ALEX FERGUSON CHASES KARIM BENZEMA
United boss will target Lyon ace to replace Carlos Tevez
KARIM BENZEMA - target
By DAVID HARRISON, 10/01/2009
SIR ALEX FERGUSON has made striker Karim Benzema his main summer transfer target - and that will mean the end of Carlos Tevez at Manchester United.
The United boss is a long-time admirer of Lyon’s Benzema, who made a stunning impact when the two clubs met in the Champions League last season.
Fergie will turn his attention to the Frenchman, 21, who has admitted that he will be on the move at the end of the current campaign.
But Fergie will face fierce competition from both Real Madrid and Barcelona for Benzema, who has become the most wanted young player in Europe.
It could push the price over the £40million mark but Fergie will be willing to splash the whole of his summer transfer budget on Benzema. Fergie From Back Page
famously fell out with Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas who accused the United manager of tapping up Benzema a year ago.
Aulas said at the time: “Give us £45million and Cristiano Ronaldo and you can have him.”
The future of Tevez as a United player now looks doomed. They have baulked at the £32m asking price for the Argentine international and Fergie believes the money would be better spent on Benzema.
He is joint top scorer in this season’s Champions League with five goals. His 20 strikes last term helped fire the French club to their seventh successive League title.
To be fair Carlos looks increasingly more like a soon to be ex United player every day, but this is one of the only players i would like more than Tevez. Whats Peoples thoughts?
United boss will target Lyon ace to replace Carlos Tevez
KARIM BENZEMA - target
By DAVID HARRISON, 10/01/2009
SIR ALEX FERGUSON has made striker Karim Benzema his main summer transfer target - and that will mean the end of Carlos Tevez at Manchester United.
The United boss is a long-time admirer of Lyon’s Benzema, who made a stunning impact when the two clubs met in the Champions League last season.
Fergie will turn his attention to the Frenchman, 21, who has admitted that he will be on the move at the end of the current campaign.
But Fergie will face fierce competition from both Real Madrid and Barcelona for Benzema, who has become the most wanted young player in Europe.
It could push the price over the £40million mark but Fergie will be willing to splash the whole of his summer transfer budget on Benzema. Fergie From Back Page
famously fell out with Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas who accused the United manager of tapping up Benzema a year ago.
Aulas said at the time: “Give us £45million and Cristiano Ronaldo and you can have him.”
The future of Tevez as a United player now looks doomed. They have baulked at the £32m asking price for the Argentine international and Fergie believes the money would be better spent on Benzema.
He is joint top scorer in this season’s Champions League with five goals. His 20 strikes last term helped fire the French club to their seventh successive League title.
To be fair Carlos looks increasingly more like a soon to be ex United player every day, but this is one of the only players i would like more than Tevez. Whats Peoples thoughts?