David Moyes has made a short trip to France
in a match that was contested between Bordeaux and PSG, probably to take a last
look as a connoisseur before making an official bid for the Brazilian wonder
kid Lucas Moura.
The situation is ideal for the
Red Devils at the moment, because the Brazilian International is finding it
hard to maintain a first team place in the starting 11 of PSG as the
introduction of Javier Pastore and Menez in starting 11 of PSG has limited
Moura to just 9 starts in the French Ligue 1.
In the 9 starts he had made
so far this season for PSG, he created 5 and scored 3 himself that just
underlines his ability to create and score whenever he has been given the
chance to play by Laurent Blanc.
One obstacle in getting his
signature is the transfer fee, as it is speculated that PSG won’t be allowing
its Brazilian start to leave for cheap. However with the reports suggested by
Goal.com that 180 million has been given to Moyes to spend in the next two
windows, less people would be arguing if he spent a healthy chunk of that on
Moura
The Brazilian has shown his
abilities at the International level in the same manner as at the club football
by earning 30 caps and scoring 4 goals in the process. His ability to run pass
the defenders, nutmeg them and burst of pace are the traits exactly lacking in
the Manchester United team at the moment.
It is yet to be seen whether
if Lucas accepts the second approach from the English giants who approached
from him earlier in the summer of 2012 when he chose PSG ahead of many others
to pursue his glittering career in Europe. Sir Alex seemed quite unamused then
by the price tag of Moura.
"I find it quite amazing
that a club can pay 45m Euros for a 19year old boy. When somebody’s paying 45 million
Euros for a 19 year old, you have to say the game’s gone mad" Sir Alex added
to show his anger.
However times have changed at
the Old Trafford since then and the club which was once known to bargain its
way in completing transfers may have to play a tug of war game if they claim to
get the ratification of Moura.
On the other hand for
Manchester United, there have only been 11 goals scored by their midfielders so
far this season, so they need to invest money in their midfield if and they
want to escalate themselves to an unlikely top four finish.
So in the world cup year
where everybody is looking to cement his place on the plane to Brazil, Lucas
Moura may look for greener pastures to cement his place in Luis Felipe
Scolari’s squad.
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