Manchester United continue their pursuit of Tottenham target Moutinho

By Sportsmail Reporter

Published: 17:57 EDT, 5 July 2012 | Updated: 02:24 EDT, 6 July 2012

Manchester United are continuing to monitor Porto midfielder and Tottenham target Joao Moutinho.

The Red Devils are understood to have opened talks with the Portuguese club over a deal for the attacking midfielder, who is rated in the £25million mark

After bringing Nick Powell and Shinji Kagawa to Old Trafford in the close season, Sir Alex Ferguson told MUTV earlier this week that he hopes to add two more faces - with Moutinho widely rumoured to be a top target.

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'We're working on one or two things but there's nothing really to tell you to be honest.

 

'We always try to get our work done at the end of the season – we spent a good deal of time sorting the deal with Shinji and we'd agreed a deal with Nick Powell before the play-offs which was a good move by us because the boy had an outstanding final at Wembley.

'When you don't get deals done immediately and you're negotiating with a club over a long period, then you can't expect to just snap your fingers and get it done,' he said.