Manchester United have signed Dante from Bayern Munich, maybe [Fox Sports Brasil]

Manchester United have signed Dante according to Fox Sports Brasil.

Gustavo Villani, a journalist for the company, was first to break the news on his twitter feed, and minutes afterwards the huge Latin American sports network reproduced the story on their own channel.

Dante é o novo zagueiro do Manchester United. #foxsportsbrasil — Gustavo Villani (@gustavovillani) January 21, 2014

<Já é zagueiro do United?> Ainda não.(rs) Sigo no Bayern, agradeço o interesse do Manchester. Até o final do mês se define.” Dante, ao vivo. — Gustavo Villani (@gustavovillani) January 21, 2014

#FSRádioBrasil @gustavovillani deu a informação: Dante deixa o Bayern e é o novo zagueiro do Manchester United! — Fox Sports Brasil (@FoxSports_br) January 21, 2014

Should the rumours prove true – and there are plenty who doubt they won’t – Manchester United will be acquiring a Brazilian international centre-half who won the treble with Bayern Munich last season.

Dante, 30, is a top draw defender who would certainly help plug the heart of United defence which has looked so brittle in recent weeks, particularly in the 3-1 defeat at Chelsea.

At the time of writing the following is supposedly known about the deal: Dante will arrive at Old Trafford before the January transfer window closes, however the transfer fee and nature of the deal remain unknown.

Yet no sooner were the Fox Sports Brasil reports circulated, counter claims that the deal is bogus quickly began to spread. The Dante story broke at the same time the player was being interview on live air, and the Bayern player backtracked on suggestions that the deal is done.

Below are video highlights of Dante last season, together with tweets on the breaking story at Manchester United.

Dante was so desperate to play professional football he sold his gaming console in order to fund bus tickets to go to trials in Brazil. — Jonas Giæver (@CheGiaevara) January 21, 2014

I don’t know why Bayern would sell. He’s excellent. Perfect age at 30 considering United’s current options. Too good to be true though. — Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) January 21, 2014

Just spoke to #Dante‘s agent and he has denied reports in Brazil that the Bayern Munich defender has signed for Manchester United #mufc — Ed Aarons (@ed_aarons) January 21, 2014

Dante: “Am I a Man Utd player? Not yet. I’m at Bayern, and I appreciate Utd’s interest. But let’s see what happens at the end of this month” — San (@Zizouology) January 21, 2014

Dante: “I’m happy with the Manchester United interest, my party is keeping me informed about it.” — Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) January 21, 2014

Re: Dante Why should the reigning ChampionsLeague winner sell one of their most important player? PLEASE. Speculations: FUN Fantasy: Movies — Jan Aage Fjortoft (@JanAageFjortoft) January 21, 2014