The Premier League champions
have agreed terms with the
Barcelona star after talks with his
representatives, and will triple his
salary if a move is completed
EXCLUSIVE
By Paul Clennam
Manchester United will triple Thiago's
salary to €140,000-a-week if the
midfielder completes his move from
Barcelona this summer.
Goal reported on Thursday that the 22-
year-old is set for talks with Camp Nou
officials where he will confirm his
intention to leave the club after agreeing
terms in principle with United.
Sources have said that United are
confident of completing a €18 million deal
for the midfielder despite late interest
from Bayern Munich and Barcelona's
attempts to keep Thiago at the club after
chairman Sandro Rosell met with his
father Mazinho last week.
Thiago is on his post-season break and
Barcelona officials are said to have given
up hope of convincing the midfielder to
stay after he raised doubts over
forthcoming first-team opportunities at
Camp Nou ahead of next summer's World
Cup.
His current contract runs until 2015 but
his exit clause plummeted from €90
million to €18m after he failed to
participate for a stipulated amount of
minutes in the 2012-13 season.
Speaking in February, the midfielder
confirmed he wanted "to get as many
minutes as I can" and was disappointed
to be a peripheral figure in Barca's
midfield behind the likes of Xavi, Andres
Iniesta and Cesc Fabregas.
However, the buy-out clause is due to
return to €90m on August 1 if a deal for
him to leave is not completed by then.
The €7.2m wage package prepared by
United would see the midfielder's wages
tower over those earned by the likes of
Phil Jones, Danny Welbeck and Shinji
Kagawa, who all earn slightly above
€81,000-a-week.
As such, United are keen to push through
a cut-price deal for the 22-year-old in the
coming weeks, with David Moyes set to
officially begin his tenure at Old Trafford
on Monday ahead of the first-team squad
reporting back for training at Carrington
two days later on July 3.
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