Manchester United have made a second bid for Barcelona and Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas, the BBC reports..

United confirmed a £25 million for the 26-year-old last Monday and have increased that to £30m plus add-ons, with executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward leading negotiations.

"As I understand it, Ed had a response [to the first bid]," said Moyes at a news conference in Yokohama.

"We have made a second offer, but Ed is dealing with it rather than me."

The Scot added: "When you're interested in good players, you want to give it every opportunity to materialise - and I'll do that.

"I hope things can continue and move forward. At this moment in time, I can only tell you that Ed is working hard trying to make the deals happen. We can only hope that some of them fall into place shortly."

Two days after United's initial offer was confirmed, Woodward returned from the Australia leg of their pre-season tour to attend to urgent transfer business.