Meet the £69m Manchester United transfer solution with an Arsenal tattoo and Christian Eriksen connection

Morten Hjulmand might need the number of a Manchester tattoo parlour.

The midfielder has been linked with a move to Old Trafford after a fine start to life at Sporting Lisbon, who he only joined in the summer. His rise began in Italy where he helped Lecce earn promotion to Serie A.

The Denmark international has had something of a nomadic journey in the game thus far having signed for Austrian side Admira Wacker as a teenager from FC Copenhagen before moving to Italy. His six months at Sporting have catapulted him into the mainstream and United are reportedly taking notice.

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Hjulmand is an international team-mate of Christian Eriksen, who has offered him advice and opinion in the early stages of his Denmark career. The prospect of the two playing together for club and country would seemingly rest on United being prepared to meet Sporting's £69million release clause, a bold sum for a player with relatively little experience at the elite level.

And while United might try to turn his head, the player's heart is with Arsenal. The Gunners signed Declan Rice in the summer to reinvent their midfield and while Hjulmand might love to have moved to the Emirates, he is likely enjoying watching Mikel Arteta's side. As a child, he supported Arsenal during their rise under Arsene Wenger and idolised Patrick Vieira and Thierry Henry. He's got the Arsenal badge tattooed on his arm, something that might need addressing if he ended up at Old Trafford.

"When I started watching football, Arsenal had a fantastic team and Patrick Vieira was the captain and played