Frank Ribery's agent Alain Migliaccio claims
Manchester United have lined up the Bayern Munich winger as a
replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo.
The 25-year-old has been strongly linked with a summer
move to Barcelona but Migliaccio has now thrown United's hat into
the ring.
With rumours of Ronaldo's proposed move to Real Madrid refusing
to go away, the former Marseille man's representative believes
that, should the Portugal international join the Spanish champions,
United would look to replace him with Ribery.
The French international star has been in scintillating form of
late, highlighted in Bayern's 5-0 demolition away at Sporting
Lisbon in the UEFA Champions last-16 first leg where he scored
twice and created two more.
"If Manchester United sells Cristiano Ronaldo, Sir Alex Ferguson
would like to cover that transfer with Ribery's signature,"
Migliaccio told Bild.
Meanwhile, Barcelona president Joan Laporta has denied his club
had already reached an agreement to sign Ribery at the end of the
season.
"We didn't speak with his representative nor with the player's
entourage," he told L'Equipe.
"If one day we were to plan it, we would speak directly with his
club."