Manchester United have an agreement for Wesley Sneijder and are just waiting for the club's owners to give it the green light.
The Mail on Sunday says Sir Alex will land his top summer target, Inter Milan’s £30million Dutch midfielder, if Manchester United’s owners, the Glazer family, agree to bankroll the deal.
"It’s up to the owners now," said an Old Trafford insider. "Sir Alex wants the player — it’s just a matter of agreeing to the wage demands."
Even though victory over Chelsea will virtually guarantee a record 19th title for United, Ferguson is already planning for next season.
And Sneijder, 26, is the manager’s first choice as the long-term replacement for Paul Scholes, who is expected to announce his retirement this summer.
The big stumbling block to any deal is the Holland World Cup star’s £170,000-a-week San Siro wages.
Because of Britain’s high tax rates, United would need to dig deep — far exceeding what they pay top earner Wayne Rooney— to match Sneijder’s current net earnings.
That places the ball firmly in the court of the Florida-based Glazers, who came up with the cash after Rooney’s shock transfer plea last October. He quickly withdrew the request after the Glazers’ intervention saw his wages hiked to £200,000 a week.
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