Nani has left Manchester United for Fenerbahce, with the 28-year-old joining the Turkish club on a three-year contract for a fee of £4.3m (€6m).

The Portugal winger leaves after eight years at Old Trafford. He spent last season on loan at Sporting Lisbon, the club where he started his career. He won the Premier League four times, the League Cup in 2009, as well as helping United to the Champions League and the World Club Cup title in 2008.

Nani’s deal at United was due to run to 2018 but with the winger finding first-team opportunities hard to come by – compounded by this summer’s £25m arrival of Memphis Depay from PSV – he has opted to join Fenerbahce, who finished second to Galatasaray last season.

Robin van Persie is also edging closer to a move to Fenerbahce after reaching an agreement in principle. The clubs are negotiating a fee for the 31-year-old striker, who has agreed personal terms and is ready to sign a four-year deal.

Nani scored 11 times for Sporting in all competitions last season and would become the third Portugal international at Fenerbahce after the former Liverpool and Chelsea midfielder Raul Meireles and the experienced centre-back Bruno Alves.

In an already busy summer, the club have signed the centre-back Simon Kjaer from Lille for £6.73m as well as the Turkey full-back Sener Ozbayrakli and last season’s Super Lig top scorer Fernandão, who scored 22 goals on loan at Bursaspor from the Brazilian side Atlético Paranaense.