Manchester United have already spend in excess of £50 million on
Hargreaves, Nani and Anderson, and seemed unlikely to spend big
bucks.
However, CEO David Gill had promised yesterday that more cash could
be splashed if the right player, particularly a quality striker,
were to become available.
"We've looked at it and if something comes along in another area,
which is a striker, we'll see what happens," he had said.
"If anything does happen it will be in the striking
department."
Almost on cue come reports that they made an optimistic bid of just
under 40 million euros for Barcelona ace Samuel Eto'o, who has been
tipped by many to leave the club at the end of the season.
However, they have failed to land the Cameroon international, and
unwilling to go higher, are now said to be focusing on Atletico
Madrid skipper Fernando Torres.
Torres signed a new contract with Atleti last summer, lowering his
buy-out clause from 90 million euros to a very gettable 40. He has
been on Sir Alex Ferguson's wish list for a while.
