Scouting: Vasilis Torosidis

Olympiacos. His contract is set to end in 2013 with a buy-out clause of €7million. Hence, if Manchester United really want to beef up their defence with such talent and experience, they should do so before either Olympiacos renew his contract or another club (with the likes of Bayern Munich and Juventus reportedly interested) exploit the buy-out clause.

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