Tanvir Juneja
According to reports in Italy, Lazio are prepared to cash in on their 30-year old captain Lucas Biglia if they receive the right offer. Presently, he is being pursued by a pack of big clubs with Manchester United leading the trail to win the transfer race in landing him at Old Trafford. After an impressive display in the Serie A this season, Inter Milan is reported to have set firm sights on Lazio’s £20 million man. Other expected offers might come from clubs like Arsenal, Liverpool and of course, Manchester United from the Premier League. Also, Italian champions’ Juventus have expressed interest in signing him.
The Argentine midfielder is available for £20m this summer, only if current club Lazio seem to find the correct proposition that let goes off their midfield superstar. As far as Manchester United’s interest in Biglia is concerned, a transfer move had been initiated by the Red Devils even last summer, which got stuck and eventually discarded as the approach was instantly rejected.
Now, one of the reasons that seem to have making the rounds of the rumor mills, United’s renewed interest in the Lazio captain could well be viewed as a possible short-term replacement for Micheal Carrick whose contract runs out at the end of the season. Apart from being a top player in the Serie A as well as on the national branch of Argentina, Manchester United are front-runners for Biglia’s potential move as he has made 31 appearances and scored 5 goals in all competitions for Lazio this year.
While plenty of Premier League clubs are looped into the discussion of Lucas Biglia’s future destination, the midfielder, at a glance does not promise reassurance in Manchester United’s midfield ranks. Due to the Red Devils’ constant problems of securing a decent holding midfielder’s position since the arrival of LvG and more so because of the decline in form of commanding central force of United that has become a once-upon-a-time Micheal Carrick.
Not to mention, Schweini’s below-expectations match performances as well. He has had his own share of fitness and form struggles ever since he left Bayern. In the middle of this midfield crisis, Manchester United find themselves on the summer transfer market spot facing one of the key challenges of reinforcing dominance in the central midfield area as it has long been lacking the Scholes-Giggs quality of passing football in the center of the pitch.
The quote ‘Class is permanent, form is temporary’ does not go down too well with United fans as over the last two seasons under Van Gaal, they have got to see very little class and even scarce form. Reiterating the fact that FA Cup has never felt so prestigious and as important for us as it has been through many years for a club more like Arsenal. Here’s looking at —> Why Is 30-year old Defensive Midfielder Lucas Biglia A Bad Option For Manchester United?
If Manchester United starts shelling for a player they’ve wanted for long, they usually fulfill that desire their way. By that, I mean, Lucas Biglia happens to be one of those targets the Red Devils’ have long ached for and when it finally seems to be happening courtesy of Lazio’s price tag of £20m on him in spite of being one of the most important figures at the club who has been having a great season as well, LvG would go on spending a whole lot more than he should just because of their hot pursuit that has existed for more than a season. To beat Inter Milan or any other club in chase of Biglia could well prove to be notching the deal above £30m. With that kind of money, there could be better European names associated to Old Trafford in the summer for the only objective of assuring a solid-reshaped midfield line. The best option always surprises under a guise, they said.
In addition to Biglia’s records that are voluminous in their own right and stature, the Argentine’s adaptation to English football might take its own period just the way it happened in the case of German maestro Bastian Schweinsteiger. Biglia isn’t even that big a name to justify the critics of a midfield-stalwart in the offing for the Red Devils’ fanatics. Of the legendary players to have played at Old Trafford as midfielders like Beckham, Scholes, Keane, etc. there better be better options for LvG to consider as his reappointment would be the last thing to add insult to injury which could turn out to be Lcas Biglia’s signing, pretty much!
