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Published 17:10 29 Dec 2016 GMT
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But fast forward to this week and the BBC were poo-poo'ing the transfer that everyone assumed was in the bag. They claimed with some authority that Jose Mourinho had decided not to follow up his interest in a player who would cost a whopping £38m. According to the Beeb, the unlikely partnership of Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo had done such a sterling job of marshalling the United backline that Mourinho's immediate urgency for defensive recruitments had calmed. It was very much a case of Victor LindelOFF. But not to be bowed, the Portuguese press have now doubled down on their original reports, and claim that the BBC update is balderdash and piffle. A Bola in particular claim that the English story is merely a negotiation tactic by United to get Benfica to reduce the terms of the deal. Either way, someone's source is providing duff information. We'll know who soon enough. https://twitter.com/PortuBall/status/814458074660532224 https://twitter.com/PortuBall/status/814458841698074629 https://twitter.com/PortuBall/status/814460168515756032 https://twitter.com/PortuBall/status/814461303683186688
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