Man Utd give up chase for Tony kroos

New Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal has instructed the club to pursue alternative targets after giving up on the signing of Toni Kroos.

With contract negotiations between Kroos and current club Bayern Munich stalling it appeared that the German champions could be persuaded to do a deal on the 24 year old German international.

Many newspapers were reporting that the deal was all but done, until the Metro reported that Louis Van Gall had cancelled the deal.

The reasons for the decision are unclear. Perhaps Van Gaal didn’t want to repeat the mistakes of last summer where Man Utd embarked upon fruitless pursuits of players like Cesc Fabregas before ending up with a deadline day purchase of Marouane Fellaini for £4 million more than they would have paid two weeks earlier.

Maybe the newspaper reports indicating United had all but sealed a deal for Kroos were inaccurate, and instead the Bayern Munich midfielder will eventually sign a new deal with the 2012-2013 Champions League winners.

It seems unlikely that Van Gaal simply doesn’t rate Kroos as a player. The United board will be reluctant to throw away all their hard work on the deal without a good reason for it. Van Gaal worked with Kroos previously at Bayern Munich and had him as a regular in his starting line-up.

Whatever the reasoning, it looks like one of the top stories of the summer transfer window, and one of the biggest signings, is not going to happen. Manchester United fans will be hopeful that Van Gaal knows what he is doing and has some alternative targets in mind that can really improve the United midfield and get the team playing in an entertaining manner that reverses the wrongs of last season
sourced: astral football