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Manchester United prepared to offer lucrative salary to prise Thiago Alcantara from Barca
MANCHESTER UNITED are willing to triple Thiago Alcantara's salary to prise him from Barcelona.
David Moyes is optimistic of securing a £15.4m deal for the midfielder despite Bayern Munich showing late interest.
Thiago Alcantara's exit clause plummeted from £77m as he failed to participate in the stipulated amount of games.
A report on football site Goal has it that Barcelona have already made a last-ditch attempt to keep Alcantara at the Camp Nou after his father, Mazinho met with chairman Sandro Rossell last week.
Barcelona would loathe to lose a player, who has been dubbed as the next Xavi.
They may be given a flicker of hope after Alcantara posted an Instagram picture of himself with a friend in Barcelona on Twitter, accompanied by the words: I love Barcelona.
Alcantara was the hat-trick hero, as Spain retained the European U-21 Championships against Italy last month.
They may be given a flicker of hope after Alcantara posted an Instagram picture of himself with a friend in Barcelona on Twitter, accompanied by the words: I love Barcelona.
Alcantara was the hat-trick hero, as Spain retained the European U-21 Championships against Italy last month.