Sir Alex will surely laugh off this potential Old Trafford swap.
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Ac Milan join the chase for Manchester United’s Nemanja Vidic
Ac Milan are ready to rival Real Madrid in the battle to prise Nemanja Vidic from Manchester United this summer.Milan are preparing to offer Dutch forward Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in a player-plus-cash deal for the Serbian defender.
Vidic, 29, who has been sidelined since December with a calf nerve problem, has emerged as Real’s leading defensive target, with the Spanish club prepared to pay £20 million.But Milan, who face United in a Champions League last-16 first-leg tie at the San Siro on Feb 16, are also determined to take advantage of persistent rumours of Vidic’s desire to leave Old Trafford for the continent at the end of the season.
Although Vidic has consistently rebuffed speculation about his future at United, the club have made no moves to extend his contract, which expires in June 2012, and it is understood that the player’s wife, Ana, has found it difficult to settle in the North-West.
Sir Alex Ferguson’s £10 million move for Chris Smalling, the Fulham defender, last month has done little to quell the perception that Vidic will be sold and it is understood that United would be willing to part with the player for about £25 million.
Milan coach Leonardo has been told that he will be given funds to reshape his ageing squad, but the Brazilian is ready to offload Huntelaar, who has failed to settle at the club since his £14 million transfer from Real Madrid last August.
Ferguson had considered making a move for the 26 year-old, who scored 76 goals in 92 appearances for Ajax, in the summer of 2007 before settling instead on a two-year loan deal for Carlos Tévez.
Huntelaar’s unproductive season at the Bernabeu, followed by his failure to impress in Milan, has since dimmed his reputation. But with doubts over the Old Trafford futures of Michael Owen and Dimitar Berbatov, Milan are hopeful that Ferguson’s previous interest in the player could tempt him to take him to United in part exchange for Vidic. (Telegraph)
Whilst the arrival of Fulham centre back Chris Smalling is a welcome addition to the Old Trafford squad it is clearly part of a long term strategy and not a signing that was meant to replace a supposed exit bound Nemanja Vidic.
The Serbian has been a fantastic signing since he arrived at Manchester United and talk of a rift between the determined defender and Sir Alex appears to be little more than paper talk but rumours about Nemanja’s wife not being able to settle in the UK may be nearer the mark.
Such is the value of Vidic that any such swap deal would surely be given short shrift and quite why a team with a pretty damn effective forward line would be interested in swapping their top performing centre back for a striker who has been a failure at the San Siro is beyond me.
It would be one thing if Real Madrid came in and tried in their own sneaky style to convince Nemanja to move to the La Liga giants, lets face it they have performed a similar trick a number of times before, but AC Milan have absolutely zero chance of landing the former Spartak Moscow man.
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