Football transfer rumours: Manchester United set sights on Willian again?

Today’s fluff is mystic and soulful

José Mourinho has got a cunning plan to turn Manchester United into a European force once more, a method that will surely transform this underperforming outfit into the powerhouse they are used to being and deserve to be. It’s to spend a whole load of cash on some new players. If only United had thought of that a few years ago!

“He believes the Old Trafford giants have been too frugal in their outlay,” writes the Mirror but, after spanking very nearly £300m only to have a team that is leaving the world of football with socks very much not blown off, “United are understood to be unwilling to hand him the vast sums he wants”. Among the players he is most keen to snap up, reports the Sun, is Chelsea’s Willian, who he tried but failed to sign last summer and might cost as much as £60m even though he turns 30 a few days before next season gets under way. Plus there’s Anderson Talisca, the 24-year-old attacking midfielder currently on loan from Benfica to Besiktas. Mourinho is again said to be a big fan, and a £35m deal is in the offing.

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