Goncalo Guedes snubs Manchester United to sign with Paris Saint-Germain, medical permitting

MANCHESTER United has missed out on one of its top transfer targets, with Benfica star Goncalo Guedes signing elsewhere.

Goncalo Guedes. (Photo by Carlos Rodrigues/Getty Images)

PORTUGUESE forward Gonçalo Guedes was on the verge of a reported 30 million euro move from Benfica to Paris Saint Germain on Wednesday as the French side said he was undergoing a medical with them.

The 20-year-old winger arrived in Paris Tuesday and the PSG official website featured a front-page photo of Guedes holding up a PSG club scarf and wearing one of their track suits.

Gonçalo Guedes has arrived in Paris!!!
Read more ➡️ https://t.co/CbaVcTIXFm pic.twitter.com/UjyeHGR8zt

— PSG English (@PSG_English) January 25, 2017

Portuguese dailies A Bola and Record both said the player would sign a five-year deal worth 30 million euros, although PSG have so far declined to comment on the deal.

With two caps for Portugal Guedes can play on either wing but most recently played either centre-forward or playmaker in the 16 league games he started for Benfica this season.

Guedes will become the latest foreign acquisition by the French champions who signed 23-year-old German international Julian Draxler from Wolfsburg two weeks ago for a reported 36 to 40 million euros ($37.5 million — $42 million).

The Portuguese youngster had been consistently linked to a move to Old Trafford, before PSG stepped in and signed the winger.

Originally published as Goncalo Guedes snubs Manchester United to sign with Paris Saint-Germain, medical permitting