4. Fabio Coentrao
Portuguese wingback Coentrao is another European option for the Red Devils. We knows Moyes is interested in the 25-year-old Real Madrid man because an eleventh hour loan deal to bring him to Old Trafford on
transfer deadline day fell through. Having lost his place at the Bernabeu to Brazil's Marcelo, Coentrao clearly needs to leave Real in search of pastures new. United are expected to try again for him in January. What the failed move in early September did, however, is alert other wealthy and top European clubs to Cotentrao's availability.
According to the Daily Star, both Monaco and Italian champions Juventus are now in the race for his signature. Each rival suitor besides United are also attractive prospects to Coentrao. Juve play a wingback system that looks tailor-made for him and the current options in Turin lack his pedigree and experience. Monaco meanwhile can offer Coentrao big money which may lure him to the Cote d'Azur. Moyes has a compatriot of his in Nani that might sweeten any deal. In a season that culminates in the World Cup a competition which Portugal must face Sweden later this month in order to qualify for Coentrao's dream of playing in Brazil may hinge on a January move.