Manchester United ‘had failed bid for Wesley Sneijder’, claim Galatasaray
Manchester United made an unsuccessful bid to sign Galatasaray midfielder Wesley Sneijder in the closing stages of the transfer window,
the Turkish giants have confirmed.
David Moyes’ first transfer window as Manchester United manager has gained a mixed reception after Marouane Fellaini proved his only major signing.
The Premier League champions tried and failed with bids for Cesc Fabregas, Thiago Alcantara, Leighton Baines, Ander Herrera
and Sami Khedira over the course of the summer, as well as running out of time to complete the loan signing of Real Madrid left-back Fabio Coentrao.
And it has now emerged Moyes also missed out on bringing Dutch international Sneijder to Old Trafford two weeks before transfer deadline day.
Sneijder received an indirect offer from Manchester United two weeks ago but it was not accepted,’ said Galatasaray’s sporting director Bulunt Tulun.
‘There are several clubs that want him but just like we can’t let go of [striker] Burak [Yilmaz] we also have to keep hold of Sneijder.’
It has not been confirmed how much United were prepared to pay for the 29-year-old, but Sneijder has been a long-term target of the club s
ince Sir Alex Ferguson’s unsuccessful pursuit during the midfielder’s time at Inter Milan.
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