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title: "Italian Media See Hot Shot Bangoura As Old Trafford Option"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/united-on-trail-of-guinea-striker/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Sean Bell"
section: "La Liga News"
published: "2012-03-01T20:58:25Z"
modified: "2012-04-05T07:26:04Z"
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# Italian Media See Hot Shot Bangoura As Old Trafford Option

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**Manchester United are said to be lining up a fascinating summer bid for Rayo Vallecano’s Guinean striker Alhassane Bangoura, reports *[TuttomercatoWeb](https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/?action=read&id=334758.)*.**

19-year-old Bangoura has only broken in to the Vallecano first team this season following a spell in the club’s junior ranks for whom he scored 23 goals in just 25 games.

Although the player has previously intimated that his [dream](https://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/lass-ilusion-nino-jugar-real/20110606dasdaiftb_15/Tes) is to play for Real Madrid a move to Old Trafford would no doubt suffice.

“Of that case I cannot speak. I am a Rayo player, I have signed a professional contract for the next four years and I play with the team of Vallecano. If Madrid want me they must negotiate with my club. But of course for me it would be a dream to play in the Blanco team, because I want to continue to grow and become a better player.”

But then anyone who takes a footballer’s ‘word’ is a fool.

He has made 17 appearances for the first team this season scoring three goals, including a brace in the side’s 5-3 away win at Levante in February.

Rayo currently occupy a mid-table position in La Liga. Bangoura made his international debut in 2011 and appeared for Guinea in their first match in this year’s Africa Cup of Nations.