MAnchester United Link With Llorente

Turin-based newspaper Tuttosport suggests Athletic Club want around €22million for Fernando Llorente. It's claimed Juventus have bid €16m and the bartering is set to continue. United have also been linked with the Spain centre-forward on a free transfer next year as he has turned down a new contract in Bilbao. El Correo in Bilbao says sources believe a switch to Italy is most likely despite rival interest from the Reds, Manchester City and Tottenham.

MAnchester United Link With Llorente

Turin-based newspaper Tuttosport suggests Athletic Club want around €22million for Fernando Llorente. It's claimed Juventus have bid €16m and the bartering is set to continue. United have also been linked with the Spain centre-forward on a free transfer next year as he has turned down a new contract in Bilbao. El Correo in Bilbao says sources believe a switch to Italy is most likely despite rival interest from the Reds, Manchester City and Tottenham.

Moura was Very Close to Sign for United!!!!!

Lucas Moura's agent Wagner Ribeiro has revealed how close the winger came to signing for United. In an interview with UOL, the Brazilian's representative: "Everything was agreed between Sao Paulo and Manchester United. The contract had been written [and] just needed to be signed. But then Leonardo called me and asked to talk to Lucas. They talked and the possibility of living in Paris - a much more pleasant city than Manchester - also influenced his decision. But it was PSG's project that impressed Lucas."

SAF Interview on RVP

"I can't give you any more information," said the boss when asked about van Persie after United's 0-0 draw with Barcelona. "We have made a bid and they've been trying to negotiate with other clubs. We just have to persevere. Hopefully it will come our way. We're trying our best but there's no progress at this moment in time.

"I don't have a gut feeling on it at the moment, I must admit. We're not getting any breakthrough with Arsenal. It's difficult to say why they're operating this way. I don't know what their thoughts are because they're not giving anything away."

Regarding Lucas' move from Sao Paulo to Paris, it is further evidence that the cash-laden PSG mean business in the transfer market.

"I find it quite amazing that a club can pay €45million for a 19-year-old boy," Sir Alex continued. "To make a mark on everyone - to tell everyone that PSG are here - they've signed Thiago Silva from Milan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

"They must have spent about €150million in the last month. As you know, the only deterrent to that is UEFA. In the conditions of European football, you don't qualify for Europe by winning the league

Moura will join PSG

United held talks with Moura's club Sao Paulo but were unable to agree terms, leaving big-spending PSG to become favourites to sign the teenager after Inter Milan pulled out of the running.
Reports had also suggested Sir Alex Ferguson's side were not willing to meet the demands of Moura's agent and the midfielder has now admitted talks are underway with the Ligue 1 side.
Moura is expected to leave Sao Paulo in January in order to link up with compatriots Thiago Silva and Leonardo, the French club's sporting director.
The 19-year-old told Folha, "This is a good thing. 'll stay at Sao Paulo until the end of the year. Things are well underway."
He added to Globo Esporte: "No doubt that would be better because I can help Sao Paulo a bit more. I have always said I want to win a title before leaving and qualify for the Libertadores Cup.
"If it happens in January, I'll be able to do that for Sao Paulo.
"I'm focused on the national team. I can only say something after the Olympics. It's well underway, but not done.
"I talked to Thiago Silva and Leonardo, they said many good things about the club, the project they are implementing there."

RVP Close to join Manchester United

Manchester United might have missed out on teenage sensation Lucas Moura, who looks set to snub the Red Devils for a move to Paris St. Germain (per ESPN Soccernet), but according to latest reports, they are moving closer and closer to a deal with Arsenal striker Robin van Persie.
The Dutch international has been strongly linked to Old Trafford over the summer transfer window after deciding not to renew his contract at the Emirates when it expires at the end of the year. And according to The Manchester Evening News, United are in the pole position to land the striker.
In fact, they could even do it as early as tonight.

RVP Should Join United

Robin van Persie should pick Manchester United over Manchester City, according to former Blues defender Danny Mills and ex-Red Devils star Gary Pallister.

Both Manchester clubs and Juventus have placed bids to buy the Arsenal striker.
"Strikers get frustrated at City and I don't think Van Persie would be rotated as much at United," Pallister said.
Mills says United are better placed to challenge in Europe, but former City striker Rodney Marsh believes his old club is the place to win silverware.
Marsh told BBC Sport: "You have to look at the context of the contract that he will sign. It will be for four years and probably will be his last big deal and Sir Alex Ferguson is not going to be around that long.

"I think Manchester City are on the way to the absolute top of football while Manchester United are on the way down. City will be the team that will win the trophies in the next few years.

"My own personal view is that Van Persie would go straight into the starting line-up because his goal production last season was sensational.
"Sergio Aguero is the star of the future in the Premier League, and I think he and Van Persie would be dynamite together."
Dutch striker Van Persie, 28, has a year left on his contract at Arsenal but said he does not plan to sign an extension.
He is now faced with a choice between Italian champions Juventus, Premier League champions City or a United side which lost the title by goal difference on the last day of the season.
It is understood Arsenal are reluctant to enter formal negotiations until a bid exceeds £20m and they are hopeful of holding out for £25-30m.
Despite City's growing credentials, Mills still regards United as a bigger force in Europe having reached the Champions League final twice in the last four seasons.
"Manchester United are still, in terms of club, bigger on a worldwide basis," Mills told BBC Sport. "Manchester City are still up and coming.
"In terms of challenging for the Champions League, if that's what Van Persie really wants, I think Manchester United would be the better option for him."

Both City and United went out at the group stages of the Champions League last season.

But Mills agrees with Pallister that the size of the Roberto Mancini's squad could count against Van Persie.
And Pallister feels that if Van Persie did choose the red half of Manchester, it would provide the team with the necessary boost after missing out on the title last season.
"Van Persie has proven he is top quality and I don't think he would have any problem establishing a lethal partnership with Wayne Rooney," said Pallister. "So if it's for footballing reasons, then I think Manchester United would be the ideal place for him.
"Whether it would make the difference [to them winning the title this season], I'm not sure. The goal difference was basically down to one game - the match at Old Trafford against City which cost them dearly, but it should never have gone that far.
"City were definitely better with the strength of their squad last year and it had such depth in it as well, that it gave them an advantage. That is something Ferguson has been and will be addressing."



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