attacking options and will offer Javier Hernandez,
Nani and Adnan Januzaj to help bring Tottenham
to the negotiating table
By Scott Loney
Manchester United are ready to test Tottenham 's
resolve by making an official bid for Harry Kane,
Sport Inn understands.
United are prepared to put together a package
worth up to £50 million (€70m) and are willing to
offer up Javier Hernandez, Nani and Adnan Januzaj
in exchange as part of a deal that would see Kane
become Britain's most expensive footballer.
Goal revealed last month that Manchester United
manager Louis van Gaal made Kane his primary
target to improve his strikeforce after the 21-year-
old's sensational breakthrough season in which he
scored 30 goals. United's interest has already prompted Spurs to
consider offering Kane an improved contract less
than six months after he signed a five-and-a-half
year extension worth £35,000-per-week (€48,000).
The north London club's official stated
that the England international is not for sale at any
price but United's hierarchy are convinced they are
capable of putting together a package lucrative
enough to bring Tottenham to the negotiating
table.
Van Gaal spent upwards of £150 million (€205m)
last summer and will be armed with an even
bigger warchest during the close season in order
to build a squad capable of mounting a serious bid
for the Premier League title.
The Old Trafford giants have already freed up funds
by shedding Radamel Falcao's £300,000-a-week
(€412,000) salary from their books by ignoring the
option to make his loan move from Monaco a
permanent one.
Robin van Persie, who commands a £250,000-a-
week wage (€343,00), also hinted this week that
his future may well lie away from Old Trafford by
branding his current predicament "a strange
situation".
Meanwhile, United have called a halt, for this
summer at least, to their pursuit of Gareth Bale,
who is determined to remain in the Spanish capital
and fight for his Real Madrid future, which will
swell Van Gaal's transfer kitty still further.
Van Gaal has already determined that Januzaj,
Nani and Hernandez, who spent last season on
loan at Sporting Lisbon and Real Madrid, are
surplus to requirements at Old Trafford and could
be used as bait to land Kane.
Tottenham explored the option of taking Januzaj
on loan in January, while Hernandez, who is also
on Southampton's radar, would represent a
suitable replacement for Roberto Soldado or
Emmanuel Adebayor, both of whom are expected
to leave White Hart Lane this summer.
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