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Alberto Costa to Manchester United

Porto

Manchester United

Defender · 23y · Portugal · contract until 2030

Chance it happens in January

No trusted reporter yet. Stories like this complete 6 in 100 times.

Carried by fussball-news via CaughtOffside (aggregator).

Fee: Not reported
Value: €36m
Reporters: 1

Where he ends up in the January windowEvery outcome by the January deadline, adding up to 100%. A move in a later window is not counted. Open a club for its rumour.

Man UnitedThis rumour
PSGRumour page
Man CityRumour page
ArsenalRumour page
Other clubNot yet named
Stays at PortoNo move

What the number is based on

ReportingNo trusted reporterOne aggregator reportAgainst the move
ContractRuns to June 20303 years 8 months leftAgainst the move
Manchester UnitedDebts limit spendingMoves from Liga Portugal to Premier League are commonAgainst the move
FeeNot reportedValue €36m

The story so far

1 report · newest first

Tuesday
Ffussball-newsTrust 50Earliest mentionEarliest mentionvia CaughtOffsideFull post
“Arsenal and Man United weigh up move for €65m-rated wide man ahead of January window. Arsenal and Manchester United are reportedly interested in signing FC Porto right-back Alberto Costa, with Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain also monitoring his progress ahead of the…”

Chance it happens in January

Long shot

Value: €36m

AuthorTransfer Tracker AnalystLast updated3 Nov 2026StatusUp to date

Alberto Costa to Manchester United: long shot before January window

The situation

Manchester United have been linked with Porto right-back Alberto Costa as attention turns to the January window, with Arsenal, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain also mentioned as interested parties. There is no open window for Premier League clubs today, so nothing can be completed until January 2027 arrives. Costa, 23, still has 42 months left on his Porto contract when that window opens, running until 30 June 2030, which leaves Porto under no pressure to sell quickly.

The reporting

The story traces back to a single report from fussball-news, relayed by CaughtOffside on 27 October 2026. No second voice has corroborated the interest since. The reporting itself threw up an odd detail too, describing Costa as a wide man rather than a right-back, which only adds to the sense that the story is thin and needs firmer backing before it can be taken as fact.

The outlook

Given all that, this sits as a long shot for now. For it to move anywhere, United would need to make their interest concrete with an actual approach, and Porto would need a reason to consider a sale on a player who is contracted into 2030. With four clubs supposedly aware of him and only one report to go on, the smart read is scepticism until something firmer appears.