As Manchester United spent much of late-2019 attempting to negotiate a deal to bring Bruno Fernandes to the Premier League – Tottenham Hotspur had already found out the hard way that Sporting Lisbon are not the easiest to agree a deal with – the Red Devils had to get a little creative. According to The Guardian, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side failed with an opening bid of £38 million for the Portugal international four-and-a-bit years ago. Sporting, at the time, wanted around double. In the end, Manchester United finally compromised on a deal worth just shy of £50 million, and it’s fair to say th…