Manchester United is known for not letting its desired players go away so easily, and that is why whenever a club refuses its deal request, it keeps adding more cherries to its offer until it gets what it wants. This is something that is happening with Spanish footballer Cesc Fabregas who is playing with Barcelona and reportedly they want to get rid of him. Earlier, United made a $25 million offer for the midfielder but when Barca asked for something more, United agreed to hike its paycheck to $30 million along with add-ons. Club executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward is reportedly leading the negotiations and club manager Moyes only wants the end result in his favor. Notably, Moyes has become quite eager for more depth in his team ever since he joined the EPL champions; perhaps he has a long list of shortlisted players he wants into his army for the next EPL season. When asked about the status on Fabregas deal, the Scot said, “As I understand it, Ed had a response, We have made a second offer, but Ed is dealing with it rather than me. When you’re interested in good players, you want to give it every opportunity to materialise – and I’ll do that. I hope things can continue and move forward. At this moment in time, I can only tell you that Ed is working hard trying to make the deals happen. We can only hope that some of them fall into place shortly.”
On the other side, there seems to be a calm at the top decision making table at Barcelona after Tito announced his retirement for his cancer treatment, and who will take the responsibilities to carry on the transfer requests is still not clear. In fact, for that reason, there is no official comment from Barca camp about Fabregas’s makeshift. Anyway, it looks highly possible that Blaugrana will acknowledge the hiked price and United will have its midfielder.
In an another development, Chelsea seems to be interested in United striker Wayne Rooney and if Rooney decides to make a shift, it would be a big blow for Moyes coz he is an integral part of manager’s strategy for upcoming league matches. When asked about why so much delay in several transfer requests, Moyes said, “I can understand that feeling. But there have been quite a few changes. Other managers have changed their clubs, too, and everybody thought this might be the summer when transfers are done later in the month.
“That was always the thought I had when I came into the club. You have to remember I only started on 1 July, so in truth I have only been in the job three weeks at this present time.”