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Football transfer rumours: Thiago Alcântara to Manchester United?
guardian.co.uk Jun 27 2011 04:03
Today's mill is not afraid to shake its bootyBright, noisy, dripping in gold and not afraid to shake their booty at passing strangers, it can be hard sometimes to tell the difference between Manchester United's summer transfer policy and Glastonbury headliner Beyoncé. United's summer of rampant spending looks set to continue with a £6.5m deal for Celtic left-back Emilio Izaguirre - "100% true", says the player - followed by a £10m move for Barcelona's European-Under-21-final-free-kick-scoring Thiago Alcântara.Barcelona are happy to sell him to a Premier League club, the Mirror reports, but only if they can have a buy-back clause inserted into the deal. United aren't keen on that and as a result look set to lose the player, possibly to Bolton. Well