Newly appointed manager of Barcelona football club, Luis Enrique has made Marco Reus, the Borussia Dortmund deadly forward his number 1 target for the summer transfer window. Reports claim that Nou Camp club are already taking advantage of van Gaal’s engagement with the Dutch world cup squad to table a £35 million bid for the player who is considered one of Europe’s most deadly attacking forward.
Reus’ credentials as a footballer are intimidating. Last season, the German international scored 23 goals while creating 23 chances in just 42 appearances for Dortmund and that was in a season in which Dortmund were considerably poor. He is able to link up very well with the midfield to create chances and score goals himself. He has long been an asset to his club. For this reason, Jurgen Klopp is said to be determined to keep him but he knows that there is always a limit to how far a manager can go when a good offer comes.
Barcelona are reported to have table a mouth-watering offer and are discussing personal terms with the player who have returned home to nurse his ankle injury sustained in a pre-world cup friendly match. It is understood that the player who has been on United wish list since last summer is open to a move away from Borussia Dortmund.
Manchester United unfortunately may struggle behind Barcelona for the German signature. The club faces a bleak prospect in this battle for some reasons. The prospect of Champions League action with Barcelona is quite tantalizing to many players and Reus is no exception; sadly, United won’t play at that level of football next season. Added to this is the shabby manner United have handled their transfers in the last one year. Ed Woodward appears to be learning the ropes and he hasn’t been a good student so far. United is arguably the English topmost team with the most urgent need for reinforcement and unfortunately, they are lagging far behind others. The club is still struggling with its bid for Luke Shaw! To grab a player of Marco Reus pedigree, it will take high level tenacious negotiations and right now, even the experienced Louis van Gaal is busy elsewhere and unfortunately, the business can’t wait.
Having stated this, United has something that can attract the player and his current club. They certainly can out bid Barcelona who probably need to sell off a few players to fund Reus transfer but United on the other hand already cash starched away for this purpose. If they are ready to out-bid and over pay the player and they do this quick enough, they just might get the player’s signature.
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