Manchester United are set to sign Real Madrid’s Fabio Coentrão according to reports in Spain.
The Guardian’s Jamie Jackson confirmed earlier today that the Portuguese left back had agreed to join Manchester United after being frozen out at the Bernabeu.
But whilst Jackson claimed that the move would not take place due to Real Madrid’s reluctance to sell after manager Carlo Ancelotti said:
“There is nothing new regarding that. No players are leaving and we’re not going to sign anyone. The window is closed for us.”
Reports in Spain to the contrary have emerged.
Joaquin Maroto, a correspondent from Spanish paper AS and former director of communications at Real Madrid has claimed that Coentrao will be heading to Manchester.
Se abre el mercado de invierno: @Fabio_Coentrao se va al Manchester United.
— JOAQUIN MAROTO (@AS_Maroto) January 5, 2014
Maroto later claimed that the fee would be 12m with add ons but interestingly has today been tweeting links to articles claiming that United’s move for Coentrao was doomed to fail.
With United’s departure from the FA Cup at the 3rd round stage the latest in a long list of mishaps this season, it is believed that manager David Moyes has stressed the importance of getting new faces in and with Coentrao’s situation at Real Madrid and Moyes’ insistence on getting a new left back in, the 25 year old seems the ideal candidate.
We’re back to this fake crap we had all summer then? Let’s do some BUSINESS!!!!!
David moyes should bye players and stop dansing around the buch for god sake or he should be saked at ones. Luke at all the record ferguesen had made in the man utd he want to distroy evry dam foking tins. We cant take dat eny more. Some one should pls tell him to do somting or els he will kip resiveinng cus from the man utd fans around the holl world. David moyes be wand be wand
Am fed up now! United owner should see the reality moyes is not made for big team. Sir alex has made a big mistake. Just becoz he is his friend and a scottish. Sacked moyes its not too late
The way which moyes is going am scared that more humiliation we will have to face. Liverpool and city will do that by beating us 6-0 who knowns. Becoz they are pire enemy and will take advantage
Please what’s the wahala nah,i mean what’s hapening at theatre of dreams.please letz do something now it’s never too late.
One things i don’t understand.loan player has return its was a good opportunity to used them than the tired player like evans,smalling,cleversly,welbeck. J.lingard,macheda. Smalling looks tired and welbeck also. I heard the they keep shouting give to danny the ball.
For sunderland match hope he used a good line-up like 4-3-3.
Degea
fabio,vidic,evans,buttner
fletcher,carrick,anderson
zaha,chicharito,kagawa
lingard,macheda,januzaj come in second half.
United should only concentrate on collective played. Don’t searched striker so that he score goals for us to win the match. That wat they did in swansea match.
Moyes out !
Yeah Sacked Moyes united owner with such humiliation this season he deserved to be sacked react guyz
Sir alex said u should stand behind your manager. I said to glazer owner sacked him and appoint ole gunnar solskjaer with assistant coach m.phelan,giggs,p.scholes then i will stand behind them. But this moyes don’t deserved to be united manager. For god sake trust me united owner. Don’t be a fool.