United preparing Chelsea raid amid two midfield star’s potential exit rumours

Oct 13, 2016 at 4:50 PM

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United preparing Chelsea raid amid two midfield star’s potential exit rumours

Jose Mourinho will sacrifice Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin in a bid to bag Nemanja Matic from Chelsea. That’s the startling claim in the Daily Star, which says the United boss is desperate to lure the Chelsea midfielder to Old Trafford.

Even though the Serbian struggled under Mourinho at Stamford Bridge in the first half of last season, the Special One believes he can bring out the best in Matic at United.

The Star says the playmaker has also “attracted interest” from Serie A champions Juventus, with Italian papers reporting the club are “looking to sign the 28-year-old in January”. But Mourinho is quietly confident he can persuade Matic to move north while at the same time accommodating him in the squad by offloading Schweinsteiger and Schneiderlin.

Elsewhere, the Manchester Evening News says the Red Devils are playing it cool with Juan Mata, Ander Herrera, Daley Blind, Luke Shaw and Marouane Fellaini. The five are out of contract at the end of next season and the MEN says “with around 18 months to go the club would normally begin work on renewing deals”. But it seems United are content to see how they perform in the coming months before deciding whether to start negotiations.

Finally, there’s bad news for United fans hoping to see Antoine Griezman lining up at Old Trafford. Metro reports the Atletico Madrid frontman has no plans to quit Spain – but he could see himself playing for Paris Saint-Germain at some point.

United have been strongly linked with a move for the French marksman, but the 25-year-old had this to say when asked by broadcaster France 3 about the future: “For now PSG is not in my plans… Maybe someday, but now Atletico Madrid is my team. I’m focused on doing well there and my desire is to win something important with the club.”

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