Rumour: Manchester United to bid £30 million for La Liga's most creative midfielder

David Moyes will make a stunning £30m offer for Spain’s next big star, Koke, according to the Daily Mirror.

The Manchester United manager made two personal checks on the 21-year-old, and was so impressed that he has sanctioned a massive bid to land the attacking midfielder as soon as the transfer window opens.

Moyes jetted out last week to watch the Atletico Madrid midfielder in person during their Champions League tie against Zenit, and has since made the midfielder his number one January transfer target.

It was one of many occasions that the Scot has cast his eye on the Atleti star, it is reporterd Moyes has had Koke checked out seven times in recent weeks, most recently this weekend.

Koke hit the headlines with some audacious performances for Atletico this season, and has been so impressive he has forced his way into La Roja’s all-conquering Spain squad.

He was one of the main stars in the Spain side that won the European U21 Championships last summer, with boss Vicente Del Bosque so impressed, he called him up for the World Cup qualifying campaign.

Bayern Munich, Arsenal and Liverpool have also all kept a close watch on the midfielder, but Manchester United plan to steal a march by refusing to wait until the summer to make a move.

The player was available at a cut-price release clause fee of less than £17million last summer, but he signed a new deal that upped the get out written into his contract to £30 million.

With Marouane Fellaini out for two months though, Moyes is desperate to get a box-to-box midfielder, in an attempt to finally replace schemer Paul Scholes, who is still firmly missed at Old Trafford.