Real Madrid midfielder lifts lid on failed Manchester United move
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The Germany international was supposed to sign with the Red Devils in 2014.

But the deal failed to go through and instead, he joined Real Madrid.

Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos has revealed quite how close he came to sealing a transfer to Manchester United back in 2014. The Germany international was on his way out of Bayern Munich that summer, and ended up making a move to Real Madrid – one he probably won’t regret after winning three Champions League titles in his time at the club.

That’s when Kroos was on the verge of putting pen to paper with United, only for the Premier League club to pull the plug on a potential transfer. “David Moyes came to see me and the contract had basically been done but then Moyes was fired and Louis van Gaal came in, which complicated matters,” he told The Athletic.

“Louis wanted time to build his own project. I didn’t hear anything from United for a while and started having doubts. Then the World Cup started and Carlo Ancelotti called. And that was it.”

United fans won’t be too happy to hear this, as they have long needed a quality long-term Michael Carrick replacement, and Kroos seems absolutely ideal for what they’ve been looking for, and it’s not at all clear why Van Gaal would snub the chance to get such a quality player in.

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