Arsenal face triple snub as Man Utd benefit with Vidic return

Gunners set to miss out to Inter Milan in race for Fabian Schar as Marco Reus also goes cold on Arsenal move

Nemanja Vidic of Internazionale Milan
(Image credit: Maurizio Lagana/Getty)

Are Manchester United about to cash in on Arsenal's disintegrating season? The Daily Star seems to think so, even if it is in a somewhat roundabout way. The paper reports that the Red Devils – who've hardly set the Premier League alight themselves this season – have been boosted in their desire to re-sign former skipper Nemanja Vidic by the news that Inter Milan are circling Fabian Schar, top of Arsenal's shopping list.

It wasn't so long that Arsenal were nailed on to nab the Basel defender, but that was before the Gunners came apart at the seams. Now the Star claims that Inter are leading the race and will lure Schar from Switzerland in a £10m deal, which will allow United to make their move for Vidic. The strapping Serb left Old Trafford for the San Siro last summer but things haven't gone as well as expected and the Star says that Vidic "has attracted criticism from the Italian press and a section of Inter's fans".

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.