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Manchester United Transfer News: Sami Khedira Offer, William Carvalho Rumours
Latest reports suggest Sami Khedira has been offered to Manchester United on a free transfer this summer, but Louis van Gaal's side look interested in Sporting Lisbon's William Carvalho after scouting the midfielder again.
According to the Daily Star (h/t the Independent's Simon Rice), United can have Real Madrid's Germany international if they're willing to fork out wages of £200,000 a week.
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Van Gaal's side have long been crying out for a tough-tackling presence at their core, but the financial constraints linked to Khedira's deal may not be seen as all that appealing.
Khedira has already made it clear he intends to leave the Bernabeu when his contract expires this summer, quoted by Alvaro De La Rosa of Spanish newspaper AS as saying: "It is not a decision against the club. I want to find new stimulation for my career and
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World Cup winner and ex-Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira reveals he will retire at end of the season... as injury-plagued star admits 'I can no längre do what I ask of myself'
World Cup-winning midfielder Sami Khedira will retire from football at the end of the årstid after another injury-hit year.
The 34-year-old only joined Hertha Berlin from Italian giants Juventus on the last day of the January transfer window, but he has been able to make just eight appearances for the club - and none for the full 90 minutes.
Khedira, who also played for Stuttgart and Real Madrid, and won the World Cup with Germany in 2014, has been plagued by fitness issues in recent years and admits hanging up his boots for good is because he can 'no longer do what I ask of myself'.
Sami Khedira, pictured after winning the World Cup in 2014, will retire from football this week
The midfielder only joined Hertha Berlin in January but has now decided to hang up his boots
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Sami Khedira exclusive: ‘I need to play football, ideally in the Premier League’
It’s a familiar comeback story but with an unfortunate twist. Sami Khedira fought his way back to full fitness from complicated knee and adductor injuries last summer, only to find that Juventus had moved on. The Italian champions told him that he was no longer in their plans.
Before a second-half appearance in the Coppa Italia semi-final second leg against AC Milan in June, Khedira last wore the Bianconeri shirt in a game for all of four minutes against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League group stage in November 2019. The 33-year-old is now back again training with the squad but he hasn’t featured a single second on the pitch in the current campaign. His contract expires in 2021. There’s talk of the club releasing him early, to save money. As things stand, he won’t play for Juve again.
Khedira’s not the only player on the wrong side of 30 in recent years that the club has effectively frozen out