Manchester United FC "plans to move to the Italian star"

Manchester United is considering moving Cagliari midfielder Nicolo Barella, according to reports in Italy.

The 21-year-old, who has won four caps in Italy, has played 20 times in Serie A, scoring once, with Cagliari 13th in the Italian Premier League.

Barella is also on Inter's radar but Gazetta dello Sport, via Sports witness, report that the Italian giants may not be in the running to sign it as a result of their attempts to comply with UEFA's financial fair play rules.

Cagliari could put 50 million euros on Barella and reports suggest that the midfielder is eager to move on to the MENA report, the Premier League.

Gazetta claim that United are "very animated" as they continue to follow Barella's development and that the star would be "unable to say no" to a move to Old Trafford.

Meanwhile, team discussion suggest that a move for Barcelona's left-back Jordi Alba remains on the cards.

The Spanish international, who has won four medals in La Liga and the Champions League since coming to Nou Camp in 2012, has been sporadically linked to a Premier League change and has been suggested as Luke Shaw's substitute before English man is rediscovered. its united form at the beginning of this season.

However, the January arrivals at Old Trafford are unlikely, as Acting Director Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed earlier this month.

When asked if he expected the Reds to make any inferences, the Norwegian simply replied, "No, not really.

"The club probably had a plan," said Solskjaer, who has won eight wins out of eight as a manager. "You do not just plan the next day and next month, I'm sure they have plans, but this transfer window is probably planned since the summer and the year before.

"The structure is phenomenal, so I'm sure that they have their goals, I'm here to express my opinion about it and I'm sure we'll sit, me and Ed (Woodward), s & # 39; they have nothing in the pipeline. "