Manchester United are reportedly set to complete a deal to sign
Palermo’s exciting young playmaker
Javier Pastore. The Argentine’s
agent Marcelo Simonen is apparently in talks with the Old Trafford
club completing a deal to bring the 21 year old to the Premier
League table toppers according to Cordoba based media outlet
Radio Event. Such news will come as a blow to
Barcelona who are also said to be actively pursuing the Serie A
star.
Sir Alex Ferguson is known to be an admirer of the rangy
attacking midfielder and has had the player scouted in recent
weeks. Pastore has been the driving force in Palermo’s towards a top sixth
finish and the club’s recent 7-0 home drubbing at the hands of
Udinese has apparently led to the player’s push to leave the club
he joined in July 2009.
The Sicilian side is determined to see their €40m (£34.3m)
valuation met before they sell their prized asset and it now
appears that Ferguson is willing to meet those demands and break
the club’s transfer record outlay which was set when Man United
purchased Dimitar Berbatov from Tottenham back in the summer of
2008.
Pastore has been in fine form this season netting ten goals and
assisting many others and he is seen as an ideal long term
replacement for Paul Scholes as Ferguson looks to bring in a goal
scoring midfielder to help boost the attacking third of his
squad.
Manchester United’s owners have
promised Ferguson significant transfer funds to help boost the
club’s squad, a promise that was also made to England international
Wayne Rooney who wanted to see the club bring in top level signings
before committing to a new deal some months back.
Sir Alex Ferguson will look to trim some players from his squad
to help fund such additions with Owen Hargreaves and Michael Owen
unlikely to be offered new deals and the likes of Jonny Evans,
Danny Welbeck, Bebe, Gabriel Obertan and Darron Gibson all fighting
for their Old Trafford futures.
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