Manchester United on alert as Inter look to sell Sneijder in transfer window

By Sportsmail Reporter
Last updated at 11:50 AM on 27th December 2011

Manchester United could resurrect their interest in Wesley Sneijder as Inter Milan plan to sell their midfielder to raise funds for rebuilding.
Sneijder came close to moving to Old Trafford in the summer, but Fergie was warned off by the size of the figures involved in the deal.
However, United boss Sir Alex Ferguson could be forced to dip into the transfer market this January after the club suffered injuries to a number of key players.
In the frame: Wesley Sneijder could be on his way out of Inter
In the frame: Wesley Sneijder could be on his way out of Inter
Darren Fletcher is taking an extended break from the game with ulcerative colitis, Nemanja Vidic has been ruled out for the season, Anderson is battling a long-term knee problem and Tom Cleverly is also sidelined.
The Holland international, 27, will have to accept less than his £200,000-a-week wages if he is to complete a move to the champions.
Ferguson has admitted that he would be keen to sign Sneijder, should he become available in the coming weeks.
Asked if there would be new arrivals in January, he said: 'Not necessarily. I don't know why people keep going on about it.
New blood: Fergie could be forced into the transfer market
New blood: Fergie could be forced into the transfer market

'(I won't buy) unless someone appears we have always been interested in appears, but there isn't (at the moment).'
Inter boss Claudio Ranieri has admitted he'd find it hard to sell Sneijder, but hasn't ruled out the possibility of him leaving in January.
Ranieri said: 'I don't want to think of a team without Sneijder because he is the feather in our cap.
'I am used to talking between four walls and if I have something to say about transfers, I say it to (Inter president Massimo) Moratti.'
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Oh hindsight? Oh well that's okay then. All those "quirky" decisions that most of us can see straight away there is something iffy about, they must all be excused, because in hindsight the referee may have gotten it wrong. The penalty that wasn't that won them a cup, the Spurs goal that was but wasn't given, those "quirky" Howard Webb decisions, don't let it worry you, because with the benefit of, hindsight they were wrong. The fact these wrong decisions have affected league tables and cup competitions doesn't matter, because hindsight says so. Just brilliant.
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Carrick, who just scored his first goal in seventy something matches and Anderson, who seems to be the epitome of a hot and cold player need competition from someone like Sneijder. It would at the very least make them release that they have to step up their game.
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- Realist, Coventry, 27/12/2011 19:17 You use a referee writing about giving two penalties that never were as a defence of your argument United get 'quirky' decisions go in their favour. Can I just step in and subtly blow your argument out of the water? Have you ever heard of the word Hindsight? It's a wonderful word and is very applicable in this instance, it's easy for a referee to look back on a decision he made some time earlier and realise maybe it wasn't the right one (Hindsight) you see people can make mistakes which when looked back on later are more apparent than in real time (Hindsight) I'm sure every poster on this article has used (Hindsight) at some point in their lives - even you!
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Yawn
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Pay him the money and he'll sign...
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Yes Bob, if it suits you I heard it 2nd hand. Quite how reading the book means I heard it 2nd hand perhaps only you can explain? Oh sorry I forgot, because you haven't read it it didn't happen.
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It derails nothing if the referee who gave both penalties has since admitted that neither were penalties. - Realist, Coventry, ----- Of course it does, it's your primary point! lol! And you still cant prove that utd get MORE decision than anyone else. I can't find elleray saying both weren't penalties, only one. And again i doubt you even watched the match, just picking it up second hand, instead of finding out yourself what elleray was talking about. But like i said typical abu, jumping (albeiit late) on a bandwagon. Didn't you have the audacity talk about myopia?
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I'd love to see Sneijder come to United. We'd win the domestic double if he came, and probably the Europa League. We'd win the semi-fake Treble!
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Sorry Bob, I forgot that virtue of innocence Roy Keane, if it wasn't for biased refs picking on him he would never have been sent off would he? He never lashed out, kicked, stamped or made threats, let alone harangued referees if they had the temerity to correctly give a penalty against them at Old Trafford. Have a day off Trigger.
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Jon, the cup final is just one example. There are plenty more as you well know. - Realist, Coventry, 27/12/2011 17:17- Yes, like giving Roy Keane four red cards, and sending Denis Irwin off at Anfield in 99 when United were 2-0 up and ending up drawing 2-2. After which Martin Edwards said Arsenal or Chelsea should "strike a commemorative medal" for him (Elleray) if they won the title by one or two points.
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