Man Utd star Andreas Pereira breaks silence on Flamengo exit as Fulham look to secure £11m transfer swoop for Brazilian
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MANCHESTER UNITED midfielder Andreas Pereira declared his 'love' for loan club Flamengo - just as Fulham eye an £11million swoop.
Flamengo reportedly still hope to land the one-cap Brazil midfielder in a cut-price move despite declining to trigger their £8.5m buy-out option.
But the Cottagers are said to be keen on the 26-year-old joining their bid to stay up in their first season back in the Premier League.
Pereira, though, seems to have left his heart at Flamengo.
The Belgium-born ace posted on Instagram: “Flamengo's greatest asset is its fans.
"Flamengo is the people, Flamengo is the spirit… it's everywhere!
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“There's no way to know if you don't live what it's like to be…
"Wherever you go, no matter the place, it will be marked on who you are.
“Today I am… I love Flamengo! And that, no one can change, or take away from me.”
Pereira rounded off his loan spell of eight goals in 53 matches with a stunning winner in the Copa Libertadores.
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He fired a long-ranger into the top-corner as Flamengo beat Colombian side Tolima 1-0 in a last-16 first-leg tie.
Pereira insisted afterwards he wanted to stay with his home-country giants.
But he told Brazilian reporter : "I’m not the one who decides - it’s up to Man United.
"I would like to stay at Flamengo, but it's not in my hands.
“I'll see what's best for me and the club. I love Flamengo. We will soon speak and decide."