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Manchester United close in on £25m Schneiderlin after Schweinsteiger rejection
MANCHESTER UNITED will this week tie up a £25million deal for Morgan Schneiderlin following Bastian Schweinsteiger’s decision to stay with Bayern Munich.
Bastian Schweinsteiger wants to stay at Bayern
Schweinsteiger has made it clear he is still hungry to win more trophies at Bayern where he wants to become a history-maker.
“We [Bayern] are three-times German champions. And I think no team has managed it four times,” he said. “That’s a motivation.”
Meanwhile, United are ready to get tough with David De Gea and hold him to the last year of his contract - unless Real Madrid match their £30m-plus valuation.
Real are unwilling to double their initial £15m offer for Spain’s No1 goalkeeper - who is out of contract next summer - and United’s stance has hardened since the Spanish giants rejected their £30m bid for Sergio Ramos.
Now they are prepared to keep De Gea even thought they will get nothing for him when his current contract expires in 12 months time.