Sporting have agreed to sell
Argentina's World Cup left back Marcos
Rojo to Manchester United while Nani
will move the other way as he joins
the Portuguese side on loan.
Sporting said in a statement to Portugal's Market
Securities Commission that the Premier League side
would pay €20 million for the 24-year-old and the
Portuguese side would not pay anything for a one-
year loan for Nani. If Rojo is sold on in the future for
more than €23 million, Sporting will receive 20
percent of that fee, the club added.
Last week, Sporting ordered Rojo to train with the
reserve team after club president Bruno de Carvalho
complained he was trying to force the move and
threatened to make him see out the remaining two
years of his four-year contract.
Rojo had an excellent World Cup, part of an
Argentina defence that conceded only four goals in
seven games as they finished runners-up to
Germany.
Raised at Estudiantes in La Plata, near Buenos Aires,
he helped the club win their fourth South American
Libertadores Cup and an Argentine league title in
2010.
He was drafted into the Argentina side in 2011 under
Alejandro Sabella, who was also his coach at
Estudiantes, and has been a regular since then.
"Manchester United is delighted to announce it has
reached an agreement with Sporting Lisbon to sign
defender Marcos Rojo, subject to a medical and
agreeing personal terms," United said in a
statement.
"A further announcement will be made when the
process is complete."
Nani, 27, will return to the club he left seven years
ago to join United.
He had a disappointing last season with United and
also under-performed for Portugal at the World Cup,
despite scoring against the United States.
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