Police are said to be closing in on the number one suspect in the Madeleine McCann case.
It is thought the 'foreign' man was in the Algarve at the time of the three-year-old's disappearance in 2007.
Detectives from Scotland Yard met with Portuguese Police to discuss the investigation and pass over a suspect's name.
Police are expected to look at a “new clue and suspect” and claimed they “admit to being nearer to knowing what happened to Madeleine”, MirrorOnline reports.
A source said: “The British were here recently, there were talks at the PJ office in the city.
“It’s all very secret but then it always is with the Madeleine case. Only the police know who the suspect is.”
This was the first face-to-face meeting since Scotland Yard reportedly gave the new suspect’s name to Policia Judiciaria.
It is not clear if the man’s current whereabouts is known.
Madeleine was three when she vanished from her holiday flat in Praia da Luz on May 3, 2007 while parents Kate and Gerry ate with friends nearby.
The local probe into her disappearance was axed in 2008.
The Met launched Operation Grange in 2011.
Home Office chiefs have agreed to fund it for a further 12 months, making the bill so far £12million.
Scotland Yard would only say the investigation is “ongoing”.
