Anderson is a £5.5m target for Sporting Lisbon
After purchasing Marcos Rojo for £16m and allowing Nani to go on-loan the other way, there could not be a third deal of the summer between United and Sporting.
The Daily Express reports that the Primeira Liga club are eyeing up unwanted midfielder Anderson, who has been deemed surplus to requirements by van Gaal.
The Brazilian arrived from FC Porto in 2007, but has never lived up to his £20m price-tag and it looks as if his days at Old Trafford are numbered.