World Cup winner Lilian Thuram has admitted that he would “happily go” to Manchester United. Parma's versatile French defender has made his availability known to Europe's elite and he has also been linked with Italian giants Lazio and Juventus.
Thuram believes that Parma’s £20m asking price indicates that the Italian club are willing to let him leave. The Frenchman said: “If they have set a price, that says they have every intention of letting me go. They are not crazy. They know what they are doing by setting a price and they know that I am thinking about leaving.
“In previous years they have been uncompromising. This time they are not. They have not declared me untransferable. There are clubs that any player would happily go to. Manchester United are one of them. But so are Real, Barca, Milan, Juve. Let's see who pays my transfer fee first,” said the 29-year-old defender.
His agent, Oscar Damiani, told L'Equipe: “We have to wait for a week before we can clarify things.” The club president Stefano Tanzi is in South America and should return around June 12. “What I can say is that all the top clubs are interested but their offers have not met the demands of Parma,” he said.
Filed by Greg McKevitt
