EURO FATE WILL BE DECIDER FOR

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because of the injury to Ibra. But the reality is that, if you are Manchester United’s first-choice centre-forward, then you have to be among the best four or five strikers in the world. If not, your manager is going to be on the lookout for MANCHESTER UNITED’S £100million bid for Antoine Griezmann is likely to hinge on Champions League qualification.

Jose Mourinho has made the Atletico Madrid striker his top target for a £300m summer revamp that he believes is required to make the Reds title contenders once more.

But the message from Madrid is that the Frenchman (right) will only talk once United’s Euro fate is

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someone better. The question is whether Marcus can be one of the best four or five strikers in the world.

“At the age of 19, I don’t think so – but only because he lacks experience.

“But he’s now got a great chance to make Jose Mourinho think again DAVID DE GEA is destined to join Real Madrid, says Michael Owen. The Manchester United keeper is once again being lined up by Real after a move to the Bernabeu collapsed at the 11th hour two years ago. And Owen reckons that De Gea (left) will find it impossible to resist his hometown club this time.

Owen, who became a Galactico himself when he left Liverpool for Madrid in 2004, said: decided. Mourinho’s men are currently one place and one point off the top four, but have reached the semi-finals of the Europa League.

And they have failed to qualify for the Champions League in two of the three seasons since Sir Alex Ferguson retired.

Mourinho spent £157m last year – including a world-record £89m for Paul Pogba – and money will be no object this summer. But Mourinho is aware that recruiting stellar players will be a problem if United are, once again, left outside Europe’s elite. And he has compiled two wishlists for vice-chairman Ed Woodward, should premier targets such as Griezmann (left) decide that Champions League football is a deal breaker. United have also targeted Paris Saint-germain duo Marquinhos and