{"id":323204,"date":"2011-03-19T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T19:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/19\/manchester-united-target-douglas-costa-spotted-at-old-trafford-amid-rumours-of-renewed-interest-in-shakhtar-donetsk-midfielder-report\/"},"modified":"2011-03-19T19:57:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T19:57:00","slug":"manchester-united-target-douglas-costa-spotted-at-old-trafford-amid-rumours-of-renewed-interest-in-shakhtar-donetsk-midfielder-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/19\/manchester-united-target-douglas-costa-spotted-at-old-trafford-amid-rumours-of-renewed-interest-in-shakhtar-donetsk-midfielder-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United target Douglas Costa spotted at Old Trafford amid rumours of renewed interest in Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h4>19 Mar 2011 19:57:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"65.8944723618\">\n<div readability=\"13.6220930233\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Douglas Costa, Shakhtar Donetsk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/b972eebd125423_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Douglas Costa, Shakhtar Donetsk<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"30.2572233968\"><\/p>\n<p>        <em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2559\/rumours\/archive\/1\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a>&#8216;s four-year pursuit of Brazilian midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/brazil\/27561\/douglas-costa-de-souza\">Douglas Costa<\/a> appears to have been stepped up, according to the <em>Observer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder was spotted at Old Trafford surrounded by representatives and United officials during the Red Devils&#8217; 1-0 victory against Bolton<em><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The appearance could be seen as the renewal of Sir Alex Ferguson&#8217;s admiration for the player almost two years after he first tried to sign him from Brazilian club Gr\u00eamio.<\/p>\n<p>Like Ronaldinho, another former member of the Porta Alegre club, Costa is also an attacking midfielder with pace and dribbling panache who can be utilised on either wing or up front as a second striker. <\/p>\n<p>It is thought, though, that securing a work visa for the Brazilian would be difficult as the 20-year-old is yet to make his full international debut despite starring for his country at Under-20 level.<\/p>\n<p>Shakhtar are also believed to be keen to make a stout profit on the player, as Costa&#8217;s advisers reportedly understand the club values their star at \u00a320 million.<\/p>\n<p>Costa has drawn interest from Old Trafford since he was 16, but with four years left on his contract in Ukraine, the United board would have to sanction a sizeable transfer fee.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/b972eebd125423_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/19\/2402495\/manchester-united-target-douglas-costa-spotted-at-old\" title=\"Manchester United target Douglas Costa spotted at Old Trafford amid rumours of renewed interest in Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United target Douglas Costa spotted at Old Trafford amid rumours of renewed interest in Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder &#8211; report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 19 Mar 2011 19:57:00 Douglas Costa, Shakhtar Donetsk Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . Manchester United &#8216;s four-year pursuit of Brazilian midfielder Douglas Costa appears to have been stepped up, according to the Observer . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester United target Douglas Costa spotted at Old Trafford amid rumours of renewed interest in Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder - report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/19\/manchester-united-target-douglas-costa-spotted-at-old-trafford-amid-rumours-of-renewed-interest-in-shakhtar-donetsk-midfielder-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester United target Douglas Costa spotted at Old Trafford amid rumours of renewed interest in Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder - report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"19 Mar 2011 19:57:00 Douglas Costa, Shakhtar Donetsk Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . 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