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Man Utd fail in Brazil starlet bid
Manchester United have failed with a bid to take Brazilian starlet Douglas Costa on trial.
The 18-year-old forward has a price tag of around 18million on his head and the player's agent has already admitted he doubts whether United will come up with a big enough bid to convince Gremio to sell.
United are repoted to be very keen on signing Douglas, and have been tracking him for more than 12 months.
Sir Alex Ferguson wanted to see Douglas in action at United's training HQ for 20 days - but Gremio say he is too good for such a proposal.
Their president Duda Kroeff said: "We have said to them (Manchester United] that this will not happen.
"Douglas is not at the stage where he would go through such a situation."
Douglas has played less than 20 first-team games for Gremio, but he has shone for Brazil at youth level, which has seen him attract interest from almost every big club in Europe.
(Source Sporting Life)
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