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Igli Tare, former Lazio sporting director, has claimed that Manchester United did the truth is make a bid in extra of €100m for Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
The Al-Hilal midfielder finally left Lazio this summer time, however for a few years the attacking midfielder was linked to United.
In an interview with tuttomercatoweb, the previous director claimed that “many unfaithful issues have been mentioned about Milinkovic-Savic, from his farewell on a free switch to the truth that he didn’t wish to keep, the one true factor is that Lotito rejected a vital supply, price over 100 million euros, from Milan and Manchester United”.
“I don’t wish to say an excessive amount of concerning the lack of gross sales, even when there was a query of budgets, however Lotito’s selections have been to keep up a robust group and respect the guarantees made to the coach. Let’s not overlook that within the 12 months of Covid, Lazio was about to win the scudetto.”
It may be understood then that the supply may have been made in 2019 or 2020 because of the sporting director’s Covid reference.
The Serbian was mentioned to be a goal of the Pink Devils for the reason that days of Jose Mourinho and the midfielder as soon as commented that it made him comfortable that he was being scouted by the likes of the Manchester United supervisor.
The Pink Devils have been always linked with the participant by way of varied summers however it was at all times reported that the participant carried such an immense price ticket.
Nonetheless, no one was ever positive on the veracity of such rumours. Now, it appears that evidently these rumours have been true.
United have been even linked to the participant in the summertime of 2022 when Erik ten Hag took the reins of the membership.
The midfield man was even prompt as a attainable switch to the Pink Devils even final summer time, earlier than finally transferring to Saudi Arabia.
It was reported by Italian sources that after lacking out on Adrien Rabiot, the Serbian may lastly land in Manchester.
Nonetheless, it was to not be as he signed on the dotted line for the Center-Jap facet this summer time.