Bergomi or Rio Ferdinand?

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