Could the German midfielder be heading to Old Trafford?
United’s Summer spending may not be over, despite what Sir Alex Ferguson claimed recently, according to reports today.
With Wesley Sneijder now looking increasingly unlikely to end up at Old Trafford, the United boss has turned his attention to one of the Bundesliga’s rising stars.
The Sunday Express notes:
Manchester United have switched their attention to Borussia Dortmund’s Mario Goetze after becoming frustrated in their attempt to sign Inter Milan playmaker Wesley Sneijder.
United watched 19-year-old Goetze run the midfield in Germany’s 3-2 win against Brazil in Stuttgart last week, a high-profile friendly in which he also scored.
Goetze is rated the best young talent in the Bundesliga after helping Borussia land the title last season, and he has attracted the interest of Real Madrid and Barcelona. United know they would have a fight to persuade Dortmund to sell.
Goetze is contracted at Dortmund until 2014 and is valued at £20million. United updated their dossier on him after it became clear that neither Inter Milan nor Sneijder were prepared to budge on the fee or wages.
Whether Sir Alex would be tempted to try and sign the midfielder this transfer window remains to be seen but with Real Madrid and Barcelona also interested he may have to act sooner rather than later, particularly after losing out on Alexis Sanchez and Raphael Varane to the Spanish clubs.
Signing a nineteen year old would certainly fit in with United’s transfer policy of late, where up and coming youngsters- with the exception of Ashley Young- have been signed in favour of big money established players.
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i am not holding my breath for a new signing but if we cant get sneijder then a hot prospect how has played in a first team would be my next choice.
not only does he look a great player, he is an international who has won a league title.
in order to defeat barca next time around, we need to sign a top class midfielder. while i like the idea of blooding new talent, are they really going to be able to handle xavi, iniesta and messi. i seriously doubt it
They did do pre season when we beat barca!!!
I need drop that this guy will be interesting
what about Wesley Sneijder will join Manchester
United next summer ?
lame…so lame!!
i hope this is true ,cos he is one of the top 3 19 years old in the world,he s touch and vision are fantastic
I say FUCK snejder!! If he doesn’t want to come and play football for the greatest club in the world for less than 250000 £ a week salary I say FUCK HIM!! Who needs this kind of Wages anyway!???
In SAF we trust!!
Goetze is a terrific young player and would fit the mould of the type of signing Ferguson likes to bring to Man Utd. He is young but plays with an experience head on his shoulders. I saw him against Brazil also and he played excellently. I don’t think we will move for him, but I would think we are watching him for potentially next summer.
This season I don’t think we will enter the market again, and will give both Cleverley and Pogba the opportunity to break through and get games. Anderson will also get a bigger role. How those three perform will dictate our transfer business for next summer. However if we can sign Goetze this summer then we should take it. He is a future star and suits us better than a Sneijder. Also as he is young he will fit into our group better and will can give him time to adapt.
YAWN….
WE have POGBA – RAV _ CLEVERLEY _ ANDO _ TUNNICLIFFE _ FLETCHER _ CARRICK _ SIR RYAN _ PARK
SIR RYAN @ PARK can all play CM
These are all good players but……..Pogba,Rav and Cleverley are untested. Tunnicliffe is untested and out on loan. Ando has huge potentiol but is inconsistant. Fletcher has had a virus for the last 5 months so we dont know how he will come back. Carrick is over 30 and Giggsy is nearer to 40. Bottom line we need a top class midfield player still.