Italian giants want United star

AC Milan want to sign Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic, with the Italian giants prepared to offer Dutch striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar as a makeweight in the deal. The Red Devils apparently value the 28-year-old Serbian at £25m and have already turned down an offer of £20m from Real Madrid for him. They could however offload him to Milan due to Huntelaar. United have struggled in the strike department this season with Dimitar Berbatov playing through the pain of a knee injury for most of the season while Michael Owen's long-term future remains in doubt. Sir Alex Ferguson's recent £10m signing of Fulham star Chris Smalling seems to have been done with the view of Vidic leaving at the end of the season.