United will dismiss bargain hunters looking to snap up Ruud van Nistelrooy on the cheap.
The Reds will not let the Dutchman leave Old Trafford for less than £15m.
United's top brass have assessed the opening moves in the summer transfer market in the Premiership and have decided that top scorer van Nistelrooy won't be sold for peanuts following the breakdown of his relationship with manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
If Shevchenko is worth £30m then United's hierarchy believe anything less than £15m for Ruud would be unacceptable.
Equally they have looked at the £8.5m that Everton have shelled out to bring
Johnson's one stay in the Premiership saw him rack up an impressive 21 goals for Palace in the 2004-05 campaign.
Van Nistelrooy has beaten that figure or been just one goal short of it in four of his five seasons in
Ruud's situation is still very much up in the air. Cristiano Ronaldo has said the training ground dust-up with van Nistelrooy that sparked the end of season row with
But since that apparent possible route back, van Nistelrooy has said that he'll make his decision when his agent has something concrete to put in front of him.