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Man Utd & West Ham Reportedly Locked in Battle for Sporting CP Full Back Cristiano Piccini

Manchester United and West Ham will fight it out to sign Sporting CP right back Cristiano Piccini, according to reports.

Piccini's head has been turned by the rumours and he could become the latest Sporting player to demand that his contract be cancelled after the club's training ground was invaded by masked hooligans in May.

Portugal goalkeeper Rui Patricio is the most high-profile player to use that incident as justification for a cheap summer move, joining Wolves last month in a deal for which Sporting are still demanding compensation.

Piccini could be set to follow him to the Premier League, with the Sun claiming that Jose Mourinho and Manuel Pellegrini will both sanction £17.