Fred has emerged as one of Jose Mourinho’s top summer transfer targets as the United gaffer looks to bolster his squad and go toe-to-toe with Manchester City next season.

The Brazil international was at Carrington for a medical on Monday having been in the north west for his country’s World Cup warm-up win over Croatia on Sunday.

Shakhtar are poised to quadruple their money on Fred having paid £13m (€15m) when they signed him from Internacional in his homeland back in 2013.

Lucescu, the man who took Fred to Ukraine, believes a deal with Manchester United has been completed and he’s claimed he made the 25-year-old into the player he is today.