Fred Arrives For Man Utd Medical Ahead Of Move

The transfer could be finished in the next 24 hours after the Brazil midfielder touched base at Carrington for his medicinal tests

Brazilian midfielder Fred has touched base at Manchester United's preparation ground for a medicinal in front of his pending transfer to the club.

The Shakhtar Donetsk star is required to finish a contract worth around £52.5 million in the following 24 hours, with his present club's president Rinat Akhmetov having demanded it would take a club-record deal for him to leave the Ukrainian outfit .

What's more, Fred was spotted landing at United's training facility office at an early stage Monday morning in front of his medical, after which he is probably going to pen a four-year deal with club alternative for a fifth term.

The 25-year-old went ahead as a substitute in Brazil's win upon Croatia in a friendly at Liverpool's Anfield stadium on Sunday and later drummed up a buzz by tweeting his congrats to his partners with an area tag of Manchester.

The midfielder has put over the most recent five years with Shakhtar having started his senior career with Internacional in his country.

Fred looks set to end up United's first signing of the summer , with Jose Mourinho additionally prepared to snap up Porto full-back Diogo Dalot in the coming days .