Football transfer rumours: Carlos Soler to Manchester United?

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With one-time West Ham flop Simone Zaza banging in goals for fun, Valencia’s resurgence is one of the more interesting football talking points in Spain this season. Managed by Marcelino García Toral, Los Che are unbeaten, sit second in La Liga and last night won their fifth consecutive match with a 4-0 thrashing of Sevilla. Small wonder, then, that their footballers are attracting attention from elsewhere. Central midfielder Carlos Soler is one such player and reports over the weekend suggest that Manchester United have opened talks with Valencia over a £30m deal for the Spain Under-21 international.

Despite only making his Valencia debut last December, Soler has quickly established himself as a first team regular having come through the club’s youth system and is already being touted as a future Spain superstar. Though he has a £75m buy-out clause in his contract, he will almost certainly go for less, with Valencia being strapped for cash and likely to let him go for less than half that amount.

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