The Blues also sold Ramires to Jiangsu Sunning last January for around £25m. big-money swoopAnd the deal, which has been kept under wraps until now, would become one of the biggest in world football. The former Ajax striker put pressure on Marquinhos to sign a new deal when he was speaking to the me. United are reportedly not keen to shell out ?£42million on an unproven defender, after Phil Jones an. us fixtures, results and live match commentaryBenfica have no indications that United have given up in their pursuit of the Swedish international. Several offers have been made to the defender but a final agreement just can not be reached which is beginning to frustrate the club and sporting director Patrick Kluivert. Everything was agreed for Witsel’s move to Turin, with the player himself saying in November: “Ill join Juventus. “The leadership at Juventus have always behaved like gentlemen with me and I can only be grateful to them. AXEL WITSEL could prove the maddest example yet that money has gone mad in China. the contract situation just after Juventus defeat to AC Milan in the Italian Super Cup on December 23, he said: I havent signed anything yet.