Time for your daily Arturo Vidal is coming/not coming/maybe coming/definitely coming to Manchester United update. We’ll look at what media outlets in which countries are saying the transfer has been completed. Or not. Or maybe it has. Yes, the smash hit song of the summer is indeed back! The international break has seen this story-line re-emerging
There’s media in three countries interested in this: Juventus (Italy) his current club, Chile (where he was a national star for the World Cup team) and United (England of course!)
The talk of the Juan Mata for Arturo Vidal swap deal is back on. There’s been talk of Juventus being interested in Mata for a long time. From the Daily Mail
Manchester United attacking midfielder Juan Mata has been linked with a move to Juventus following talk of Arturo Vidal’s apparent unrest at the Serie A giants.
Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport claim Juventus will look to replace the Chilean international with Mata.
You heard about Arturo Vidal partying at a Turin bar at 5 a.m. right before Juve had a big match versus Roma? The cameras caught him living it up, and the club will fine the midfielder. This incident strained the relationship. Now he is on the outs with Juve management according to The Daily Star. Which means that United is back in. All in.
Even though Arturo Vidal also claims that he had no idea that United was interested in acquiring him.
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