MANCHESTER UNITED ‘DETERMINED’ TO SIGN ENZO PEREZ WITH £24.4M TRANSFER OFFER

MANCHESTER UNITED ‘DETERMINED’ TO SIGN ENZO PEREZ WITH £24.4M TRANSFER OFFER

 

Manchester United are ‘determined’ to sign Benfica midfielder Enzo Perez in January and are set to make a £24.4million bid for his services.
Perez was strongly linked with United back in the summer, with suggestions at the time that Louis van Gaal had made a deadline day bid for the player.
United scouts have since been following Perez closely, and while Chelsea are also in for the 28-year-old, the Red Devils are reported to be ‘determined’ to do business and will lodge a £24.4million offer soon.
A classy central midfielder who is also strong in the tackle, Perez is seen as the missing piece in United’s midfield jigsaw, and with Benfica reportedly short on cash, a deal is on the cards.
 

UNITED 'TO MAKE MARTINS INDI BID'

UNITED 'TO MAKE MARTINS INDI BID'

Manchester United are reportedly planning a £10m swoop for Porto defender Bruno Martins Indi, while Gerard Pique and Ron Vlaar remain options.

Louis van Gaal wants to beef up his struggling defence with a move for the Portuguese-born Holland defender, who is comfortable at the heart of defence or at left-back.
The 26-times capped defender, who played under van Gaal at the 2014 World Cup, only joined Porto in the summer having joined the club from Feyenoord, where he came through their academy.
It is thought Martins Indi is valued at around the £10million mark, and The Sun claims a bid for the defender could be in the pipeline.
Martins Indi spoke recently of a special connection to LVG, with the same paper quoting him as saying: "Spiritually I still have contact with Van Gaal.
"I think about him and I think he also thinks about me."
The United boss, who has seen his defenders struggle for form and fitness in his first season at Old Trafford, is also known to be considering January moves for Aston Villa's Vlaar and Barcelona's Pique.
Vlaar, who is out of contract next summer, has recently been linked with a £6million move to United, while Pique was again left out by Barca in the Champions League on Wednesday, amid claims he is wanted by United, Chelsea and Arsenal.

MAN UTD, CHELSEA, ARSENAL CHASING FROZEN OUT PIQUE

MAN UTD, CHELSEA, ARSENAL CHASING FROZEN OUT PIQUE

Premier League clubs are monitoring Gerard Pique's big freeze out at Barcelona.

The defender was missing for their Champions League win at Ajax.

Pique was left out of the starting line-up for the second successive game amid reports that Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal have submitted offers for the Barcelona defender.

Inexperienced Marc Bartra was asked to partner Javier Mascherano in the centre of defence for Wednesday's Champions League tie against Ajax.

And the decision by Barca boss Luis Enrique to leave Pique on the bench during Wednesday's 2-0 victory prompted Spanish newspaper AS to question whether he had a future at the Nou Camp.

MAN UTD BOSS LVG FEARS FALCAO CANNOT HANDLE PREMIER LEAGUE HURLY-BURLY

 

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has concerns over Radamel Falcao's fitness.
The Daily Mail says Van Gaal is already concerned that loan signing Falcao may not be physically capable of sustained action in the Barclays Premier League.
United signed the Colombia striker on loan from Monaco at the start of the season and already have the details of a permanent deal in place if he has a good spell at Old Trafford.
However, Falcao arrived having suffered a serious knee injury last season and has only started three league games.