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# Frustration abounds at Old Trafford as transfer targets Wesley Sneijder and
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Manuel Neuer look out of reach
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## Manchester United are being frustrated in their pursuit of their ideal
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summer transfer targets, the Internazionale playmaker Wesley Sneijder and
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Schalke goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
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![Wesley Sneijder - Ferguson's ideal replacement for Paul Scholes][1]
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Targeted: Sir Alex Ferguson sees Holland and Inter Milan midfielder Wesley
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Sneijder as the perfect long-term replacement for veteran schemer Paul Scholes
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Photo: GETTY IMAGES
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[![Duncan White][2]][3]
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By [Duncan White][4] 10:10PM GMT 26 Feb 2011
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With Edwin van der Sar retiring, signing a goalkeeper is a priority and Sir
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Alex Ferguson is also eager to sign a creative central midfielder.
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According to a club source, **[United][7]** still see Sneijder as the perfect
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long-term replacement for Paul Scholes but the Dutch international signed a
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new contract, which takes him through to 2015, back in October which will make
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him prohibitively expensive.
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A source at Internazionale said that owner Massimo Moratti would be looking
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for a fee in excess of £35million, while Sneijder, 27, is on £9million wages
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per year.
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Sneijder, who inspired Inter to Serie A and the Champions League and
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**[Holland][8]** to the World Cup final, was a target for United this summer,
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before he signed the new deal.
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He has suffered from exhaustion and anaemia this season and, after a
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disappointing start and the sacking of Rafa Benitez, there was hope at United
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that Sneijder might want to leave Inter.
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25 Feb 2011
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Despite losing at home to Bayern Munich in the Champions League this week, new
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manager Leonardo has improved the atmosphere at the club and the chances of
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Sneijder leaving have receded.
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Bayern Munich meanwhile have apparently cemented a deal to sign Neuer, 24, in
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the summer. The German champions generate huge commercial revenues and can pay
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wages with which even United would struggle to compete.
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In a move that has been taken as confirmation of Neuer's imminent arrival,
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Bayern coach Louis van Gaal has dropped regular Hans-Jorg Butt and promoted
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the inexperienced Thomas Kraft, 22, to the team and spoken admiringly about
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Neuer in the German press.
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United have been sending scouts to watch Ajax goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg
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this season and have also reportedly watched Atletico Madrid's David de Gea
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and Hugo Lloris, the France international at Lyon. Of those three,
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Stekelenburg would come the cheapest.
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Finding a playmaker of the quality needed to succeed at Old Trafford is
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proving far more complicated. It has been reported that Luka Modric is a
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target but he signed a six-year contract in the summer and **[Tottenham][15]**
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chairman Daniel Levy will not countenance the sale of the club's influential
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playmaker.
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Spurs are under no financial pressure to sell their players and would be able
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to charge a prohibitive transfer fee for Modric.
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The need for a central creative player was highlighted again in the 0-0 draw
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with Marseille this week and United's scouting network, led by chief scout Jim
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Lawlor, are trying to find an affordable option with Champions League quality.
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**[Aston Villa][16]**'s Ashley Young, who is entering the last year of his
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contract this summer, is another reported target, as is Borussia Dortmund's
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Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa, who is currently out with a broken
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metatarsal.
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Failure to support Ferguson with funds this summer would deepen the antipathy
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felt by supporters towards the club's owners, the Glazer family.
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The club generates enormous profits from its outstanding commercial operations
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and match-day revenue. Yet substantial sums have to go on servicing existing
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debt repayments.
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Ferguson maintains he has money to spend on players but the £80million
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received for Ronaldo is yet to be reinvested.
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