Sir Alex Ferguson has long been looking for a perfect replacement for Scholes, and the Scottish mentor has set his sights on luring the PSV midfielder in the upcoming January transfer window.
Reports in English and Dutch media suggest that Manchester United would be tabling a bid in the upcoming January transfer market to secure the services of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kevin-Strootman-c20775.
The Red Devils head coach, Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paul-Scholes-c29394.
The 38-year-old midfield maestro, who started his professional career at Old Trafford in the 1993/94 season, has mesmerised many around the globe with his playmaking skills since making his debut in September 1994.
However, the versatile midfielder, who has thus far donned the jersey of the Red Devils in more than 700 games in all competitions, has now reached the climax of his career, and it seems like that he will not be representing the Manchester giants anymore
after the end of the ongoing 2012/13 campaign.
And the Scottish mentor has been looking for a possible replacement for the veteran midfielder. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wesley-Sneijder-c36799 remained one of the favourites to arrive at Old Trafford at the end of the 2011/12 season.
However, the former Aberdeen boss does not want to have a short-term replacement for Schole at the centre of the park, and has now turned his attention towards Strootman, who has shown a lot of promise since his arrival at Philips Stadion in the summer of
2011.
The 22-year-old, who made his professional career debut at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Utrecht-c39237 in 14 league games.
And since then, the Dutch midfielder has been making the headlines for all the good reasons, and has attracted immense interest from a host of elite European clubs.
AC Milan and Bayern Munich have remained keen admirers of the midfield maestro, but Manchester United have now emerged as the favourites to lure the youngster to Old Trafford.
Strootman has a contract at Philips Stadion that runs until the summer of 2016, and reports confirm that the 19-time English champions will have to table a bid in the region of 15 million Euros to land his signature in the upcoming winter transfer market.
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