FOOTBALL: Manchester United could sign Atletico Madrid star Joao Felix on loan in January to replace Cristiano Ronaldo

Man­ches­ter Unit­ed could sign Joao Felix on loan in Jan­u­ary to replace Cris­tiano Ronaldo.

Sun­Sport con­firmed last night exclu­sive­ly that man­ag­er Erik Ten Hag wants Ronal­do to leave after refus­ing to come off the bench against Tottenham.

Mean­while, reports from Madrid say Felix wants to leave Atléti­co in Jan­u­ary or the summer.

Spain’s Deportes Cua­tro say Unit­ed could be open for a move.

In Spain, a loan move in Jan­u­ary and a loan move next sum­mer are report­ed­ly options.

Felix is ​​rep­re­sent­ed by the same Jorge Mendes as Cris­tiano Ronaldo.

And Mendes could be in talks to sign two Por­tuguese stars in January.

The Red Dev­il has already been linked to Felix in recent weeks.

Ronal­do has been dis­missed from first-team train­ing ahead of tomor­row’s game against Chelsea, fuel­ing spec­u­la­tion about his depar­ture from the club.

But if Unit­ed decide to sign Felix, they will face stiff competition.

Span­ish media AS reports that Bay­ern Munich, Paris Saint-Ger­main and an unnamed Pre­mier League team are inter­est­ed in sign­ing him.

That team could be Man­ches­ter United.

How­ev­er, PSG have already reached out to Felix to nego­ti­ate a pos­si­ble deal.

Atléti­co hope the 22-year-old will become one of Por­tu­gal’s stars at the World Cup and increase his mar­ket val­ue ahead of the Jan­u­ary window.