Sporting sell Rojo to Man Utd, Nani goes the other way


Argentina's national soccer team player Marcos Rojo is seen in an official bus as the team arrives at the Argentine Football Association (AFA) in Buenos Aires, July 14, 2014. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

LISBON (Reuters) - Sporting have agreed to sell Argentina's World Cup left back Marcos Rojo to Manchester United while Nani will move the other way as he joins the Portuguese side on loan.

Sporting said in a statement to Portugal's Market Securities Commission that the Premier League side would pay 20 million euros(16.03 million pounds)for the 24-year-old and the Portuguese side would not pay anything for a one-year loan for Nani.

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