David Moyes reveals Manchester United plans for Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Toni Kroos
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Published 24/12/2016 at 08:54 GMT
Ahead of his return to Old Trafford, David Moyes has outlined the ambitious transfer plans which did not come to fruition during his time in charge of Manchester United.
Real Madrid's Gareth Bale (L) and Cristiano Ronaldo
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Moyes was appointed in the summer of 2013 and despite a list of ambitious targets, United could only sign Marouane Fellaini that summer, with Juan Mata arriving the following January.
But Moyes, who now takes Sunderland to United in the middle of a relegation dogfight on Boxing Day, says he wanted to stop Gareth Bale going to Real Madrid for a world record transfer of £86 million.
Moyes also says he agreed a deal for Bayern Munich midfielder Toni Kroos and had been told by predecessor Sir Alex Ferguson that United had a chance to sign Cristiano Ronaldo.
“When I first went in my real target was Gareth Bale,” Moyes said. “I felt all along that Gareth Bale was a Manchester United player.
“I fought right until the last minute. We actually offered a bigger deal than Real Madrid. But Gareth had his mind made up on going to Real Madrid. That was, in my mind, the player I really wanted to bring to Manchester United.
“The other one was Cesc Fabregas, who we thought we would get right up until the last minute.
“I remember when I first met Sir Alex and he always said there was a chance Ronaldo might come back.
“So that was the level we were targeting. I was not going out to bring in seven, eight players, because we had a squad which had just won the league.
“Toni Kroos was agreed to come in the summer. I had agreed it with Toni himself and his agent.”
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