Football Express News understands that this evening Manchester United have made their final offer to Juventus for their prime summer target, Chilean ace Arturo Vidal.
The ongoing transfer saga surrounding the highly sought-after Chile international is set to come to a-head by the end of this week with United boss Louis van Gaal almost at the end of his tether, having now slapped a deadline on the club’s acquisition of the 27-year-old.
United have upped the stakes in a last brazen attempt to prize Vidal out of the clutches of his troubled Serie A club and the Red Devils are believed to slamming a mega offer in the region of £42.5m on the table.
Should Juventus reject the proposal or not come to a decision by the end of the week, the Red Devils chief has vowed to duck out of the race and shift his attentions to the pursuit of other summer transfer targets.
Vidal’s other keen Premier League fanciers – Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool – are understood to be poised and ready to jump in feet-first and gazump United’s final offer or at least match with a like-for-like proposal, in the hope of winning what has materialised into a somewhat gruelling race for the Chilean.
More details to follow.