Sunday 30th June – Man Utd daily transfer rumours and news round up:: David Moyes has a huge task on his hands in his first week as Manchester United manager and the Scot looked to address the Wayne Rooney transfer saga by meeting up with the player before he starts office to discuss what troubles the 27-year old, the Sunreports. An insider confirmed, “There is little doubt the new boss wants to keep Wayne. Any suggestions the two don’t get on is complete rubbish. It was an amicable meeting but itgave Wayne the chance to get a lot of things off his chest. He’s always denied handing in a transfer request and like all top players, he was upset to be dropped, especially for the Real Madrid match.” The Daily Staralso reveals that the England international is opento staying on at Old Trafford if hegets a new contract on his terms.Rooney pushed for a pay-rise 3 years ago after a previous bust-up with Sir Alex Ferguson and the striker is looking to satisfy his ego that he is still wanted at United with the new deal. Rooney also wants the Premier League Champions to clarify that he did not seek a transfer last season. Manchester United’s pursuit of Leighton Baines has forced Patrice Evra to reconsider his future at Old Trafford and the left-back is open to a return to his former club Monaco with ESPNclaiming that talks have been going on for weeks over a possible transfer. United saw their initial bid of £12million for Baines get rejected by Everton but the Premier League Champions are looking to return with an improved offer which could reach £20million. However, Evra’s move back to France will only be sanctioned after the arrival of Baines. Manchester United are ready to offer one of last season’s heroes David de Gea a substantial pay-rise along with a two-year contract extension as the Premier League Champions look to silence the rumours linking the 22-year old with a move to Barcelona, the Sunreports. United officials are set to sit down with the Spaniard’s representatives to discuss a salary increase that will see him earn £75,000-a-week along with a 2-year contract extension. Speculation has been rife that Barcelona could target the former Atletico Madrid goalkeeper to replace Victor Valdes. Sevilla have revealed that they arewilling to part with Geoffrey Kondogbia if an interested party offers £8.5million for the midfielder, the Metroreports. Manchester United have reportedly been in talks with the Spanish club over a possible transfer of the 20-year old and would be alerted with Sevilla’s valuation of the player. Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido said, “We have rejected an offer for Kondogbia – the bid was not sufficient. Our idea is that he continues growing at Sevilla, just like he did last year. But there is arelease clause that says if we have a written offer of £8.5million, we must accept it and he can go.”Chelsea have alsobeen linked with a move for Kondogbia. (TheSportsCampus) >> Tottenham join Liverpool in battle tosign £25 Million rated midfielder:: Tottenham have reportedlydecided to throw their hat into the ring to sign Shakhtar Donetsk’s £25 million rated prolific midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan. The Armenian International is a long-term target for Liverpool, but over the course of the week, it has appeared that there are no shortage of suitors for the attacker with German outfit Borussia Dortmund also registering their interest in the player. However, Liverpool’s league rivals, Tottenham, it appears havedecided to gazump the Reds’ £20million move for the highly-promising attacking midfielder. It is now understood that the player’s advisors have held initial talks with Tottenham chiefs regarding a possible move to White Hart Lane next season. However, the London club have edged closer than ever before to finalising a deal for their primary midfield target Corinthians midfielder Paulinho, who is expected to rubber-stamp his switch to White Hart Lane after the final of the Confederations cup on Sunday. Tottenham have decided to pursue other targets once midfield schemer, Paulinho agrees his big-money switch to the club, with Mkhitaryan said to have topped the shopping list at Spurs. The Mkhitaryan saga could be brought to a swift conclusion in the coming weeks and the club which stumps up Shakhtar’s £25 million asking price looks all set to add the promising talent to their ranks come the new season.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:25:57 +0000
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