Manchester United are ready to make a massive offer for Schalke goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
The Mirror says Sir Alex Ferguson will make a £24m bid to blow Bayern Munich out of the water and clinch the signing of Neuer.
Manchester United have been tracking the German No.1 for the past 18 months yet believed the Schalke star had already sealed a move to Bayern.
But Alex Ferguson has learned no deal between Schalke and Munich is in place, and with the German giants unwilling to pay more than £20m he wants to launch one last bid to get his man.
And an offer of £24m could be too much for Bayern to match, leaving Ferguson in pole position to sign the man regarded as one of the world's best goalkeepers.
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