David Moyes has said that Manchester United could give up on signing Barcelona's Cesc Fábregas if the deal drags on after making a second bid of £30m for the midfielder.
United had an opening £26m offer rejected and despite Barça claiming Fábregas is not for sale at any price, United remain hopeful that the former Arsenal captain can still be prised away.
The United manager, speaking in Tokyo on United's pre-season tour, said that Ed Woodward, the club's executive vice-president, is dealing with negotiations. "My understanding is that Ed's had a response and he's spoken with them and again we've made a second offer," he said." But Ed's dealing with that, rather than me personally here."
Asked if a point is reached in every deal where it becomes fruitless to continue, Moyes said: "I think a point does come but I think when you are interested in good players you want to give it every opportunity to materialise. And I'll do that. I'll hope that things can continue to try to move forward. At this moment I can only tell you that Ed Woodward is working hard to make the deals happen and we're hoping some of them will fall into place shortly."
Moyes accepted that the longer United go on without making any major signings the more anxious fans become. "I can understand that but there isn't any real update I can give you. But I can understand why that might be the feeling," he said.
"But I think everybody had thought this might be the summer – with there being quite a few changes, my new position, other managers at other clubs – that the transfers are later in the month. I think that was always the thought I had when I came into the job. And you've got to remember I only started on 1 July as well, so in truth I've only been in this job for three weeks."
United's party have been joined by Shinji Kagawa, Chris Smalling and Ashley Young in Tokyo as his squad begin to approach full strength. Only Wayne Rooney and Nemanja Vidic, who are injured, plus the resting Javier Hernández, are now still at home.
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