Morten Hjulmand agreed to stay at Sporting CP for another season, despite mooted Manchester United interest, but is expected to leave Portugal next summer.

United weren't the only ones linked with the Denmark midfielder , who captains Rui Borges' team.

A reunion with former Sporting CP head coach Ruben Amorim was floated, while Juventus also pushed for a deal after cashing in on Douglas Luiz.

According to club president Federico Verandas - via Portuguese outlet A Bola - Hjulmand had "several" offers and was "lost to Italy" before Sporting chiefs talked him around and convinced him to stay for another year.

A Bola also reports that Sporting plan to leave Francisco Trincao in the front-line to inherit the captain's armband next season, in the anticipation that this is Hjulmand's

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