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Strootman reveals United were never serious contenders

07 August 2013 - 13:19

<strong>Former PSV Eindhoven midfielder Kevin Strootman has revealed that Manchester United did not make a serious offer and is happy to have joined Serie A side AS Roma.</strong>

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The 23 year old was the subject of intense interest from English champions Manchester United and Serie A giants AC Milan, but eventually agreed for a move to the Italian capital.<br />

Both United and Milan were interested in his signature but never tabled any serious bids for the young Dutch midfielder.<br />

He told La Gazzetta dello Sport: "Did Manchester United and AC Milan want me? Only Roma came forward seriously for me and I liked their project.<br />

"Rudi Garcia called me and convinced me to make the move, and I'm happy to be here.<br />

"There are so many good players here, as well as the new ones like Maicon, (Mehdi) Benatia and Gervinho.<br />

"I want to prove that I am worth all the money (&pound;15.6m) that Roma spent on me, and then I want to win something."

Written by Prateek Sarkar