Denis Irwin has claimed that Manchester United will “move heaven and earth”, to sign former Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona this summer.
The Gunners are understood to have a first option to re-sign the midfielder, but the former United left-bck suggested that United are determined to win the race to land the 26-year-old Spain international.
Irwin was one of the first pundits, who revealed Sir Alex Ferguson’s interest in signing Robin van Persie last year, has now said that Fabregas is David Moyes top priority.
“Cesc Fabregas has zoomed up Manchester United’s transfer target list to the top position and the champions are going to move heaven and earth to get him,” he told the Sunday World newspaper.
“The Barcelona star wants out of the Nou Camp and United want him badly, so the deal should be done easily enough. Fabregas is just the sort of all-action midfield player United need if they are to make a run at next season’s Champions League.
“Cesc won’t be short of offers for I believe this is going to be a transfer season where eye-boggling amounts of money will be spent.”
Irwin also spoke about other arrivals and departures from Old Trafford this season, as Moyes prepares to shape the squad he inherited from Ferguson.
“Nani will go to Monaco and Patrice Evra may well return to the same club, from whom he joined United,” Irwin added. “I’ve also heard a word that the new manager might have Luke Shaw at the top of his list. The teenage Southampton full-back is the latest in a long line of prodigies from that club’s excellent youth system.”
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