Despite the avalanche of attacking options at his disposal, Manchester United under Sir Alex Ferguson are reported to have agreed on principle with Borussia Dortmund hit-man Robert Lewandowski in a bid to secure his services in the summer transfer window.
Sir Alex Ferguson has hitherto admitted to be spoiled for choice with Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie, Danny Welbeck and Javier Hernandez all at his disposal.
The Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson is known to be a huge admirer of the Polish international after he watched him during the Champions’ League group stage match against Manchester City at the Eitihad Stadium.
The Germany Champions are resigned to lose the prolific striker who scored 30 goals last season to fire them to the League and Germany Cup double for the first time in their history.United are reported to have failed in a bid to secure Lewandowski’s signature but went on to sign his former teammate Shinji Kagawa.
Reports indicate that the Poland international has agreed the terms of a five-year contract with United and the fee, likely to be around £12-14million, will be sanctioned at the end of the season.The 24-year old has picked from where he left last season having scored 15 goals already and BVB have been the surprise packages in the UEFA champions League finishing top in their group which comprised of Real Madrid, Manchester City and Dutch Champions Ajax.