Manchester United received some good news when told Thiago Alcantara has decided to leave Barcelona this summer and with the Red Devils already having a offer on the table hopes are high the 22 year old will except.
Thiago Alcantara has decided to leave Barcelona this summer with Manchester United thought to have made an offer for the 22-year-old, reports suggest.
The midfielder, who will captain the Spanish Under-21 side in the European Championship final against Italy this evening, held talks with Barcelona head coach Tito Vilanova before making the trip to Israel, Sport suggest, but has now decided his future lies away from the Nou Camp. ......Read more here......
Manchester United continue to be one of the front runners for Strootman but can they succeed to lure him away from Eindhoven.
The 23-year-old Manchester United target has already won 18 senior caps for Holland and has just returned from Israel where he led his country to the semi-finals of the European Under-21 Championships.
Although Strootman has three years remaining on his PSV contract, he has long been touted as likely to be moving on this summer.
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Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has revealed he rejected some big money offers from clubs so he could extend his contract with the Red Devils.
“I only want to leave United when I’m too old and can’t do it anymore. That’s not now. I got offers from other clubs and heard about ones that might come. I can’t lie, some of them involved astronomical amounts of money and you think ‘wow’. But the club is part of me and my life,” the former Leeds United man explained. ......Read more here......
Manchester United join Chelsea in chase for highly rated Marco van Ginkel after the Dutch midfielder admitted a summer transfer was a possibility.
The midfielder was on the wrong end of a 1-0 semi-final scoreline against Italy in Saturday night’s European Under-21 Championship clash at the Ha Moshava stadium in Petah Tikva.
Van Ginkel has been widely tipped for a switch to Chelsea from his Dutch Eredivisie club Vitesse, although he is now being linked with Manchester United as well.
Speaking to Sky Sports News Radio after the game, he said: “My future? Now I have a vacation and I’ll concentrate on that. After my holiday, we will see. Maybe!” ......Read more here......
Manchester United head coach Rene Meulensteen turned down the chance of being assistant manager to be David Moyes at Old Trafford.
Meulensteen, 49, has had a profound effect on the Carrington training ground since taking over as first team coach five years ago and his decision to turn down the No 2 role is a setback in United’s attempt to ensure continuity after Ferguson’s retirement. ......Read more here......
Manchester United’s owners, the Glazers have shown their support for David Moyes by boosting his kitty by £60 million to secure new players for his squad.
Moyes is expected to recruit at least three new signings. Everton defender Leighton Baines, Barcelona midfielders Cesc Fàbregas and Thiago Alcantara and Borussia Dortmund forward Robert Lewandowski have all been identified by the club as targets, although interest in Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini has cooled because of his £23 million buy-out clause. United will also be among the interested parties in Gareth Bale should Tottenham be willing to sell the Wales international. ......Read more here......
Everton will go all the way to keep their top player Leighton Baines, and now they have offered to double his wage to keep him at Goodison Park.
Everton will offer to make Leighton Baines their best-paid player in an attempt to stop him being lured to Manchester United by David Moyes.
The Goodison club are aware that outgoing boss Moyes would like to take Baines with him to champions United, where he will spend the summer tweaking the squad he is inheriting from the retiring Alex Ferguson.
They want to head off the Scot by offering their England left-back a new deal. ......Read more here......
Cristiano Ronaldo went straight onto Twitter and Facebook to deny reports he had signed a new contract with Real.
The Portuguese forward, who remains the game’s costliest-ever player following his £80 million transfer from Manchester United in 2009, has two years remaining on his deal with Real Madrid and is understood to be holding out for a contract worth more than that of the best paid player in the world, Samuel Eto’o, who earns £330,000-a-week at Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala.
The stand-off between Ronaldo and Real has led to growing interest from wealthy French clubs Monaco and Paris St-Germain, with speculation also linking United with a move for their former player. ......Read more here......
David Moyes has to be said is settling into his dream job well, but one area he knows needs sorting is Uniteds midfield and there is no resting until he’s got the right man.
He will be taking charge of one of the biggest clubs in the world and a squad most managers can only dream about.
Considering United romped to a record 20th league title last season, Moyes could be forgiven for thinking he can just breeze into Old Trafford and carry on where Sir Alex Ferguson left off. ......Read more here......
Looks like Galatasaray are not prepared to meet the demands Mancheter United are asking for their£8.5 million rated Winger Nani
The Portugal international has never really fulfilled his potential at Old Trafford and new boss David Moyes is thought to be ready to sell this summer.
Galatasaray are among the clubs who are interested in signing Nani, who has just one year left on his contract, but claim they cannot meet United’s valuation.
The Turkish club’s chairman, Unal Aysal, said: “We offered €7million (£6m) for him. But they didn’t accept. We can’t give more than this. ......Read more here......
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