Manchester United Banter Archive August 18 2014

18 Aug 2014 22:00:04
How much of an improvement is rojo on what we have already?

So he hasn't even signed yet and your questioning his ability?. I've an idea. When he signs, sell him and let's get another flavour of the month!

Some of the 'fans' posting on here are clueless

An improvement to the balance of the squad.
Is he an improvement to our CB's, only time will tell.

He's not much of an improvement. And I will only be satisfied with the signing is if we sign benatia aswell.

Not a massive improvement defensively although he's pretty good on the ball and adds much needed cover.

Boca, wind your neck in I'm asking a simple question as I've not seen much of him at all. so think before you comment again and before calling someone clueless, your obviously not intelligent enough to interpret a question as it's meant.

The clueless comment wasn't directly aimed at you. It was a generalisation at the majority of the posts!

19 Aug 2014 08:45:31
Yes he instantly improves the squad, as instead of inexperienced players such as James or Blackett to cover the LCB and LWB positions we have a proven quality player who has played in a world cup final. He is equally as good as Smalling, Jones and Evans with the potential to improve. We still need another CB as well as a wide player and a midfielder but its the start we need.

Obviously nobody (fans) knows much about Rojo. He played in the World cup - so did Smalling, Jones and Shaw. However there are people who do know - LVG and others at Man Utd. Trust in those who DO know.
Patrick

18 Aug 2014 18:19:23
With Vidal being more and more unlikely, Strootman out injured and Blind not really good enough what other targets are we left with?


Personally think Alex Song is worth a shout if we can't get Vidal.


ED has there officially been any interest in him from United?

Oh why don't we put our faith in Fletch until Carrick is back?.

Alex song is not good enough.

Either is fletch or carrick but I think song is that bit better than them two

How about Song on loan as well as trying to sign Vidal?

Carrick is injured and won't be back until around Christmas time by the time he is ready to play, then add to the fact that he will be required to come in and learn a new system so he will be nearly six months behind the rest of the squad in adapting to the new system. He might not fully be fit and on form again until late Febuary/early March. Which effectively rules him out of being much use for the rest of the season.

That leaves us with just Fletcher who may not ever recover the form he had before his illness, and Cleverley to partner Herrera who is settling into a new league.

Imo two signings would be far more prudent than one. Bare in mind Vidal is coming back form injury himself and may take time to find his feet.

So signing Song on loan would mean we have a prem proven player to help cover an area we are very weak in atm.

It just makes sense.

Carrick is hardly much of an upgrade. His lack of pace and strength was exposed all last season, same as what happened with Fletch last weekend.

We need fresh faces in there as the crop we have are terrible, apart from Herrera who will probably prove his worth once he settles.

18 Aug 2014 20:13:23
So apparently RM are imminently expecting a bid for Di Maria from MU. But Ballache has said that we are unwilling to meet the 65 million Euro fee that RM are demanding and also don't want to pay his wages of 8 million Euros per year. If this is true then I just don't get why we don't end up going for bottom end players and accept mediocrity. We have to start paying the going rate sooner rather than later. Di Maria would be a fantastic number 7 and a world class edition to the team who would give us a great deal of tactical flexibility. If we cock this up whilst seemingly having very little competition then it truly is a disaster.

That's the difference between City, Chelsea, Bayern, and the 2 Spanish clubs and us. They're willing to pay the premium for certain players and we are always looking to get a deal. Bottom line!

Paying £52m for Di Maria is nearly akin to paying £35m for Carrol and worse than paying £27m for Fellaini. Has it really gotten that bad that we need to pay £20m more than a player is worth when there are plenty of other reasonably priced alternatives around?

18 Aug 2014 21:20:52
Bloody hell fresh stop believing every word that comes from journalists mate, it will drive u crazy lol :-)

18 Aug 2014 21:29:57
Why pay well over the top though for players? I get your point we obviously need to spend but the figures being quoted for di Maria are ridiculous

18 Aug 2014 21:30:11
Hes not worth 65 million, which is why noones bidding.

A journalist has said that MU were close to making a big signing this summer, but balked over just £2m. This is what I expect will happen more than once this summer.

I'd rather spend £52m on Di Maria than let the Glazers use it to pay down the debt. The money is irrelevant here, bottom line is do we want Di Maria or not? Simple answer really.

18 Aug 2014 21:44:55
We may aswell bid for CR7
if they are demanding that
amount . The club and team
would be boosted enormously
if we were sucessful

I think this deal will get done but not at the numbers that is being quoted and it will be less and closer to the David luis deal imo.

I think Vidal will still happen and that is the end of great window for us.

I can see us then doing a late deal for an older cb, ala blanc type of deal just to add experience and some cover there.

Di Maria is a world class player. That is the going rate. Look at the deals happening around Redseven - James for over £70 million after one good tournament. Prices are incredible and the top teams are paying them - we should be too as we are as big if not bigger than all of these.

A player is worth what a team is willing to pay for him, I thought he was just as important to Madrid success as Ronaldo and Bale were.

How much did Madrid pay for Bale last yr? I think nearly everybody thought they were crazy to pay that much. How did that work out. How much did Madrid pay for James? He was average last yr but had a great WC. A player is worth what a team is willing to pay for him. I think Di Maria is a fantastic player and would love to have him.

Redseven can you name the reasonably priced players we can get and actually want to come.di maria is rapid and apparently wants to come who cares how much he costs unless your paying.

19 Aug 2014 00:22:55
Just my opinion, but I think Di Maria is in a group of players just below Ronny and Messi. He'll cost a few bob. We either pay it or we don't, depending on whether Van Gaal rates him.

Nelly - I commented earlier in response to a similar question.

'Costa for £32m, Moreno for £12m, Fabregas for £27m, Kroos for £20m, Griezman for £24m, Rakitic, Filipe Luiz and Immobile for £15m, Ter Stegen for £10m, Bernat and Ginter for £8m, Lewandowski, Sebastian Rode, Ashley Cole, Alex, Diego Lopez and Vidic for nothing.'

All of those players have been signed by other teams during this window and all of them (bar Ter Stegen - who will one day be one of the best keepers in the world) would have improved our starting 11 at the start of the window.

Assuming a deal for Rojo goes through at £16m and we were to sign Di Maria for £52m - that would mean we'd spent £124m on Shaw, Rojo, Di Maria and Herrera.

Kroos, Rakitic, Griezman, Fabregas, Moreno, Lewandowski, Moreno, Alex, Bernat, Ginter and Ter Stegan cost their new clubs a total of £124m.

I'm not suggesting that we could have signed all of those players (although I imagine had we really pushed we could have signed most) - but it's demonstrative that there's value in the market if you look for it.

For what we'd spend on our four signings it's possible to assemble a team of 11 that would finish in the top 4 of any league in the world at the very least. Throw in our spends on Mata and Fellaini and we'dve spent £188m and still have an unbalanced team which is weak in midfield and at the back and can't fit all 4 of our best players in without playing one of them out of position (this would be Mata, Rooney, RVP and Di Maria).

I agree that we need to be willing to spend money - but throwing money at a player like Di Maria simply because we can't sign our top targets just doesn't make sense. I'd honestly rather we spent £52m on Hummels - as at least then we'd be addressing one of the areas that actually needs addressing.

19 Aug 2014 00:37:51
Sydney, do you reckon it was Sanchez?

Maybe Cesc? Kroos? I really have no idea.

19 Aug 2014 09:22:32
I'm with Redseven here, Rodriguez is 23 and is very promising. He will, in my opinion be a much better player than Di Maria is at 26.

He isn't worth 65m euros, sure we're not paying it. but it'll only be a while where all of you will be complaining that we can't get deals done and aren't spending money - because if we pay the 65m for Di Maria, tomorrow they'll ask us 40m for Rojo (just an example).

I agree once you're desperate you tend to pay over the odds, but there is no reason to panic buy. LvG knows this and all of you are doing exactly that, panicking. There has only been one game, 10 players injured, a new formation and a new manager. Off the back of an impressive undefeated pre-season. Chill out lol

Ed002 has told us where interest lies, and Woodward is trying. I share your frustration but prematurely panicking about his inability to conclude a deal won't help, you guys did it last year and then praised him when he got Shaw and Herrera in. Still under 2 weeks to go. Its clear to everyone at United that players are needed.

All said, we may still end up paying 65m for Di Maria! lol

Ay3 - I can see us paying £52m for Di Maria if we can't sort a deal for Vidal or another 'marquee' signing. The pressure is on Ed Woodward to deliver (and rightly so given some of his comments) and as the end of the window draws nearer I can see him getting desperate.

18 Aug 2014 19:48:40
Does anybody know who the execs at sky sports support. I can't help but notice the Liverpool bias in terms of their pundits with Jamie redknapp, Jamie carragher and graham souness.

I did not think Gary Neville would be so good as a pundit. He is very balanced. He clearly still shows he is a utd fan, but he is not biased like carragher. Apart from his squeaky voice I hate listening to him because he talks rubbish 80% of the time.

I hope Neville goes into coaching (England duties aside) as he seems to be very insightful. I would rather have him as assistant than Ryan giggs.

I love G. Neville's commentary and punditry, its insightful and not boring like most. His voice doesn't make your ears bleed like Carra's do.

Everybody would rather have Gary instead of Giggs. I hope if one day Utd venture into the unknown field of football directors Gary gets appointed, if he's interested

18 Aug 2014 19:28:02
Come transfer deadline I expect one of two things:

1: A new top level CB (Benatia) Rojo, Vidal or Strootman and Di Maria

2. Rojo, Blind and Strootman.

Personally option 2 would be disappointing but most likely. In my opinion we are falling behind but as Ed002 says there is a plan to right things over the next 3 windows.

I wonder whether some like G Neville, Cantona or van der Saar working in a role like Zidane did at Real or Viera at Citeh but taking it up a level did would help smooth relationships with other clubs?

I think we need to use third parties as Ed Woodward isn't as capable as Gill (his strengths lie in other areas and there's nothing wrong with that). The third party % then makes use less competitive at the front end as we need to cover their cost then end up struggling to secure the big deals.

What do other people think will happen and how do people think we perform in the transfer market?

I think unless the glazers wake up to the reality of the modern transfer world we will sign nobody else. They are going to have to spend 40 plus million to get players like vidal and possibly more. If we want him we will have to pay it. They don't want to because they want to keep the spending down. is just is what it is - rubbish to keep sponsers and fans interested then we will get the usual bull in two weeks and will be watching that ever bigger space in January

I'd prefer David Beckham in that role instead of Eric. I believe he has a bigger appeal.

18 Aug 2014 17:35:14
I'd much prefer going all out for Reus right now instead of sitting around and praying that PSG can't raise the funds-- how embarrassing for us- for Di Maria. Considering the bind that Dortmund will be in next year with Reus, could a big offer this summer tempt them? Reus, for me, is every bit as good, if not better than Di Maria. Reus no.7 pays for itself both on and off the pitch

I think most people would prefer Reus - apart from perhaps LVG. The prices being thrown around for Di Maria are absurd and our luck with Brazilian and Argentinian players has been abysmal in the past (Veron, Fabio and Rafael, Anderson, etc).

Reus is certainly better imo as a wide forward but is he as good in midfield? or as an out and out winger? That I think is where LvG sees the value in Di Maria.

Me personally I would go for Reus, but I'm not the manager.

The amount of money is daft but di maria is the better player imo

I'm not sure, if the likes of Mangala, Mata & Luiz are worth £40m+, then so is Di Maria.

Syd - As far as I'm aware none of those three players cost more than £40m?

It really depends on exactly who you target - but there are plenty of examples of great/good players moving for reasonable sums or in some cases free.

Costa for £32m, Moreno for £12m, Fabregas for £27m, Kroos for £20m, Griezman for £24m, Rakitic, Filipe Luiz and Immobile for £15m, Ter Stegen for £10m, Bernat and Ginter for £8m, Lewandowski, Sebastian Rode, Ashley Cole, Alex, Diego Lopez and Vidic for nothing.

Any one of these players would have improved our first 11 going into the transfer window (except for Ter Stegen - who will likely go on to become one of the top three keepers in the world). I don't mind us paying a little over the odds to bring people in - but anything more than £35-40m for Di Maria is a joke.

All three of them cost more than £40m.

Why does it matter to you how much Di Maria cost?

Would you prefer it to go to the debt?

Di Maria or no Di Maria?

Syd -

Managala cost £24m, Mata cost £37m and Luiz cost £43m (I thought the latter was completed in Euros).

The Luiz deal is a great example of why we shouldn't sign Di Maria. When PSG paid £43m for him - people and papers around the world said they were crazy to pay so much (and rightly so imo). This is a club that have spent way over the odds time and time again; and yet even they think the money being asked for Di Maria is too much. How can we go on blaming clubs like City, Real Madrid and PSG (and Chelsea before them) for destroying the transfer market and then call for our club to do the same?

I don't understand why you see it as a case of Di Maria or bust? Do you honestly believe that the club have limitless funds to the point where we could pay £20m over market value for all of our signings and not have that affect the budget? £52m spent on Di Maria is £52m better spent elsewhere. As I said in response to another thread - if we're going to overpay ridiculously for a player I'd rather they at least play in a position we need strengthening rather than be an over-rated, light-weight and often under-performing mook like Di Maria.

18 Aug 2014 16:43:14
Season Tickets SOLD OUT, Not really true.

As late as Friday pm 15th Aug, MUFC TeleSales were offering me 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 seats together for the season, in Manchester Suite, and 3 other exec Areas, that's sizable area of the Alex Ferguson Stand with 20% discount on all.

Strange that the message given out by the club some weeks ago, was that All Season tickets have now been Sold. Well, all the £900 ones have!

This seems a little odd. I'm not surprised that they're not signed out but don't understand why the club would be so public in insisting that they were. Obviously it doesn't look too good that season tickets haven't sold out but telling people they are all gone will decrease the likelihood of the remaining tickets selling.

Thats of course assuming that the announcement that the season tickets have sold out was for the fans.

The club will want sponsors and other potential investors to think the club is still selling out and being very successful and that people want to come to the ground.

They won't worry if the season tickets aren't completely sold out, they'll still be sold on the day and they will try more targeted marketing to sell as much as possible such as calling emailing and posting letters to fans in order to try and sell as many tickets as possible.

All normal season tickets sold out a month or more ago, the only ones availible are in the executive suites, you can see this if you go on the club website and you can pay £1700 per seat :)

18 Aug 2014 16:32:09
seems LVG has had a small tiff with woodward over transfer targets and the way they are being handled.

Maybe LVG feels that targets are taking a long time to be competed and isn't happy with the way woodward negoitates. just like many utd fans then.

18 Aug 2014 17:23:58
If we had won on Saturday do you think there would have been any reports of 'small tiffs' between them? Anything you hear now is just made up to jump on the 'united lost a match so let's overreact' bandwagon.

Whilst I'm disappointed with both the result and performance on Saturday - I think it may ultimately help to convince the people upstairs that investment is needed. Whether or not there has been a 'tiff' - the Glazers will not like the fact that it's being reported.

18 Aug 2014 15:39:08
Although I was not impressed by either Arsenal or Liverpool this weekend - I was left underwhelmed with our display. As many people have mentioned - we lack the attacking verve of old, too many sideways passes.

{Ed002's Note - Obviously you are not a fan of the team or formation being player - and we recognise that and want to give you a place to put that right. Somewhere to share your vision of how the team should like up and who should be in it.

To that end, I can announce that later this afternoon will see the launch of a new page for Teams and Formations (where the old Teams page was). You can discuss, diamonds, triangles, icosaheda and drink virtual coffee and eat virtual biscuits (virtual sugar-free juice and virtual rusks for the early evening crowd).

I am going to provide a couple of treats to launch this all off. You will be provided with background information as to how thought control has led you to speak in series of numbers that add up to 10 (I do appreciate many modern fans struggle with this concept). Then tomorrow I will explain the views of two highly respected folk about formations and associated tactics - and I might even share my views on the benefits of asymmetrical formations.

But we will open in about half an hour with a brief item covering Subbuteo and the evolution of the football fan's hand.}

18 Aug 2014 12:36:08
A quick question for Ed002 if he/she is around

Loving the site as usual, 1. have MU rekindled their interest in carvalho, and 2. have MU had any kind of discussions with Roma about Strooman for either this window or January?

Many thanks

{Ed002's Note - I have explained what I know.}

18 Aug 2014 13:08:33
Looking back at the defending issues in the Swansea game:

1. The first goal we gave up shows a serious issue, in that the midfield was nonexistent around the top of the box, where Ki was free to shoot.

LVG will surely deal with that tactically, but it shows our need for Carrick's return, at least his strong positional sense. And more so, our need for a defensively strong center mid to come in.

2. The second was from a youthful mistake by Blackett, giving the ball to Bony for a quick restart. Blackett looks like a good young player and he will learn from this. The poor defending after the restart we have often seen when a defense falls apart under pressure, it happens.

The other point I want to bring up is when we are opening up in possession in the 3-4-1-2 we look vulnerable to the counter. Passes go into MF's feet and then back to the backs, the wingbacks are up and wide, the center mids drift further forward looking for space, and then a poor pass on the ground leads straight into a counter. Swansea then came full throttle right at our back three. Better teams will finish such chances more often.

What solutions do you all see for these problems?

1. Buy a top quality cm.

2. Buy two top quality cbs.

3. Buy a few top quality wingers so that van Gaal can play his preferred 4-3-3 formation.

When the problems derive directly from the lack of quality and depth in the squad, there really is only one solution.

I'm confused, was Carrick our saviour last season? No, he was not. The first goal could have been prevented had Bony not fouled Jones. It's funny how no media source even mentioned that clear-cut block. In the second goal there was a couple instances. Smalling was too busy complaining to the ref instead of getting back into position. Then after failing to block the cross, Young was slightly out of position, then to top it off, the ball went slowly across the area and instead of Fellaini charging it down like Jones would have done, he watched it go straight to Siggy and didn't do anything. When Fellaini came on and was played deep, he was awful, he stood in the middle of the pitch turning on a spot ball watching, he was in no man's land. We need to bring in two defenders and a midfielder. Carrick is not the answer and never has been.

I agree with parts but carrick is not the answer he is far to slow now

Syd, I'm not saying Carrick is the answer, but his positional sense is good. I agree that he plays too slow and conservative to help the team go forward. But what I am saying is that no one on the roster (besides Carrick) has that positional awareness and ability to protect the back line. Certainly not Fellaini, him ballwatching as the opponents score is nothing new.

Sadly it seems a lot of fans have a loyalty thing going on. Hearts ruling over heads. AS much as we would like to think the likes of Carrick, Fletcher etc. can still do it, the cold hard truth of it is that they cant. The Premier League is becoming tougher and faster each year and you have to be at the top of your game to make it here, let alone the top of your game at an elite club like MUFC.

Dan, Carrick is the best option agreed, unless Blind was signed and of course Vidal. I think MU know how important Vidal is and that's why they are denying any interest and using a 3rd party to do their bidding on their behalf. We all know how important Vidal would be, I think the club agree with this. Their actions seem to be supporting that idea anyway.

Watch the first goal again and you will see that the problem in the first instance was Blackett getting sucked across, he was to blame for both goals indirectly. Obviously there were several stages of play afterwards and other mistakes made, but the problems came about because of the inexperience of Blackett. Fine margins at this level, despite looking very composed on the ball.

The problem with Fletcher was the same problem we had with Carrick last season. Both lack any kind of physical presence and both are exceptionally slow. Unless we bring in a quality CDM, our back four will continue to be exposed by even the smaller clubs, and will continue to be a liability.

At this stage, I'd even take De Jong. I'm not a fan of him but he certainly wouldn't let teams bully us and would offer a solid line of defence in front of our back four.

I agree with Danny, we've changed our manager but Saturday showed we still have the same weaknesses meaning this is a personnel problem, not a managerial problem. We simply don't have the quality in those problem areas.

I still can't understand why we haven't managed to buy a beast of a defensive midfielder? Wanyama was good for Southampton, carvalho is good for sporting, Fernando for City. It is the most glaring weakness we have and we simply do not want to address it! Why not?
Without bite in midfield, any team no matter how good will be useless.

Moyes decided against Fernando (aka octopus) as he didn't rate his passing.

LvG clearly wants Blind & Vidal and is waiting for the board to deliver.

He may be waiting a while :)

Good points, everyone. Last year I wanted Wanyama, this winter I was hoping for Fernando, and along with many of you, I would love Carvalho. Even if we got Vidal, I still think Carvalho would be worth it.

18 Aug 2014 11:04:37
Reports that Rojo deal is agreed. €20m plus Nani on a season-long loan. MU will pay the majority of Nani's wages. MU are also open to letting Anderson move to SL and SL may be interested.

Pretty good deal, Nani is finished here and won't get any game time. I'd be pleased to get Rojo but I hope this is just the start of a very busy fortnight.

We could realistically get by with just Rojo at the back along side Jones and Smalling. The priority has to be someone to play alongside Herrera who doesn't slow us down in possession like Fletcher and Carrick do. The other crucial one to me is the right midfield / right wing back slot - Di Maria or another fast, attacking player is needed to give us some speed going forward. Three players and I'd be happy, add an extra center back and I'd be delighted.

Agree with Fresh!
He may not be world class but I think Rojo would do a solid job for us and £16m isn't extortionate for a world cup finalist.

I just hope that's not the end of our business, if we go another season without addressing the defensive midfielder issue it'll be a travesty.

Nani needs to be shipped out, Anderson too, so hopefully we can come to an agreement.

Is anybody else really pi$$ed off that we could of signed Garay at any point over the last 2/3 seasons and our defense wouldn't look half as bad now

I just hope this deal goes through quickly so we shift focus elsewhere. Our appalling transfer window performance I think shows that Woodward can't multi-task haha.

Garay and de vrij could have been rapped up by now for about £25m, we'd have been almost sorted

If De Vrij was seen as MU quality, then we would have signed him.

This is all reminiscent of last seasons transfer window: we are being linked with plenty of players, but can't get these deals over the line.

I am more than bemused by what is happening with Blind. There's a player who would instantly improve us and make us stronger in the middle of the park; a player that is available for the right money. What is the hold up? Doesn't the club want him?

Must admit to feeling a little disgruntled after reading some of the things the so called experts have been saying. They are pretty much saying the same thing; and to be fair, it isn't wide of the mark, especially where City and Chelsea are concerned: we are miles from being anywhere near challenging them atm, and that is very concerning.

I pray we get some players in defence and midfield. We have enough up top to hurt teams, but in in key areas, we are so far short of possessing what is needed to get this team in the CL next season, IMO.

I have no faith in the chief executive to deliver. After much talk of having all this money, and the best players wanting to sigh for us, it seems that he might have just been trying to ensure season ticket and memberships were renewed.

I hope I am proved wrong, on all accounts. We can't afford to have another bad season. It would be catastrophic for the club.

Garay is utd class why didn't we sign him?

A defence of Garay and Rojo would of been very good I think.

I think the problem with blind is that he isn't our 1st choice which is fair enough as there are better players out there but when we realise that they are not for sale or we decide the asking price is too high (even though we are prepared to break transfer records and have loadsa money apparently lol) would blind want to come knowing we would be buying him because we couldn't get someone else instead?

Samthered

Not convinced about Blind. If LVG truly thought he was up to the job we could've signed him a week ago or more, he's clearly a last-ditch target if all else fails.

Blind has also mentioned the PL might be too physical for him and given that we'd need him to play as CDM, that's not a good sign.

18 Aug 2014 15:10:25
red,

If somebody offered to double your wages in your job but had offered the job to someone more equipped first who turned it down what would you do?

Gds2 but blind would also have to think about what would happen if we land a top target in jan or next summer yes he would earn more money but he might be one of those rare footballers who actually want to play rather then sit on their ass and collect their wages(nani, anderson)

18 Aug 2014 10:58:08
I believe it was in the January window we were heavily linked with Ezequiel Garay what has happened to this interest?

Surely he would be a nice signing if Benatia prefers a move to Bayern. I'd like both to join us though as I believe they would make a great partnership with Jones.

Smalling for me doesn't provide enough from the back going forward. We need CBs who can defend plus least make forward passes also who are comfortable with the ball at their feet.

Ed not sure if this is a valid question/request but do you know if Hummels would be interested in joining Manchester United? Just wondering.

Thanks

{Ed002's Note - Garay moved to Zenit. Hummels has been done to death but tere remains a chance that either of two sides could still move for him.}

Thanks Ed.

When you say Hummels has been done to death what does that mean?

Also, the two clubs you refer to, can you state who they are?

Appreciated.

{Ed002's Note - Go and read the posts - two clubs have been interested. Dortmund don't want to sell. The two interested clubs, Manchester United and Barcelona, could return with offers.}

18 Aug 2014 07:58:22
Hi ed,
How can you update about vidal, Dimaria and Rojo?
thankz for your effort.

{Ed002's Note - Nothing happened overnight.}

They all enjoyed a good nights sleep after a day of training and a nutritious meal I am told :)

18 Aug 2014 08:15:10
Quick question to the Eds or anyone who can answer.

Lets say no one wants to buy Nani, Anderson or any of the high earnings who have been at the club for years and isn't performing to the standard required of a united player. You think we would call it a lost and just release them?

Thanks

I would imagine you would have to come to a deal with them or pay up there remaining contract.

18 Aug 2014 09:22:04
Diego,

To do that the club would need to pay a large amount to release the player, generally what they would be owed from the contract. So in a word, it is not really worth it.

Ok I see.

Just thought what's the sense of playing them if they're not performing? Just aggravating the fans and I believe the Manager as well.

At least their wages would be freed up I guess. This window as well as the last has been really frustrating especially when everyone can see what we're lacking all over the pitch. Get out who's not performing and use the youngsters, to be honest I would prefer loose a game knowing we're using them than loosing a game with players who're earning 150k a week.

Just the way how I look at it at least.

18 Aug 2014 07:29:20
The club seem to be completely denying interest in Benatia just like they have been doing with Vidal. Reports coming out today about an offer made to Di Maria. The Italian media meanwhile seems to believe that United and not Bayern are in "pole position" for Benatia (god knows what that means) and that Bayern would prefer to sign Diego Godin from Atletico Madrid instead.