Former Manchester United full-back Dennis Irwin has claimed that the Red Devils have identified Barcelona's Cesc Fabregas as their number one transfer target this summer.
Irwin, who won the Champions League with United in 1999, works as an ambassador for the club and feels that the 26-year-old former Arsenal midfielder is just what United need to improve their recent performances in Europe.
"Cesc Fabregas has zoomed up Manchester United's transfer target list to the top position and the champions are going to move heaven and earth to get him," he told the Sunday World.
"The Barcelona star wants out of the Nou Camp and United want him badly, so the deal should be done easily enough. Fabregas is just the sort of all-action midfield player United need if they are to make a run at next season's Champions League.
"Cesc won't be short of offers for I believe this is going to be a transfer season where eye-boggling amounts of money will be spent."
Meanwhile, Fabregas scored Spain's second goal in a narrow international friendly victory over Haiti yesterday.
Pascal Lemesre
