MANCHESTER UNITED target Douglas Costa has been put up for sale by Juventus, according to reports.
The £18million-rated Brazilian winger has been lined up by Red Devil chiefs if they fail to land No1 target Jadon Sancho.
Douglas Costa is on the transfer list at JuventusCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Costa, 29, has been told he is free to leave with the club increasingly frustrated with his injury problems.
He missed 21 games through injury last season and was hampered at the end of last campaign with a tear in his abductor muscle.
That same injury is also set to keep him sidelined for the start of Juventus’ season that begins next Sunday at home to Sampdoria.
And Goal write how Juve have given his agent the green light to start drumming up interest from other clubs.
They add that no concrete offers have yet been made.
Costa has suffered 18 different major injuries during his career – with the worst a calf injury that ruled him out for nearly four months last season.
His injuries have had such a huge impact that he considered retiring from the game before employing a mental coach.
He told The Player’s Tribune: “There are times when I think: ‘Can I still play?
“[That’s] because I go out on the pitch and get injured again.
“Then, when I watch it on TV, I remember this is my passion and that I can still play at a high level.
“I joke with Alex Sandro that I’ve had more scans than I’ve played games.”
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Costa has spent three years at the Old Lady having initially joined on a loan deal from Bayern Munich.
He has registered ten goals and 21 assists in 101 games for Juve and remains under contract in Turin until 2022.
United are prepared to keep patient in their pursuit of Sancho but could be tempted to make a move if they hit deadline day on October 5 without a new winger.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
