Sir Alex Ferguson admitted he was interested in signing Benzema from Lyon in the summer, but was unwilling to match the £30 million asking price that Real eventually shelled out to capture the 22-year-old. Instead…he signed Micheal Owen for FREE.

However, with only 7 goals in 19 games so far for Real Madrid..the report claims that Real are willing to accept 60% summer sale discount for Benzema at get David Villa as the replacement!!

If Manutd can really get him for only £18m… it should be another Sir Alex Ferguson masterpieces in transfer market!