Manchester United Nearing £35m Deal for Lazio Star Felipe Anderson

With the transfer window now open speculation over potential moves is increasing by the hour, but one deal which seems to be nearing reality is Manchester United's capture of Felipe Anderson.

In a story which has been running for a number of weeks now, ​the Metro is the latest publication to report that a deal has been agreed on between the Red Devils and Lazio, thought to be in the region of £35m.

The 22-year-old will fetch an initial payment of £30m, with a further £5m to be added in bonus installments. Anderson was one of the stars of the Serie A last season, but has struggled to match that form this time round.

Nevertheless, the talent of the former Santos prodigy is not in doubt, with many tipping him to become a world class player. United looked to have made an early move for attacking midfielder, in a bid to beat the interest of other European sides.

An exciting forward is definitely on the menu for Louis van Gaal's side, with last weekend's win over Swansea City at Old Trafford their first in six games, amidst widespread views that the club is playing its worst football in decades.

Speaking after the victory over the Swans, United's Dutch boss commented, ""I am very happy for the players because they had to play under big pressure and now we have won. We are still near the top of the league and the gap is less. So that's football.

"That's a season. A season takes eight months or something like that and not one month. We've started the new year very well. I think we played very risky, very attacking, with three defenders, but we wanted to win and scored two fantastic goals today. That's the difference.

"We scored two fantastic goals and you only win by scoring goals but, as a team, our performance in the first half was better. We didn't give any chances away in the first half."