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Hello and welcome to the Premier League transfer news and rumours of the day! Here are the top stories of the day surrounding the Premiership!
David Moyes opens up
Former Manchester United manager David Moyes has opened up about his tenure with the Red Devils following the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson. The Scot revealed that Marouane Fellaini wasn’t supposed to be the only signing.
In fact, Gareth Bale was among the targeted players and David Moyes revealed that they could have signed the Welshman, despite the fact that the deal to Madrid was almost done.
“Marouane Fellaini was to be part of a group of players to come in,” he said.
“By the time we got to the end of the transfer window, we always thought we had a chance of getting Gareth Bale.
“We hoped we could talk him out of going to Real Madrid because it was already half done.”
He then added that the Red Devils had offered the Welshman more money in wages and also had a helicopter in place for him but the former Spurs star ended up at Real Madrid in the end.
“We had offered more money, we tried to entice him. We did [have a helicopter ready] and we tried.
“But this is management and we all have lots of hard-luck stories.”
The former Everton manager also revealed that he had an agreement of sorts with Toni Kroos back when he was at Bayern Munich. The German apparently agreed to join Manchester United but the deal didn’t end up happening as the Scot had lost his job in the meantime.
“I had met Toni Kroos during the season and agreed he would come to Manchester United before he went to Real Madrid, but somewhere in there I lost my job, and he went somewhere else.”
More on Gareth Bale
It seems as though an entire roundup can be written just with news of Gareth Bale. The Welshman is in the limelight because of his erratic status at the Bernabeu and Spanish journalist Guillem Balague has shed some light on the issue.
He thinks that the Red Devils will have to think twice before trying to sign him and that if he is to leave for Chelsea, it would be in a swap deal involving Eden Hazard. However, he thinks that the Welshman might not want to leave.
“He’s going to be 30 in July, so Manchester United may think twice about putting that kind of money in the direction of Real Madrid and Bale,” he said.
“If Chelsea had the possibility of signing Bale it would be a swap with [Eden] Hazard and I expect all that to appear in the equation. But I feel Bale doesn’t want to leave.”
United no longer want Bale
Manchester United have been linked with a move for Gareth Bale but it seems as though the Red Devils might not want to sign him after all. According to ESPN’s Mark Ogden, the Welshman isn’t being targeted by the Old Trafford outfit.
The reason is that they are not sure if the former Tottenham man is worth the amount of money given his age as they are planning to sign players that are young and filled with talent.
“The 29-year-old is in Manchester, training with Wales at United's Carrington base ahead of Wednesday's international friendly against Trinidad and Tobago,” he wrote.
“But sources said United would not be registering an interest with Real due to the prohibitive cost of signing the player and his age, with their recruitment plans instead set to be focused on young and emerging talent.”
Real Madrid madness
This might be the Premier League transfer news roundup but given that Real Madrid are in a desperate need of an overhaul, the Premier League is set to be affected by the plans of the Galacticos.
Zinedine Zidane’s return almost certainly ensures that there would be big signings at the Bernabeu this summer and according to reports, the Blancos have already made the first offer for Eden Hazard.
However, the bid has been rejected as the Blues want €100 million.
Meanwhile, there is another player that the Blancos have targeted but it seems as though Juventus also want him as reports claim that the Old Lady are planning to make a bid in the summer for the Dane midfielder.
However, Juventus don’t think that it would be easy to sign him as not only is Daniel Levy a very tough negotiator but Zinedine Zidane is also a huge admirer of the player.
