The Sun journalist Alan Nixon has revealed that Morecambe would be set to demand a fee of around £500,000 for their in-demand forward Carlos Mendes Gomes this summer.

Mendes Gomes enjoyed an excellent campaign in League Two for Morecambe last season and the attacker played a pivotal role in helping them earn promotion to League One for the first time in their history. In total, the 22-year-old managed to fire in 16 goals and provided five assists in his 46 appearances last season.

Football League World previously revealed that there are a number of teams that are interested in making a move for Mendes Gomes during the summer transfer window.

It is believed that the likes of Cardiff City, Swansea City, Sunderland, Hull City, Peterborough United, Barnsley, Huddersfield Town and Luton Town are all in the race for his signature.

Further reports from the Scottish Sun outlined that Scottish Premier League champions Rangers are also interested in potentially making a move to sign Mendes Gomes after his impressive campaign for Morecambe in League Two.

The latest update from The Sun journalist Nixon reveals that Morecambe are going to want in the range of half a million for their star attacker this summer. While it also added that they would be hoping to have as much of that fee guaranteed as possible.

The Verdict

This seems like a reasonable transfer fee for Morecambe to be demanding for Mendes Gomes this summer after he managed to help play such a vital role in getting them promoted into the third tier of English football. He could have been available on a free this summer, but his current club had the option to extend his deal by a further 12 months so they can now command a fee for him.

You would expect the likes of Rangers and Cardiff City and maybe even Sunderland being willing to pay around the half a million mark to secure the services of Mendes Gomes this summer. It does not seem too steep a fee to pay out for someone that could well be able to provide some real extra attacking spark to all three of those sides.

It will be interesting to see which club can come in with the right structure of an offer around that valuation that makes Morecambe decide to cash in on the attacker this summer. If that £500,000 could be guaranteed upfront by someone then it seems like they would be prepared to sell.