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Lucas Moura simply tweeted 'loading....' amid intense speculation linking him with a move to Manchester United this week.

The 25-year-old's days at PSG appear to be numbered, following the big-money additions of Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, and Lucas has played just 79 minutes of football this season.

The Brazilian was left out of the Parisian giants' match day squad for Wednesday's trip to Amiens, having not not played since December 13, and Jose Mourinho innocently name checked Lucas when discussing other clubs' spending power at a press conference last month.

Lucas has now tweeted for the first time in four days and the first time since speculation reached fever pitch, simply posting, "Loading..." along with a photo of him staring into the mirror at the gym.

Sir Alex Ferguson famously made three bids for Lucas in 2013 - even mentioning the pursuit in his auto-biography two years later - and Mourinho is also a known admirer of the winger.

"Who called Lucas Moura there [to Real Madrid]? It wasn't Florentino Perez who wanted Lucas Moura, it was Mourinho," Lucas' agent, Wagner Ribeiro, said in September, 2016.

"Mourinho was and is passionate about Lucas Moura. So much so that now at Manchester he wants Lucas as well."

PSG are clearing their decks and raising money ahead of completing the £168m signing of Mbappe in the summer. The 19-year-old joined the Parisian giants on loan, as they looked to comply with Financial Fair Play regulations, but they are compelled to buy him in the summer.

That means PSG's original superstars - Javier Pastore, Lucas et al - could all be at new clubs in 2018 and, crucially, available at discount rates to get their salaries off the wage bill.

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