Yaya Toure linked to United
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Mori pleased with United link
Starlet flattered by European interest
River Plate striker Rogelio Funes Mori has stated his desire to play in the Premier League in the future.
The highly rated 19-year-old has just completed his first season as a senior player in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, and has caught the eye of some major clubs with a series of eye-catching performances, including a hat-trick against local rivals Racing Club.
Funes Mori, who was previously on Chelsea's radar and was offered trials at Stamford Bridge, made the move to River and played his first game in December of last year.
A hat-trick against Racing Club at the start of May has now seen him linked with Manchester United, who have already signed young Mexican striker Javier Hernandez to add to their striking riches.
Funes Mori did not deny that the opportunity to play under Sir Alex Ferguson at United was a fantastic one, but insisted he was just concentrating on his current club at the present time.
"I really don't know anything about what is being said about the chance of going to Manchester United," Funes Mori told Uno de Mendoza.
"All I know is by what is being said in the press.
"Every player dreams of having the chance to play in Europe and even more if it's in the English Premier League, but I will have to talk about this with my agent.
"At this moment I'm enjoying the chance that I've been given playing in River's first team in this championship that has just finished. And at this moment I'm enjoying my holidays."
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Manchester United are reportedly considering making an offer for Barcelona defensive midfielder Yaya Toure. The Ivorian has struggled to retain a place in the Nou Camp starting line up due to Pepe Guardiola’s decision to turn to youngster Sergio Busquets on a more regular basis and this has left the former Monaco man to consider his future at the Catalan giants.
Sir Alex Ferguson could well do with a solid central midfielder after seeing Owen Hargreaves spend the best part of two seasons out injured. His other options have also suffered severe dips in form with Anderson and Michael Carrick both having very average seasons last term. The likes of Darren Fletcher and Paul Scholes continue to be consistent performers but neither are out and out battlers who actively seek to break down opposition attacks, which is what Toure does best.
An added bonus would be the fact that the 27 year old is also a very adept centre back, as he proved in the 2009 Champions League Final against Man United. Arsenal and Manchester City have both been linked with a move for the battling powerhouse.
The £18m rated Barca man will have to think long and hard about any offers for his services this summer and if he puts in a good World Cup the speculation may increase even further. Yaya will surely not be happy to warm the bench in this period of his career and would surely be interested in a move to Old Trafford.
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frankly, anything above 10m, I think is out of MU's range.
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:
frankly, anything above 10m, I think is out of MU's range.
I doubt Fergie will recruit any more new players unless the current crop is being trimmed down.
Especially Berbatov, Carrick and Hargreaves.
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Originally posted by CKeer:
I doubt Fergie will recruit any more new players unless the current crop is being trimmed down.
Especially Berbatov, Carrick and Hargreaves.
agree.. there is no news unless SAF is moving under the radar to avoid the big fishes..
quite sad that as MU, a big club has to feed out what RM got to throw off their table.
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smalling, hernandez for new buys of 2010? is it reminiscence of the buys in 2003-2004, when fergie go buy the likes of unknown and unproven like howard, bellion and forlan
