Manchester United boss, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has Gareth Bale's teammate in the Wale national team David Brooks who plays for fellow Premier League side Bournemouth on his summer wishlist. The Cherries do not want to sell one of their key men and would demand at least £50m to even consider a deal for the Wales midfielder.
Brooks, 21, is a boyhood United fan and was on the books of rivals Manchester City as a teenager. The starlet, also wanted by Tottenham, only joined the Cherries last summer in an £11.5m move from Sheffield United on a four-year contract. But he took to life in the Premier League so well that he was rewarded with a new, long-term deal in March.
Brooks grabbed seven goals and five assists last term and showed great versatility, looking comfortable out wide, at No10 and even in a deeper central role in midfield.
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe would be loathed to lose a player he rates highly. But United boss Solskjaer has already signed Brooks’ international colleague Daniel James this summer in an £18m deal from Swansea as he looks to rejuvenate his under-performing squad.
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