Arsene Wenger and Barcelona are both interested in signing Ruben Neves, the midfielder for Wolves.

Despite the fact that Manchester United has been connected with Neves, 25, for the past four years, the club has yet to make contact with the Portugal international's representatives.

Neves is under contract with Wolves until 2024, and coach Bruno Lage estimated that he was worth £100 million. However, if Neves refuses to sign a new deal, Wolves may be able to sell him for a profit.

Kalvin Phillips of Leeds United is a target for United in the summer transfer window, and the Red Devils are already in talks with the Yorkshire club about a possible deal for the midfielder. The prospect of United not competing in the Champions League next season would limit the club's ability to sign players with a larger public profile.

In the United States, Neves is represented by the Gestifute agency, which is led by Jorge Mendes, who proposed Sevilla coach Jule Lopetegui to the club as early as November of last year. On the surface, Lopetegui was on United's shortlist, but the club never seriously considered him.

At United, the speculation surrounding them and Neves has intensified this season, particularly after they played Wolves in August and January. Despite the fact that the club had no intention of acquiring the former Porto midfielder during either transfer window, speculation has intensified this season after they played Wolves in August and January.

In 2018, after assisting Wolves to promotion to the Premier League, Neves was originally linked with a move to Old Trafford, mostly because of the presence of Portuguese compatriot Jose Mourinho at the club.

Since the persistent reports around the former Benfica winger Nicolas Gaitan, United have been particularly upset by conjecture about specific players who are based in, or are from, Portugal.

Despite the fact that Manchester United had grown bored of hearing about Victor Lindelof by the middle of the 2016-17 season, they signed the centre-back from Benfica in June 2017. United were also enraged by the coverage of their interest in signing Bruno Fernandes in the summer of 2019 that appeared in the Portuguese media.

It was clear to United that Sporting Lisbon was using United to stoke an auction for Fernandes in the summer transfer window. In August 2019, Tottenham dispatched two intermediaries to Lisbon to assess the possibilities of a move for Fernandes, and he signed a five-month contract with Manchester United the following month.