Man Utd Fail With £25m Eto'o Bid, Focus On Tevez The Mail on Sunday suggests that the Red Devils failed in a bid to land Samuel Eto'o, and also links them with a move for Carlos Tevez, as the signing of a striker begins to look increasingly likely.
Manchester United have already spent in excess of 75 million euros on Hargreaves, Nani and Anderson, and seemed unlikely to spend big bucks.
However, CEO David Gill had promised yesterday that more cash could be splashed if the right player, particularly a quality striker, were to become available.
"We've looked at it and if something comes along in another area, which is a striker, we'll see what happens," he had said.
"If anything does happen it will be in the striking department."
Almost on cue come reports that they made an optimistic bid of just under 40 million euros for Barcelona ace Samuel Eto'o, who has been tipped by many to leave the club at the end of the season.
However, they have failed to land the Cameroon international, and unwilling to go higher, are now said to be focusing on West Ham's Carlos Tevez.
"He is the one who lifted their game [for West Ham]," Alex Ferguson has said. "He scored a couple of really good free-kicks and seems to have a lot of enthusiasm."
Manchester United have mooted the idea of a one year loan deal, though Milan are currently favourites as they are willing to offer cash to secure his registration.
Atletico Madrid skipper Fernando Torres is said to be the number three on the list. He signed a new contract with Atleti last summer, lowering his buy-out clause from 90 million euros to a very gettable 40. He has been on Sir Alex Ferguson's wish list for a while.
What looks certain, though, is that a new striker will be signed this summer.
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