Manchester United

[Shaggy]

United rumoured to have approached Gervinho

[Shaggy]

FFS

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/23/manchester-united-move-yevhen-konoplyanka-ukraine-winger-dnipro?CMP=twt_gu

Manchester United eye £12m move for Dnipro winger Yevhen Konoplyanka

• Club have scouted Ukrainian and could meet buy-out clause
• Player favours move to Old Trafford over Liverpool

Louis van Gaal is considering paying Yevhen Konoplyanka’s €15m (£12.1m) buyout clause, with the Dinipro winger willing to join despite Manchester United not being in next season’s Champions League.

United have scouted Konoplyyanka, who is also interesting Liverpool and Schalke 04, on more than one occasion, the most recent being on Sunday when Dinipro played Metalurg Donetsk.

Andrey Stetsenko, Dinpro’s sporting director who is in charge of transfers, accepts that Konoplyanka could leave the club.

“Our scouts are working to find his replacement. Sooner or later Konoplyanka will leave Dnipro,” he said. “We know that English, Spanish and German clubs are monitoring the situation and are interested in the player. But we have no offers. His contract has a buy out clause worth €15m for foreign clubs. For Ukrainian clubs the buy out is more.”

While United and Schalke scouts were at Sunday’s game, with Dinipro officials having ensured they were accommodated, it is understood that Liverpool retain an interest. Yet despite the Merseyside club having the attraction of Champions League football, Konoplyanka is minded to sign for United.

Dinopro are in a state of flux with the manager, Juande Ramos, having refused a new contract and left the club on Thursday.

The winger, who impressed for Ukraine during Euro 2012, is wanted by Van Gaal as he looks to overhaul his wide options, as Ashley Young, Antonio Valencia and Nani have all consistently disappointed.

One player who will not be joining United this summer, despite being linked with a move, is Toni Kroos. The Guardian reported on Thursday that Van Gaal had decided against persuing the Bayern Munich midfielder, who admitted on Friday that he expects to stay at the German champions.

[MrMichael]

Meh.

It is amazing how many journalists know what Louis Van Gaal is thinking already. Not to mention in this case knowing Konoplyanka's mind too. Truly, truly amazing telepathic skillz.

They'd be idiots not to have scouted players like him anyway.

As an aside, I expect a lot of clubs will be linked with a lot of players based in Ukraine over the next few weeks/months, agents trying to get their clients out and money men trying to liquidate assets.

[MrsB]

Stoke

[Shaggy]

ITV Football @itvfootball
Kroos rules out move to mid-table Man United: http://www.itv.com/sport/football/ar...d-this-summer/ …

[Roboklopp]

"On the flight the mischievous defender is rumoured to have made a passenger announcement, explaining that there had been a change to the in-flight menu and that it would be bacon sandwiches all round."


Wow. Those flights really must erm fly by.

Hate the expression "the smart money."

[Kenneth]

FFS

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...pro?CMP=twt_gu

He wants out so badly. "Player favours move to Old Trafford over Liverpool" because Liverpool don't look as interested/desperate.

[McDermotX]

[Exiled_red]

[Liverpel]

They're being linked with James Mccarthy now.

[G]

They're as bad as us for being linked to players they never sign.

[baitman]

They're as bad as us for being linked to players they never sign.

only worserer.

[Chazza]

They have given Evra another year.

[rodo]

beggars an all that

[Leyton388]

Either the Luke Shaw deal has fallen through or was never going to happen or Evra is happy to sit on the bench and play second fiddle to Shaw which I cannot see.