Wesley Sneijder is reportedly willing to lower his wage demands in a bid to resurrect a potential switch to Premier League champions Manchester United.

Reports in Italy on Sunday suggest the 27-year-old is so desperate to leave Inter Milan that he is willing to take a hit on his reported £200,000-a-week (Dh1.2m) wage in order to seal a switch to Old Trafford.

United have been heavily linked with Sneijder all the summer as they a replacement for the retired Paul Scholes, with the club's chief executive David Gill doing little to quell the speculation last month when he admitted United were keen to add a "world class" player to their ranks.

But a reported £35million (Dh210m) asking price coupled with his exorbitant wage demands had put United off a deal with the club reluctant to shell out for a player with little to no resale value and the fact he is also unproven in the Premier League.

Sir Alex Ferguson this past week said he is "happy" with his current squad and talked up the potential of young midfield duo Tom Cleverley, so impressive in his 45 minute cameo in the Community Shield and Paul Pogba, the 18-year-old midfielder who was an integral part of United's FA Youth Cup winning side last season.

“You can forget anyone you like," Ferguson said when quizzed on whether his interest in Sneijder was no over. "I’m happy with the young players I’ve got."

“We’ve got Darren Fletcher to come back and Michael Carrick who tends to develop more around November and December. And there’s the young boy Paul Pogba who’s showing great promise for us. We’re quite positive about him.

“When you take that roll call of players, I’m certainly not looking to add to that. There is an emphasis on young players at this club and always has been. If they have the ability and the temperament there is only one thing you can do and that is play them.”

However, with Sneijder seemingly looking for an escape route out of Italy as he is unconvinced Inter can challenge for honours this season the former Real Madrid and Ajax star is ready to lower his financial demands. Whether that would be enough to tempt Ferguson and United to renew their interest in the Dutcman remains to be seen.

Having stumbled across this footage of Pogba in action for United's youth teams and reserves though, don't be surprised if that answer is a resounding 'no' with the tall, athletic midfielder, who has been compared to former Arsenal and Manchester City star Patrick Vieira, looking like a future Old Trafford favourite.