Pre-season Transfer Speculation & Rumours(2010)

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The transfer I was hoping would happen. Even if the rumors are true, a bidding war with Real for a Spanish player doesn't sound promising.

United Lead Race For £20m Spaniard

Manchester United are set to go head-to-head with Real Madrid in the race to sign Valencia midfielder David Silva. Real have been widely expected to complete a £20m deal for Silva during the summer but now United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is ready to swoop in and sign the player from under the noses of the Spanish giants.

The 24-year-old is ready to follow David Villa and quit Valencia after his fellow Spanish international left for Barcelona last week. Silva has been linked with Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Barcelona in recent months, but it seems that Real and United are the front-runners for his signature.

Reports in Spain last week suggested Madrid had already contacted Valencia officials about Silva’s availablility and were close to secureing a deal, but now Fergie is set to make an approach and tempt the tricky winger to Old Trafford. Although Ferguson is a huge admirer of Silva, he will not pay over the odds in an over-inflated transfer market as he looks to add one special player to his squad.

Source: Football Talk UK

Another fantastic player, but 38 million pounds!? No.

Manchester United Boss Weighs Up Move for £38m Italian International: Midfield Maestro De Rossi Interests Sir Alex

Old Trafford boss interested in Roma man with incredibly inflated valuation.

Sir Alex Ferguson is reportedly weighing up a potential big money bid for Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi this summer. The Manchester United boss will have seen that local rivals City have been strongly linked with the battling Italian and the Old Trafford manager knows that he could well do with a bit of steel in his midfield and may make a move for the 26 year old.

Having seen Owen Hargreaves return from injury but still not convinced the England international will have returned a different player to the one he invested a great deal of time and money chasing, Ferguson has been looking for players to play in the centre of his Man United midfield.

With Paul Scholes nearing the end of his glittering career, and with Anderson and Michael Carrick both coming off the back of very average campaigns, the club could do with a new addition and De Rossi is a top quality player who is in many ways two types of players in one.

Never afraid to put in a tackle, but fortunately more able to do so successfully than Scholes, the Rome born man is also able to steer his side towards goal and has the ability to score his fair share of crucial corkers. The valuation of the World Cup bound De Rossi could however be something of a problem. Roma are reportedly pricing their player at a rather inflated £38m which could well scare off any interest in the player, which may well be Claudio Ranieri’s intention.

Source: Caught Offside