Papers: Fight for Jovetic11/07/2013 07:38
Mark Irwin writes in The Sun...Manchester giants battle for £27million strikerManchester United are going head to head with noisy neighboursManchester City in a £27million fight for Fiorentina striker StevanJovetic. United boss David Moyes has turned to the Montenegrointernational after failing to convince Borussia Dortmund striker RobertLewandowski to move to Old Trafford. It is bad news for City bossManuel Pellegrini, who had thought the forward was in the bag. Jovetic'sagent Fali Ramadani has been in London this week after the Italian sidegave the go-ahead for talks with potential buyers.
Fiorentina this weeksigned Mario Gomez for £15m from Bayern Munich and Jovetic, 23, has a£27m release clause. City have made it clear they are willing to meetthat fee for the striker, who scored 13 Serie A goals last term andstarred in a 1-1 draw with England in March. But United are now ready tomatch City's £120,000-a-week offer and think their stature gives themthe edge.Many of today's papers report on the start of United'sTour 2013 Presented by Aon - which kicked off yesterday as a 19-mansquad jetted off to Bangkok. The
Daily Mail comments on the absence of
Nemanja Vidic, who has been left behind with an alleged sciatic nerve problem.
Elsewhere, the
Daily Express includes a piece based on an interview
David Moyes gave to TalkSport on Wednesday, commenting on his “good relationship” with
Wayne Rooney.The United boss also spoke about the striker’s impressive fitness: “Hehas trained great. They [the club’s fitness coaches] are telling methey’ve never seen him in better shape. That’s positive. He’s not forsale and I will try to get the best Wayne Rooney I possibly can.”
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