Manchester United Banter Archive June 21 2011

 

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21 Jun 2011 23:38:26
21 Jun 2011 21:43:28
"Berbatov and Nani to Inter While Eto And Sneijder Coming the other way with £40 mil going aswell"

@So Berbatov (£15m) + Nani (£30m) + £40m cash for Sneijder who valued at (£30m) & Eto'o who is valued at (£15m). Don't you think we are over paying by giving them £40m cash?

I highly doubt Sneijder or Eto'o are on our list. Eto'o is past it. And Sneijder is approaching a dangerous age IMO. Players like J.Cole, Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Maicon, Fabiano, Henry, Kaka and many more have dwindled out into mediocrity. They certainly all past their peaks around 27. I think paying £30m for a 27 year old is not wise, especially a player that is an engine in midfield who runs many miles in each game.

£30m fee plus 52m for wages is a massive gamble. Especially when it's possible we may have already seen the best of Sneidjer. If we are willing to pay those sums of money, then why not bid £25m for Goetze (19) and £25m for Hazard (20) and offer them modest wages of around 70k a week.

Sydney!

Totally agree with you Sydney, let's see some good youthful and enthusiastic young talent with a real desire turn themselves into legends rather than "big" names who may be on there way out with little resale value. I'm not against signing a big name if that's what fergie thinks we need but lets trust the big man and not forget his proven record or the talent in our own youth team!

Enigma

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21 Jun 2011 23:18:54
This isn't a rumour but do we really need to spend loads of cash on a "world class" midfielder , i know we ate going to miss scholes but if you think we actually did ok last year , what midfield could have kept Barcelona quiet , anyway my point is hopefully fletcher can stay fit and Anderson can produce what we seen in glimpses of him last season also have you seen paul pogba , ravel Morrison , Ryan tunnicliffe and even norwood if we ease theese into the mix we will have a class midfield , and who knows even if we did buy sneijder or modric where is the guarantee that they will fit in and get on with uniteds style of play.oh and even forgot the brightest prospect - cleverley if we give him more time who knows what he may produce , what you think ed ?

ShaunMUFC

{Ed019's Note - I don't think Norwood will make the cut at United, he will probably go on loan next season and if he does well maybe but I don't think he's shown enough. Matt James has a better chance in my opinion but he will probably be loaned next season as well. Morrison, Tunnicliffe and Pogba are all a season or two away I reckon, but I have a feeling if Morrison plays well on pre season or in a Carling cup match he might get a chance. Certainly in the long term United's future looks bright.

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21 Jun 2011 23:15:28
Hi all,
First time posting just wanted to say that I'm loving the amount of blatantly made up rumours and banter that goes with them.
Wanted to also say thanks to the Ed that posted the link to FT last night as the article was excellent.
My opinion on all the rumours is that yes we need a DM and AM but I'd much prefer some faith to be put into the youth, watched them a couple times this season and there's some real talent there and bows as good a time as any to let them loose!

Cheers all
Dils

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21 Jun 2011 22:54:48
"{Ed019's Note - I think Fletcher may have made a difference the first year but he never reached his peak last year. Hopefully this coming year he will get back to that form and he might possibly make some sort of difference, however we'll need more than Fletcher to beat this current Barca team. I've never been particularly impressed by De Rossi but plenty of people seem to rate him so maybe I just see all the wrong matches, personally I'd love M'Villa but he just signed a new contrat so I can't see it happening for the moment."

I think you're right about this season, but he seems to follow a patturn of blooming late in the season (similar in some ways to Ji sung park), though this season with his mysterious virus that, and the vast amount of weight he lost i'd agree that he wouldn't have made much difference in the champ final. But if we manage to get hold of a good centre-mid to sit next to him then I think we've a chance of creating something really good.

It's not about the money however, I think if we find someone - whoever it may be - that forms a good partnership with Fletcher we're sorted!

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21 Jun 2011 22:57:01
David de gea - new number 1 keeper and will be world class half way through the season when he getting used to united.

Rafael - right back for the team and will have an amazing season.

Rio ferdinand - will be in start 11 but could be switching which smalling now and again.

Nemanja vidic - stay club captain and will be a key role at united.

Patrice evra - left back in the team and is on top form now so will have a good season.

Alexis sanchez - sign for 30 million and be the main winger for the team.

Anderson - will have an amazing season and become a world class midfielder.

Lass Diarra - buy him cheap and will be the holding midfielder for the team.

Ashley young - but him for 16 miilion and will be a key role on the left winger being left footed.

Wayne rooney - will stay world class and help hernandez still.

Javir hernandez - will have a better season then last and become a world class striker.

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21 Jun 2011 22:53:25
I think saf will buy some1 that none of us on this site have talked about ! {Ed007's Note - That narrows it down to about 2 people then}

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21 Jun 2011 22:46:31
My mate keeps saying that we will neer buy Sneijder beause he aays Fergie never buys from real top teams. Just interested guys in when the last time we signed a player off one of the best teams in the world?

Rudderpost

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21 Jun 2011 22:31:49
Hey Ed, were Man U put on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange or was that just another rumour?

{Ed019's Note - Rumour

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21 Jun 2011 22:27:43
I'm surprised people still think we have a chance of signing Alexis Sanchez. Let me make it clear to all of you.

He will be playing for Barcelona next season.

A fee is agreed, along with personal terms. He wants to go to Barca and United will not pay 45 million euros for an unproven player who has had one good season in Serie A. It sucks that we didn't get him, but that is just the way it is.
Move On!!!

G.A.G.U.S

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21 Jun 2011 22:24:21
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21 Jun 2011 21:43:28
"Berbatov and Nani to Inter While Eto And Sneijder Coming the other way with £40 mil going aswell"

@So Berbatov (£15m) + Nani (£30m) + £40m cash for Sneijder who valued at (£30m) & Eto'o who is valued at (£15m). Don't you think we are over paying by giving them £40m cash?

I highly doubt Sneijder or Eto'o are on our list. Eto'o is past it. And Sneijder is approaching a dangerous age IMO. Players like J.Cole, Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Maicon, Fabiano, Henry, Kaka and many more have dwindled out into mediocrity. They certainly all past their peaks around 27. I think paying £30m for a 27 year old is not wise, especially a player that is an engine in midfield who runs many miles in each game.

£30m fee plus 52m for wages is a massive gamble. Especially when it's possible we may have already seen the best of Sneidjer. If we are willing to pay those sums of money, then why not bid £25m for Goetze (19) and £25m for Hazard (20) and offer them modest wages of around 70k a week.

Sydney!
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Sydney, well said..
But we can't predict wats going in SAF's mind. Yes he do play mind games during this time of the year.

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21 Jun 2011 22:12:16
Personally, i wouldn't swap nani for sneijder straight, nevermind cash going the other way or with a combination of eto'o as well... nonsense rumour i know but still, if your going to make stuff up don't be ridiculous people aren't going to believe you.

=v1=

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21 Jun 2011 22:11:55
I stand firm that our main area to look into should be midfield and giving any opinion at the moment seems silly as we've been linked with pretty much everyone! So for now I'll leave it.

But with the all the talk of berds being linked with PSG I thought I'd throw my hat in.

First of all I'd like to say I feel berba still has a job to do at the theatre of dreams. His close control of the ball and way he holds up play is the perfect supplement to Rooney or Chico. He gives us great diversity up top and although he's taken a lot of stick, has still finished last season as top goal scorer in the premier league.

All that being said, if SAF ( hopefully soon to be LAF) has deemed that berbas time is up then who am I to question? The man seldom gets it wrong and we all can see that he's building a team that will surpass him as manager and solidify our team for many years to come, which leads me to my point/opinion/thoughts.

It seems SAF is trying to inject some more home nations players into our much beloved United. With Evans, smalling, the acquisition of jones, and young. Not to mention cleverly and welbeck and the younger promising startlets in our youth team. This is where my opinion differs from most. To replace berba I'm not interested in benzema, cavani, aguero or any other of these top young strikers in Europe.

My thoughts are closer to home, maybe even too close for some. Although he's already been on the blue side I can think of no better young ENGLISH striker than Sturridge. He works hard, has great vision and movement and given game time would progress greatly. With the strikers at chelski at the moment and the likelihood of villas-boas adding more through his Porto connections I reckon Sturridge could be attainable.


Would also like to see us buy wickham but Liam him out because that lad has a very bright future!

Toby

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21 Jun 2011 22:10:23
will everyone stop posting about a DM it will be jones in prem and carrick in europe and fletcher and park will play there part as well.wit jones, young, de ghea already signed it will mean only one more big one which will be an CAM, no one knows who it will be.prob 1 or 2 young players signed as well

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21 Jun 2011 22:01:10
everyone is hoping that we sign sneijder n sanchez which i hope so to but i just dont see it happening because whatever david gill says about us having 100 mill to spend is a load of rubbish lets face it the glaziers are in mounds of debt best we can hope for is jones becoming the new roy keane and made into a midfield player de gea improving and young providing consistantly good crosses + set pieces we need world class midfielders though i would expect a top 3 finish n champions league quarter finals at best next season :(

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21 Jun 2011 21:20:08
Ed 007.... Thanks for putting the article up last night it was very interesting, Sydney.... the LFC article you put up was also very interesting.

REDMOZ

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21 Jun 2011 20:59:40
Ed, Utd are a as crumbling wreck.Keep being linked with big names but no money to buy em.Spent it all on Fat Phil.We're we at liverpool will win the prem with Suarez player of the season.Our biggest signing will be getting Gerrard back.Is it true that the Premier League have ordered Utd players to be tested for S.T.D's before every match this upcoming season with all the shamangan's thats gone on at the club recently.Think its the right thing to do if its not just a rumor doing the rounds.Jonny Boy

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21 Jun 2011 20:20:14
Ed002 - I have a question for you, do you believe Chelsea will still go for Modric now they have a new manager in place? Or do you think Boas will have other ideas?

Sydney!

{Ed019's Note - Hi Sydney, I'm not ed002 two but in my opinion Boas will have no say in the matter, if Abramovich wants to bring in Modric and Lukaku, Abramovich will bring in Modric and Lukaku.

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21 Jun 2011 20:19:35
how many EDS are there?coz i just saw a post and ed019 answered it.why don't ye all give your opinion on every post? {Ed019's Note - I'm a new addition to the ed team, we try to answer as much as possible but even though I'm only able to edit Manchester United posts at the moment it's difficult to answer everyone. While there maybe 19 eds that doesn't mean there are 19 online at any given time.

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21 Jun 2011 20:18:55
Drogba to united 600 million

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21 Jun 2011 19:45:54
if you want sanchez to sign press 'beleivable'
if your not as fussed as all the clubs and everyone else seem to be then press 'unbelievable'

I for one am not too fussed! sure hes a great player but for £35 million+ ? theres better talent going around for less than half that amount!

Ballsey

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21 Jun 2011 19:13:54
Really hope we sign diarra. Quality player and would be a great addition and still only 26yrs old. All the talk about alonso but he wont sign for UTD. He loves Liverpoo and Liverpoo fans love him. Sjneider wont sign unless he really does want to play for united and drops his wage demands a little bit. And with sanchez seemingly on his way to barca do you think ed's that even if we get diarra we should still be in for a more attacking and creative CM. Whats the situation with nasri ? Is there still a chance that could happen ? I think if we signed both diarra and nasri that'd be massive. Whitty

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21 Jun 2011 19:00:09
forget all these high profile players that cost £30million plus, such as sneijder, modric, sanchez, kaka, ronaldo, fabregas, nasri, etc we should be investing in players like mata and martinez, them 2 will be just like iniesta & xavi in a few years but even better. get them 2 in centre mid next year with young on the left and buy hazard for right midfield and we will walk that prem league next year. wouldnt cost more than 60 million for all them 3..

RED D MAN

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21 Jun 2011 18:57:32
If i was fergie i would just say to Sanchez, if your a true fan and you want to come, come. if not we dont want you, you miss out.

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21 Jun 2011 18:50:39
Manchester united have had a problem in centre midfield for too long now. Look at what we've got Carrick who has got worse and worse in the last couple of years, Fletcher who was only ever good enough to sit on the bench, Anderson who doesn't seem to get a run in the team and Giggs used to be a great player but he should have retired with scholes and neville.

We need a new scholes and a new Keane. It is clear that the likes of Lassana Diarra would fit into Keano's old role and we really need someone like Wesley Sneijder or Samir Nasri to take over for Scholes. I also believe that If ferguson wants another winger, then he should look at Xherdan Shaqiri and not Alexis Sanchez. Sanchez is a great player but we should have bought him 2 seasons ago when he was cheap as we could probably get Shaqiri for half the price in the current market. You alos have to look and think that if Ferguson is looking to get rid of a winger, it should not be Nani. Ji Sung Park has been a great player for us over the years but he is not quick enough for the wing, as seen in the champions league final. If any winger should go it should be him.

Please tell me what you think of my views below, by clicking believable if you agree or unbelievable if you do not, thanks

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21 Jun 2011 18:43:16
Following on from my earlier post regarding Berbatov's move to PSG - I have it on good authority that a fee has been agreed between the two clubs in the region of £16m. Berbatov would rather remain at Old Trafford but is willing to talk to PSG after being told that he is surplus to requirements at Manchester United.

Berbatov has shown signs of brilliance during his time at the club but for me has lacked the consistency a player with such a high price tag should be displaying. I haven't heard anything about signing a new number 9 and am slightly worried that Danny Welbeck may take the position as he has been promised by Sir Alex he will be given a chance to break in to the first team this season. The deal for Erick Torres looks increasingly likely with talk of him being loaned back to Guadalajara until the close of the apertura league in January 2013.

Assuming Berbatov leaves it is essential we replace him with a top quality player. I hate to throw big names around but for the most part there is a reason why they are big names - and that is that they are the most promising young strikers around. Everybody seems to have this idea that there are 'hidden gems' everywhere just waiting for a big club to discover - but that is rarely the case.

Sergio Aguero (who we've shown interest in before and to my knowledge only failed to sign due to a dispute over wages), Alexander Pato, Neymar, Sanchez (although his move to Barcelona is all but sealed), Lukaku, Muller and Karim Benzema are some of the top young attacking players in the world. As one of the best clubs in the world we need to be signing one of them.
T0MB0Z

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21 Jun 2011 18:29:04
ed who is interested in Scott Parker? he would be a decent signing for most prem teams. Roland(the batty) {Ed007's Note - As long as it isn't Utd I'm happy!! Aren't Spurs the favourites to sign him?}

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21 Jun 2011 18:20:47
We had a 7 million punt on Bebe & look what happened their, we need quality signings in the middle of the park not drama queens! {Ed007's Note - Helen Mirren??}

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21 Jun 2011 17:57:24
If Eto'o joins PSG then Berbatov won't be going there. I still think we should try a £30m bid plus Berbatov for Schweinsteiger.

Berbatov would sort out the Klose retirement that they are searching for and £30m would be enough to help them replace Schweinsteiger...

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21 Jun 2011 17:56:34
I would love to see a player like diarra is OT but if I'm not mistaken we were looking into buying him for 10m within the last year... Love to see Neymar in OT very quick good skills and at 19yrs old and 40m we won't lose any money on him think he make a great player like ronaldo winger/ off the striker

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21 Jun 2011 17:36:23
Hope you put this up Ed
Although I have no clue how long fergie will stay in charge


Wouldn't it be great to sign pep guardiola????
He says that he would like to change clubs in future
He is extremely successful
Has very good links wit 'la Masia'
He knows who to buy and when

Just shooting fish in a barrel bt dis could be amazing move

Hope this changes the boring Sanchez/sneidjer/modric saga

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21 Jun 2011 17:32:44
While I think Diarra would be a good signing and would certainly do a job for us in CM I can't help but think that's what Jones has been bought for and we should be looking to spend the remaining money we have on a more attack minded creative player rather than a Makelele type player.

Rjmanutd

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21 Jun 2011 17:30:42
Guys, just a question for you all and the ED's. Do you all think that we stand a good chance to get E.Hazard seeing as how we may have missed out on Sanchez? Also i know it would be just guessing but would you say we have a big chance of getting another striker seeing as Berba may be leaving?

My ideal team would be:
De gea
Raphael Ferdinand Vidic Evra
Martinez
Nani Hazard
Aguero/Neymar
Rooney Chicharito

No one would be able to stop us, what does everyone think and ED's too? do we have chance of this happening?

Cypriotenglish {Ed007's Note - I think there is a chance of signing Hazard, I said that weeks ago}

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21 Jun 2011 17:24:42
ed- what ur view on xherdan shaquiri i think the lad could be a star and along with hazard would add flair and creativity and there best years are ahead of them and hazard could play as an am with a dm varane m'villa or kayal united would be pretty set for years to come with shaquiri hazard pogba morrison cleverley wellbeck {Ed007's Note - Shaquiri and Hazard do look as if they could be great players}

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21 Jun 2011 17:20:39
Why don't Utd use the money they're goin to pay Scholes for coachin to mould Rooney into the same player he was(without the tackles lol) save buyin sneijder and would also free up some cash if Berba leaves

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21 Jun 2011 17:17:17
personally i don't think diarra would be that bad a signing if the attitude can be reigned in. I'd imagine that the boss has spoken to jose and got his opinion. if he think its worth it then he will make an offer. signing him would allow carrick and anderson to play more forwards and actually try and do some proper support work. with rooney aslo dropping deeper i have to question the need for a sneijder type player.

i think douglas costa or shaqiri could be on the cards, good, young, seem to be under the radar, could slip in and bag one or even both. Seems dependent on nani and even park going. with giggs as a centre mid, and i don't think we'll see a lot of him this new season only when exp is needed, we could actually be rather light in terms of wingers.

any comments esteemed editors and sage supporters?

been trying to think of a new name for posting and i've settled on

Rincewind.

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21 Jun 2011 17:13:44
21 Jun 2011 16:19:09
I have said this before and will say it again, I personally believe we won t sign anyone of stature in this window.
As we have seen, we are linked with every top class player available, whether it be Sneijder, Sanchez, Aguero, Neymar, the list goes on and on.
I my opinion this will give SAF and DG the perfect opportunity to give their we tried but speeches and that will be followed by the no value in the market line that SAF loves. Does he forget that he triggered this massive influx in player prices by selling Ronaldo for £80m, so the domino effect is now coming back around and biting on us on the a**e.
Has anyone noticed that, no word has come from the club regarding any transfers or targets, its all speculation and nothing more.
I am a United fan and would love to see better calibre of players coming on and through, but I don t believe we will actually bring in anyone special .
I am also aware that we have many good youth players awaiting their chance, so maybe that s where our future glory lies.

Sambo


That is complete bull that reason why the transfer prices are ridiculous and the reason we were able to get 80million for Ronaldo is in January 2009 Manchester City bid 100million pounds for KAKA thats the reason otherwise we would have probably only got 35million for ronaldo, that my friend is fact!

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21 Jun 2011 17:07:34
Do any Eds have any real insider knowledge of whats happening at united or do you just speculate like the rest of us?? {Ed001's Note - even with an amount of inside knowledge a lot is speculation. When the club makes a bid it is speculating itself, so your question is moot really.}

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21 Jun 2011 17:02:08
Is it possible to get HULK of Porto? 87m is way too much!! nobody is gonna make a bid for him, its crazy..87 million is cr7 and chicharito combined together! If Utd. were interested could they get him for a lower price?Ed what do u think? also, the CM united are looking for will surprise us all.


Gonne!xP

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21 Jun 2011 16:48:12
forget all these high profile players that cost £30million plus, such as sneijder, modric, sanchez, kaka, ronaldo, fabregas, nasri, etc we should be investing in players like mata and martinez, them 2 will be just like iniesta & xavi in a few years but even better. get them 2 in centre mid next year with young on the left and buy hazard for right midfield and we will walk that prem league next year. wouldnt cost more than 60 million for all them 3..

RED D MAN

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21 Jun 2011 16:46:21
i know diarra is a good player but SAF promised a WORLD-CLASS player and i'd like real madrd's starting platers not their subs.no disrespect to the guy but i want someone who's at least worth 30million.thoughts ed?

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21 Jun 2011 16:38:41
Only from you, which means very little I am sure many will agree. It sounds like nothing more than media drivel. I find it HIGHLY inconceivable that Udinese themselves would reject a £30m offer and never mention it or use it as a guideline for the other teams to start bidding from.

Ed001 or Ed002, did Liverpool make a £30m bid to sign Sanchez in January?

Sydney! {Ed002's Note - No.}
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That's my answer Blair :)

Sydney!

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21 Jun 2011 16:35:10
oh soz about the diarra mix up.sky sports weren't clear enough

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21 Jun 2011 16:23:36
Diarra talking about going to Stoke or Fulham!that shows we need a bigger signing than him.ed , who do u think it will be??
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That's de other diarra...

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21 Jun 2011 16:21:54
21 Jun 2011 16:11:18
Diarra talking about going to Stoke or Fulham!that shows we need a bigger signing than him.ed , who do u think it will be?




R u tick???
U don't know anything dat is a completely different player

Ur talking about a crappy out of contract Monaco player!!!

Man utd r attempting to sign LASSANA DIARRA!!!?!!?!!??!! (not mahamodou DIARRA)

Get ur facts right you fool!
He is a quality defensive midfielder who is not taken for granted at Real Madrid
He practically won de copa del re by stopping bar as midfield!!!

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21 Jun 2011 16:19:09
I have said this before and will say it again, I personally believe we won t sign anyone of stature in this window.
As we have seen, we are linked with every top class player available, whether it be Sneijder, Sanchez, Aguero, Neymar, the list goes on and on.
I my opinion this will give SAF and DG the perfect opportunity to give their we tried but speeches and that will be followed by the no value in the market line that SAF loves. Does he forget that he triggered this massive influx in player prices by selling Ronaldo for £80m, so the domino effect is now coming back around and biting on us on the a**e.
Has anyone noticed that, no word has come from the club regarding any transfers or targets, its all speculation and nothing more.
I am a United fan and would love to see better calibre of players coming on and through, but I don t believe we will actually bring in anyone special .
I am also aware that we have many good youth players awaiting their chance, so maybe that s where our future glory lies.

Sambo

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21 Jun 2011 16:19:06
Just to clear things up. Man u are broke and thats why they are not making massive signings like before. They need replacements for van der sar, ferdinand and scholes. To fund the replacements the likes of brown, evans, berbatov, nani, obertan etc will be sold. Micheal owen has been retained, what bigger clue do you need that your club is in dire straights?UNLUCKY!

F R

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21 Jun 2011 16:19:04
For anyone who is confused! We are linked with lassana diarra of real Madrid not mahmadou diarra just released by manaco! He is the one linked with Stoke or fulham!

Welsh Red Devil

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21 Jun 2011 16:19:00
"Sydney pepe-johnston-kelly-gerrard-lucas-suarez- would be in a starting 11 if you could pick from the two teams even sir alex would you know it so whos really weaker lfc"

Are you serious? Really? Glen Johnson? I need to lie down.

Matthew...

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21 Jun 2011 15:39:06
well lets hope all these united and red scouse kids are the real deal then we might see the national team do well for once. Cos we're pish. Last good world cup performance i saw was my first one when i was nine. Thank you sir bobby. And the only decent performance since then was the euro's with terry vegetables. Its been a declining spiral since then always some controversy. Its worse than the mike bassett film. I know a lot of united fans don't care about the national team but its a joke we should be proud of our players being internationals. How proud would we be if an england won it with half a dozen of our lads in the team?

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21 Jun 2011 15:37:54
United to sign;

Lassana Diarra - 15m
Douglas Costa - 14m
And a new no9 after Berbatov signs for PSG

ALSO....Liverpool to re-sign;

John Barnes - a large doner kebab
Igor Biscan - a used skoda
Robbie Fowler - lifetime supply of nose strips.

You heard it here first

ScubaSteve

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21 Jun 2011 15:36:20
My friend who's a Utd fan has been pulling his grey hair out why his posts haven't been posted and he had to ask why.Whitty is his name.He's tried through his mobile a few times but not the mobile phone posting system.I'm a Liverpool fan but just goes to show how thick Utd fans are, mates or not ha ha.Jonny Boy

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21 Jun 2011 15:26:10
I think if we signed Lassana Diarra it would be an excellent buy even though his attitude is a problem.He provides a great fold can break up play this distribute the ball done this in the copa del rey final excellently in the 'Makelele' role. Player's in this position are rarely ever mentioned but are vital to a teams successs.When Madrid went on to sell Makelele to chelsea and buy Beckham Zidane was quoted saying 'Why put another layer of gold paint on the Bentley when you are losing the entire engine?'

PRR8

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21 Jun 2011 15:25:25
Ed, I too like Diarra and think he has been and could be for us, class. My question for you is why would we sign him if we just signed P.Jones?

I think we have Jones envisioned as CDM until he and Smalling take over for Rio and Vidic.

I like Diarra but think the money could be spent elswhere, do you agree???

ussoldier77 {Ed007's Note - It would depend on the fee/wages etc. He would certainly fit straight into the team}

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21 Jun 2011 15:20:58
Hope SAF gets varane as either him or jones will then play holding midfield. Have Valencia, nani, young on wings, chicarito up top: leaves attacking midfielder... It will be Rooney. Remember scholes started off as striker then dropped back. Some of rooney's passing last season from midfield was sublime. So forget schnieder etc, we have perfect man in Rooney. Leaves space for another attacker or reserve midfielder though. Team next year:
De gea
Twin
Smalling
Vidic
Twin
Young
Jones
Fletcher/carrick
Valencia
Rooney
Chicarito

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21 Jun 2011 15:13:35
theres no chance what so ever of an eto'o coming to utd, utd set the policy of not over 27 yrs old&plus wages he would want, sneijder if as reported wanting £175,000 a wk want be coming,
fergie may go for expirenced class midfielder but not at that wage&then buy younger quality to play alongside, it depends on what system utd gona play next season,
wasnt that sure about diarra but looked ok vs barca in champ league semi, gets in breaks play up&simple then to the so called star players,
as for berba decent offer id sell as away matches may aswell not be there, plus, utd same as anybody
wont let anybody run contract down of when could lose 10/12m

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21 Jun 2011 15:11:58
I'm sure someone posted this the other day but I thought I would ask. How about Thiago Alacantra to play CM for us? He has been very good in the u21's so far but hasn't had the credit he deserves due to Martinez. He hardly gets a look in at Barca and they are clearly desperate to get Fabregas. At the moment Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets and Keita are all ahead of him add Fabregas to this and he has no chance of a game.

Rjmanutd

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21 Jun 2011 15:10:14
You do not have the best youth set-up in the country Sydney, we do mate.

Lol had to laugh at this mate bit delusional there.
Who are all these great academy players you speak of???
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Raheim Sterling, Brad Smith, Matt Regan, Jack Dunn, Tyrell Bedford. Players like this mate who all made the Engalnd U-17 World Cup squad and Adam Morgan just missed out. Not to mention that Kelly, Flanagan, Robinson, Spearing and Coady, have all came through the academy.

Now both you and Sydney go and have a look at the preliminary U-17 sqaud, then come back and tell me how mnay United kids made it. And once you find out it was ZERO, feel free to apologise.

Blair Mayne YNWA

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21 Jun 2011 14:49:59
Mark my words... My last post was regardin Alexis sanchez joinin Man utd...
and nw here are top 3 news

1) Varane movin to R. madrid for 10 mil pounds
2)Diarra movin to Man utd for 12 mil pounds
3)Alexis Sanchez surely joinin Man utd

Kit numbers nxt year

1- De gea
2- Rafael
3- Evra
4- Diarra
5- Ferdinand
6- Jones
7- Alexis Sanchez(my source are higly reliable)
8- Anderson
9- Owen(if Berba leaves to PSG or Munich)
10- Rooney
11- Giggs............ no. 18- Snejider

Shivam

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21 Jun 2011 14:45:05
does anyone know whats happening with oxlade?

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21 Jun 2011 14:43:47
Hi ed's. Can yer tell me how many times i need to post before i can get one printed I've just about had enough. Whitty {Ed007's Note - If your post wasn't offensive or just repeating something already well covered it should have been posted. What were you posting?}

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21 Jun 2011 14:45:07
well the vilas boas thing just confirmed how ficle minded footballers are . Now apparantly hulk and falcao have come out and said they could follow boas to chelsea with vilas boas having recently said that he. Hulk and falcao will remain at porto
DJ

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21 Jun 2011 14:34:33
rainfish agreed on carrick the lad is class just needs the right personal around him. As for the berb i appreciate the technical skill and the goals but his age and decreasing contract go against him. Its the evolution of the team i'm thinking of. If he goes and we replace him fair enough. If he stays and does well then fair enough.

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21 Jun 2011 13:58:05
(£40m), for sanchez, no wonder we didn't sign him..

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21 Jun 2011 13:52:01
"You do not have the best youth set-up in the country Sydney, we do mate. Don't take my word for it just ask Pep Guardiola who said so 2 weeks ago. But i suppose you're gona come back on here and say that Pep is wrong, you're right.

Read down mate i've already told you fools what happened with Marveaux (which you know) so stop lying mate.

Blair Mayne YNWA"

Blair

As I'm sure you'll know, Pep said what he said about Liverpool because you've got Barca's former head of youth development heading your set-up now. He's hardly going to diss a former close colleague and a close personal friend, is he? Rodolfo Borrell himself was highly critical of Liverpool's youth set-up as recently as April 2010 (and the technical ability of many of the players in the youth team). I'm sure he will have a significant impact at LFC, and you do have some very promising young players, but only time will tell which club has the better ones.

As to Marveaux - there are 2 stories doing the rounds. One is the medical story, the second is that Dalglish was opposed to him joining and that's why LFC pulled out. Either way I don't think he's a loss to you.

DarkLard08

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21 Jun 2011 13:51:48
Does anyone know what cm are we interested in? Martinez, Banega?

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21 Jun 2011 13:43:59
sorry Manchester United fans but i think that we are only dreaming. saf hat told that he will sign from 2 to 3 players so why is all this fuss. maybe we sign one more and it over :(

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21 Jun 2011 13:41:28
man utd close to tie up deal of lassana diarra. maybe give him the number 4 shirt?? now as sanchez is ready for barcelona we should focus on another star player or some starlets like connor wicham and raphael varane altough the last one mayc choose barca over us. i hope not to end up with only de gea, jones and young . they are all good but we need someone special like hulk or higuain. but i believe that SAF have something special in his mind and he is keeping all secret like he did for jones.

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21 Jun 2011 13:26:11
"I realise Matthew that you were talking about Carroll above mate and apologise. I've got a terrible flu mate and all i can see is a load of sh*t, with your name at the bottom.

Blair Mayne YNWA"

Blair, this isn't the first time you've had to backtrack on one of your responses to my posts. Perhaps you should read what I'm actually talking about before getting all angry?

Matthew...

P.S Get well soon.

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21 Jun 2011 13:02:23
Eds: Is Kucsczak out of contract this summer? If so, and he leaves on a free, do you think we will sign another keeper. Don't fancy starting the season with just De Gea, Lindegaard and Amos!(not much experience there!!) what are your thoughts {Ed007's Note - No, he isn't out of contract, he has a year to run on it}

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21 Jun 2011 13:01:07
No chance of Alonso at o t. He has already won the Champions league with Englands most succesfull European Champions(*****). Plus the Glazers couldnt afford him anyway.

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21 Jun 2011 12:49:32
21 Jun 2011 07:44:08
Now barca are looking to make a multi million pound triple transfer of fabregas, sanchez and rossi.but the problem is that they have only 4O mil pounds......now cesc has been their main target for quite a few years ...so 35-40 mil are gone then and there...now to buy either sanchez or rossi they are offering villa to city/chelsea fact....now if villa goes and they buy sanchez, a winger.then they have no recognised centre forward...that means they would have to buy rossi with the villa money and thats why there is still a possibility of sanchez coming to UTD....logic
GGMU
THE VOICE OF OT

And what about the funds raised from the sale of Ibrahimovic? I can see Barcelona signing all three players IMO.

Sam LR

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21 Jun 2011 12:38:03
There's no wonder, Liverpool fans are so obsessed with mufc their players are too. You seen the Gerald article about catching us up. You need to be catching everyone, fulham, and spurs up first. Get a grip.

Jake

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21 Jun 2011 12:36:23
Dear ed
Please can you big up C*****e a**m so he is world star. I will sign him for 9m and everyone must believe he is better than Sanchez modric sneider who I can't afford
Some will tell everyone it's a gr8 deal and no more needs to be spent
Yours
M

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21 Jun 2011 12:35:58
For months us LFC fans have been listening to you sh*t on how we'll sign no one because we are crap and no European football. To be fair having no CL football is always a burden and every team will struggle to attract top players (except City).

So my question is, why did Sneijder, Sanchez (United fan) and Modric all turn you down. You are in the Champions League, you are the Champions of England BUT still, all these players want nothing to do with your declining club. Please do not say you didn't want them because these are the 3 players, you did want BUT they all told you to piss off. Didn't these 3 players know that you are the so called "biggest club" on the planet? With the so called "best manager" on the planet. 3 perfect players for you and you couldn't attract any of them, not even Modric. lol

So my point is, i agree with you it was always goin to be hard for us to attract top players (no CL football) BUT what is your excuse?

Blair Mayne YNWA

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21 Jun 2011 12:35:10
So Barca are looking to wrap up the Sanchez deal today according to Udinese (SSN), and I can't say I'm too disappointed. Looks like he could be a great player but I would much rather have players who really want to play for Manchester United, like Chicarito, who repeatedly says he is at the best club in the world and he is one of the few footballers around who I think is really genuine. A few more like him please Fergie!

Anyway as for players we WILL sign I think they will be ones that fly under the radar, I highly doubt that all of Utds targets are out in the open already.

First time poster on what I must say is a fantastic site!

APC {Ed007's Note - Thanks very much for the compliment. Welcome, enjoy and spread the word :-)

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21 Jun 2011 12:23:04
Now barca are looking to make a multi million pound triple transfer of fabregas, sanchez and rossi.but the problem is that they have only 4O mil pounds......now cesc has been their main target for quite a few years ...so 35-40 mil are gone then and there...now to buy either sanchez or rossi they are offering villa to city/chelsea fact....now if villa goes and they buy sanchez, a winger.then they have no recognised centre forward...that means they would have to buy rossi with the villa money and thats why there is still a possibility of sanchez coming to UTD....logic


to the person that said this... seriously do you really believe a club will be honest and say how much they have to spend? it's beggars belief that someone would actually believe this.

Riga

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21 Jun 2011 12:22:22
We need to buy Javier Pastore, ..he can play behind Chicharito and can assist 12 - 15 goals this season.

Well, the news is spread around Sanchez is 80% done, ..could be.
Someone here mentioned yesterday, SAF buy players that suit united squad, he know who fits the bill.
And i'm sure he has his targets in his sight.

We do have ample of wingers, yes sanchez could have played as an attacking midfielder, but i dont think United were in the race untilll the last moment.

We just need an attacking midfielder and probably a defensive midfielder......No wingers.

As of now,

1.Jones
2.Young (this week)
3.De Gea (1st week July)
4.Javier Pastore / Eden Hazard
5.Diarra / (may be no one)
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Welbeck, cleverley, Morrison, pogba (depends if he is sent on loan)
Thats all for the summer.

Outs:

1.Berbatov
2.Brown
3.Gibson
4.Kuszczak
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Loan:

1.BEBE
2.Obertan
3.Diouf
4.Da Laet

Done:::::::

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21 Jun 2011 12:13:28
Now barca are looking to make a multi million pound triple transfer of fabregas, sanchez and rossi.but the problem is that they have only 4O mil pounds......now cesc has been their main target for quite a few years ...so 35-40 mil are gone then and there...now to buy either sanchez or rossi they are offering villa to city/chelsea fact....now if villa goes and they buy sanchez, a winger.then they have no recognised centre forward...that means they would have to buy rossi with the villa money and thats why there is still a possibility of sanchez coming to UTD....logic
GGMU
THE VOICE OF OT

What about the fee for Zlatan?

U-N-I-T-E-D F-O-R-E-V-E-R

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21 Jun 2011 12:07:09
We got all this talk that we are going to sign Sneijder, Modric, Nasri, Pastore, Goertze, Bale etc etc etc. But lets be honest we havent got that sort of money to buy that sort of quality. I believe we will only sign the following:-

De Gea
Jones
Young
and unfortunately A**m or someone of that standing...

Every year (Since Glaziers) we are linked with some of the biggest names in football and every year we are left dissapointed. They are not going to throw 30-50mil on one player those days are gone im afraid.
I do hope I am wrong but until we stop making money for them via the millions of United fans spending on tickets and merchandise that is the way it is going to be. Saying that I just renewed my ST. So im as bad as the rest its hard when you love your club.
I wish they would sell or at least put us back on stock exchange so they can pay the 400mill debt they have and perhaps more investment might come into the squad cant see it tho.
A very disillusioned Utd fan

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21 Jun 2011 11:59:38
"Now barca are looking to make a multi million pound triple transfer of fabregas, sanchez and rossi.but the problem is that they have only 4O mil pounds......now cesc has been their main target for quite a few years ...so 35-40 mil are gone then and there...now to buy either sanchez or rossi they are offering villa to city/chelsea fact....now if villa goes and they buy sanchez, a winger.then they have no recognised centre forward...that means they would have to buy rossi with the villa money and thats why there is still a possibility of sanchez coming to UTD....logic
GGMU
THE VOICE OF OT"

Villa plays on the right most of the time for Barca with Messi through the middle. To a large extent, Barca don't play with a recognised centre forward. Sanchez would be more natural in the position Villa's being forced to play in. Hence - offload Villa, bring in Sanchez. Unfortunately it makes perfect sense to me.

Rossi would be to strengthen their attacking options and Fabregas they see as a long-term replacement for Xavi. All 3 could happen with Villa, Bojan, Soriano et al exiting.

DarkLard08

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21 Jun 2011 11:56:11
Would like to see a few of the older lads leave as United start to rebuild for the next 5/10 years.

If offers are right, I'd sell Kuzcsak, O'Shea, Brown, Berbatov.

Bring in De Gea, Jones, Young, Javi Martinez, Sneijder, & Higuain.

A strong team would be:

1. De Gea

2. Rafael
5. Ferdinand
15. Vidic
3. Evra

25. Valencia
4. Javi Martinez
6. Sneijder
17. Nani

10. Rooney

14. Chicharito

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21 Jun 2011 11:47:06
Ed, United should try signing Javi Martinez of Athletic Bilbao, Spain U21's captain, plays very much like Xavi. Would be a great signing, SAF would develop him into one of the best midfielders in the world. Him, along with a quality attacking midfielder (Sneijder or Kaka) would sort our midfield problem.

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21 Jun 2011 11:42:38
Really hope we sign diarra. Quality player and would be a great addition and still only 26yrs old. All the talk about alonso but he'll never sign for UTD. He loves Liverpoo and Liverpoo love him. I Dont think we'll sign sjneider unless he really does want to play for us and drops his wage demands a bit. With sanchez seemingly goin to barca do you think ed's that we still need a more attacking creative CM of that ilk even with the possible signing of of diarra ? Whats the situation with nasri could that still not be a possibility ? I think signing Nasri and Diarra would be massive.

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21 Jun 2011 11:39:54
Sanchez to barca a done deal without doubt I just hope we go for hazard and shaqiri come on fergie

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21 Jun 2011 11:38:10
------------De Gea-------------
Rafa-----Ferd------Vidic----Evra
------------M'Vila---------------
------Hamsik-----Anderson------
Valencia--------------------Nani
------------Rooney-------------

That's what i'd like to see next year. I think i'm going to be seriously disappointed but i can always dream :P I dont think we need 2 defensively minded midfielders playing at the same time (Carrick and Fletcher ect)...i think it's a waste and not the way United do things.

I think Rooney should be back up top, we forget that 2 seasons ago he got 34 goals playing there.

Anderson deserves a crack at playing in a more attacking role if he can stay fit. we can all see he can do it when he is given more freedom.

Hamsik/M'Vila would probably cost less combined than Sneijder but would bring more of what is needed to the team.

That'll be a seriously young team when/if Fabio and Smalling/Jones start replacing Evra and Ferdinand...although i would prefer a left footed left back Fabio is more than capable playing there.

Mr. Good Cat

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21 Jun 2011 11:25:57
Would love Utd to sign Shaqiri, I think he'd be a great asset to the club, he's young and bright, a great player for the future, also predominantly left footed so could be a natural replacement for Giggs as hard as that void would be to fill.

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21 Jun 2011 11:18:38
ok so first of all I gotta say congratz to the Eds' for this site and second, I've been following this site for about 2 weeks now and I gotta tell ya I have read a lot of bulls**t coming from people with "sources inside the club", kinda funny how everyone seems to have those. me on the other hand, I'm just trying to be somewhat realistic, but feel free to correct me.
the way I see it we're gonna sign young and de gea (almost done deals), we've already snatched up jones, but we haven't took care of the most important place (CM)..my preffered option would be sneijder, if not him than nasri (I'm really hopefull one of them would sign but sneijder is up and down day to day and I got a feeling nasri's just using us to get a bigger pay check (I would love to be wrong on this one)), modric is all but gone for us (staying in London), Sanchez is another one I'd love to have on our team, yet it somehow puzzles me how we can go after yet another winger without getting a CM first, the only way I see it is if nani goes (personally I want him to stay, he's been excellent) and/if some wingers change their roles and go play in the center (something like giggs)...would love a reply from Ed to see what your thoughts are on all this

Peace {Ed007's Note - Welcome to the site, hope you enjoy it}

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21 Jun 2011 10:56:32
21 Jun 2011 07:44:08
Now barca are looking to make a multi million pound triple transfer of fabregas, sanchez and rossi.but the problem is that they have only 4O mil pounds......now cesc has been their main target for quite a few years ...so 35-40 mil are gone then and there...now to buy either sanchez or rossi they are offering villa to city/chelsea fact....now if villa goes and they buy sanchez, a winger.then they have no recognised centre forward...that means they would have to buy rossi with the villa money and thats why there is still a possibility of sanchez coming to UTD....logic
GGMU
THE VOICE OF OT

Villa has been forced onto the right wing this season because of messi form as a CF so Sanchez would be the best option for them as he is a natural rw where as villa is not
Loobs.

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21 Jun 2011 10:48:30
Now barca are looking to make a multi million pound triple transfer of fabregas, sanchez and rossi.but the problem is that they have only 4O mil pounds......now cesc has been their main target for quite a few years ...so 35-40 mil are gone then and there...now to buy either sanchez or rossi they are offering villa to city/chelsea fact....now if villa goes and they buy sanchez, a winger.then they have no recognised centre forward...that means they would have to buy rossi with the villa money and thats why there is still a possibility of sanchez coming to UTD....logic
GGMU
THE VOICE OF OT

from what i understand, Sanchez is practically a done deal and its Cesc that will be the doubtful one, Barca already said they wont spend £35m, and Arsenal dont want to sell so wont accept less than about £40m. So i think your statement is back to front! :)

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21 Jun 2011 09:04:29
Sydney, Ed's, did I read right yesterday, Pato Rodriguez will sign for £9m euros just awaiting a work permit?

If so do you believe that will be our spending done? Presuming De Gea and Young complete there transfers!

Welsh Red Devil

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21 Jun 2011 10:17:37
Just to throw another muppet like signing into the hat. I see all these names being bandied about like Goetze, Kagara, Modric, Sneider, Aguerro etc etc etc.
Have to admit my two dream signings are exactly the same two players as they weer last summer Pastore and Sanchez, though personally I dont see either happening even though we have been linked to both so heavily at times.

One name I havent seen anybody mention for ages that we were vaguely linked with and the press were really bigging up months ago is Silva of Sao Paulo. Only seen snippets of him and what I have read in the press. A friend has seen a fair bit of him and said he reckons he looks the best Barazilian youngster of the lot (a friend with judgements I trust). Im sure I read a ridiculous release clause was put into his last contract (£50m or something?).

However, is there a reason, such as the clause, loss of form or injury that nobody seems to be getting linked with him this summer as he sounded like he was the next big thing?

Invisible STuey

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21 Jun 2011 10:04:22
Does any body on this site really believe that Alexis Sanchez will actually be sold to anybody in this transfer window.

I have lost count of the times that a ''deal is done''.
only for it to be ''off '' the next day.

All the interested clubs seem to have been the front runner at some time during this window.

I think his club are trying to force an auction between the interested parties and that is not going to happen.

Therefore he stays at Udinese.

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21 Jun 2011 09:01:19
The Daily Star says Paris St Germain are determined to capture Dimitar Berbatov as the £10million marquee signing to herald their new Qatari ownership. Members of the club's new board allegedly met the striker's agent over the weekend.

He should leave and make way for youngsters, ..its time Dimitar

Old Trafford Gossip

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21 Jun 2011 08:58:56
Someone mentions we are linked to Xabi Alonso and so everyone jumps on the bandwagon. He would cost a fortune and is 29.

Only Fergie and Gill know the summer targets and come end of august will see who has been bought and sold. I expect alot of transfer activity to happen before the new Fifa regulations are in place.

Gibson, Evans, Brown n maybe O'shea if we dont get Varrane will all go.

Berbatov likely he will go. Nani would like him to stay but if we got offered £30-35 mill then his bags will be packed for him.

Think Wellbeck needs to be loaned out again. Don't think he will really develop unless Berbatov is sold and Owen is out injured for a while which is quite likely.

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21 Jun 2011 07:21:10
We all need to be upbeat regards Transfers coz at the end of the day we have been in for 2 out-standing players, Sneijder/Sanchez costing 70-80mill for both and it looks like they aren't turning us down as a club just The Prem as a whole and living in England. The good news from this is that we ARE going for World Class players and so WE DO have the money for these players. Chelsea and City having the same problem aswell with Neymar. So we are competing for players so we need to just be patient and enjoy the new players coming in. At the end of next week things will start moving and its all good for us.

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21 Jun 2011 06:53:29
I dont get why everyone seems, so desperately wanting for manutd's best player this year ( apart from vidic) to leave?? GUYS, Nani is good!
Best player in the Premier League this season. We've waited so long for him to play well, and now that he's starting to display some world class talent, (which you'd have to be an person to say he doesn't) people want to trade him for sneider. I'm sure a whole load of people wanted to get rid of Ronaldo too, just when he was starting to bloom. Well Saf is not an idiot, and is jolly gonna keep him. Come on you nani haters, watch and learn this next season. This kid has got some talent watch him get better and better! I don't think he'll ever reach Ronaldo's level, but he'll get close. Oh and also watch Anderson this season guys! Another one to seriously bloom.

In terms of transfers..........expect some academy signings, and expect someone to replace scholes, tom cleverly to young, saf wont entrust him with that responsibility yet, but maybe for the future, also pogba coming up - seriously hot talent. I'm thinking someone between 28-30. We need someone like iniesta or xavi....fletch nd carrick, really not quite them...would love to see modric, but dunno:(

twin

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21 Jun 2011 01:34:37
20 Jun 2011 21:40:11
de gea
evra ferdinand vidic jones
young modric snejder
hernandez rooney sanchez

I'm sorry, this is my first post but to whoever wrote this.. This is seriously a pretty terrible formation...

But anyways so I've seen that Sanchez is apparently due to sign for barca ASAP according to goal.com, I do hope we get either Sneijder, Gotze, Nasri, Hamsik (personal preference I'd say) and a good defensive midfielder such as Diarra, Alonso etc. Also think Cavani would be great but no rumours here just what I'd like to see.
Nice site btw ! {Ed007's Note - Thanks, and welcome}

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21 Jun 2011 00:48:35
@ Sydney!

The inteview he did for MUTV i think near the end of the season when the first whiffs of a possible move were on the cards.

You came out and said that after he stated in the interview about being happy or whatever he was 100% staying next season.

Just wondering what your thoughts are now after the Ed's highlighted he looks to not only be on his way but also engineering the move himself?

Jono!

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21 Jun 2011 00:45:17
www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9471db52-97bb-11e0-9c37-00144feab49a.html#axzz1PqX6TAP4

Very interesting article, ED.
It makes you wonder how much of United's transfers are mostly based off of statistics.
Also interesting about Stam, as I was always under the impression that Ferguson and him had a falling-out, but maybe the wrong statistics were focused on?
Who knows. {Ed001's Note - I read that earlier, excellent article, but I fear the FM brigade will think they can use FM stats the same way!}

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21 Jun 2011 00:42:29
First time poster, first off great site well done to all that run it... I am however, getting sick of all this rubbish being dished out:

My uncles best friends son who plays cricket with a grounds keeper at carrington told me (these stories simply are retarded but funny at the same time)

Realistically, IMO, once we most likely sign Young in the coming weeks that will be us finished in the transfer market unless a bargain comes up.

I will be shocked (pleasantly) if we are able to even afford to sign either Sanchez or Sneidjer. I hope I'm wrong but I honestly done think we have this so claimed war chest at our disposal. But SAF we need two decent mid-fielders please tell those yankies to fook off and put their money where their mouth is!

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21 Jun 2011 00:12:57
Okay, I have just got some big transfer news! Liverpool are very close to securing the signing of Aguero. I know this is hard to believe, but it is believed they have offered him the best deal out of a number of clubs.

Mark my words, he will be at Anfield next season. I know we all would have loved to see him at United, but there is nothing we can do about it. This is Ken Aguero's choice. Ed, what does this mean for the rest of us?

G.A.G.U.S {Ed001's Note - good old Ken, he has made the right choice there.}

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21 Jun 2011 00:07:08
what ever happend to the douglas costa hype ? class player cant believe clubs ent after his transfer

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20 Jun 2011 23:49:12
20 Jun 2011 23:12:37
I have heard from a very reliable close soure that this Alexis Sanchez saga is about too come to an end. I have been told dat Sanchez is ready to sign for Manchester United for a fee of around £33million on a 5 year contract. The 2 clubs have agreed a fee and Sanchez should be in Manchester in the next week or so. mark my words and remember the name.

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Is this the same Alexis Sanchez that has flown from Chile into Barcelona to complete a move to the European Champions? We will remember your name, but for getting this one horribly wrong!

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