Manchester United have been dealt a blow, with their long term target Juan Cuadrado set to sign a new deal with Fiorentina, as reported by fichajes.net.

Admittedly, with regards to Cuadrado, he’s been in this situation before only to see the deal fall apart at the final hurdle, but word is emerging from Italy that the situation is quite optimistic on Fiorentina’s end, with regards to retaining his services.

As a result, Cuadrado could be close to signing a new deal with La Viola, which would see him improve his current salary and increase his buyout clause, dissuading other clubs from making an offer for him.

Both Man Utd and Barcelona have been tracking the highly rated star for the majority of the summer, and could be left disappointed heading into the January transfer window, with the player clearly willing to stay with his current club going forward, rather than making the jump to one of the European giants.

Barcelona are set to make a move for the skilful Manchester United target Juan Cuadrado, despite the fact that the Catalan giant are not able to sign any players in the next two transfer windows, as reported by fichajes.net.

The Nou Camp club are reportedly worried that they could see a player they covet greatly move to Old Trafford in the near future.

Louis van Gaal is thought to have targeted Cuadrado for an extended spell, and the Colombian international did himself no harm with his exceptional displays at the World Cup this summer at Brazil.

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There have been rumours in the English press that Van Gaal is going to push forward with another move in the near future, especially now that Cuadrado’s contract problems have come up again.

However, Barca are now intending to get there before Man Utd, and will look to sign him before loaning him out to another side, in order to circumvent FIFA’s ruling against them.