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08 Jun 2011 23:50:19
As I said on this a couple of weeks ago....we need a Roy Keane character in the team as it has never been replaced....Phil Jones has the potential fill his boots in DM...
Cant see him sitting on the bench for 2 seasons waiting for his chance at CB..Ed???
Moz {Ed007's Note - I've flew the flag for James McCarthy on here for months, ticks all the boxes to move to Utd IMO}
08 Jun 2011 23:32:44
who should Manchester United sign? i made a list lol
gk. davide de gea
df. rafael varane
df. phil jones (signed)
mf. andrea poli
mf. alexis sanchez
mf. luka modric
mf. wesley sneider
mf. eden hazard
fw. erick torres
fw. romelu lakaku
Nico Hernandez {Ed007's Note - Class, discuss......}
08 Jun 2011 23:30:06
Hey Syd, i know you've being following Sanchez for a while now, what is his best position and do you think Fergie will really push for him??? I'd love to see him as our NO 7.
Nababs Son :)
08 Jun 2011 23:24:56
Hi 007 Ed, what is your take on the Rodwell situation or if there is a Rodwell situation, a few months ago the guy had some sort of agreement with us, was it all just tabloid fodder or was there any substance to it in your opinion???
Nababs Son :) {Ed007's Note - There was serious interest, It seems to have died down a bit now}
08 Jun 2011 23:19:42
whats the news on sanchez i really wanna see him in a utd shirt nxt season
08 Jun 2011 23:10:11
hello all. posted a couple of times before with my information being accurate. de gae, young, jones, varane and the ace up fergies sleave.. nasri. it will happen. also, i LOVE the fact that scouse fans cant help but read the united rumours and press "unbelieeevble" when they feel threatened that our title record will be extended further due to the quality of our signings..
get used to eating our dust.. and as for paying 55 mil for two englishmen that have achieved nothing, that is unbelieeevble.
That is all.
08 Jun 2011 23:08:05
are we still going to have money to get at least on big marquee signing i.e modric/sanchez/schneider?? after splashing 16 mil on Jones?? i dont think Jones was planned, i think fergies hand was forced with other clubs showing interest!! i want schneider, what does anyone else think?? ED????
Griffy :-) {Ed007's Note - There will be still be money. Sneijders' wages are the stumbling block as far as I know. Don't ask me how, all the tax stuff goes over my head, I'm a bit like a Rangers owner when it comes to that}
08 Jun 2011 23:07:45
"Has Phil Jones failed his medical does anyone know?? its all over twitter??? any info appreciated thanks... ED?????? {Ed007's Note - He has arrived in Denmark "in high spirits".}"
Oliver Kay (The Times) said that it was unfounded...
Mr. Good Cat
08 Jun 2011 23:04:13
Liverpool and King Kenny pay more for Henderson than Real Madrid paid for Ozil genius. RAINFISHTROMBONE
08 Jun 2011 22:53:35
08 Jun 2011 22:40:38
Has Phil Jones failed his medical does anyone know?? its all over twitter??? any info appreciated thanks... ED?????? {Ed007's Note - He has arrived in Denmark "in high spirits".}
ed jus cos he arrived in denmark in high spirits dont mean he hasnt failed, he probably did his medical left for denmark got their thinking yeah deals done medicals done now hes probably sitting there in denmark after a phone call saying to him self noooooooo i thought it was all done cant believe i failed the medical lol hahaha {Ed007's Note -It dosn't mean he did fail a medical, but sorry to hear you failed yours???????}
08 Jun 2011 22:47:32
lol @reports that Phil Jones failed a medical......what all will these scousers do to create a doubt in us...poor chaps....
DJ
08 Jun 2011 22:22:49
just plz get a household name a attacking midfieder .if dreaming cr7....some posts were claming he has a clause to come home..can anyone see this happing anytime at all
08 Jun 2011 22:18:37
Phil jones will be used in a defensive midfield role aswell as CB, he was signed instead of rodwell who SAF is going to watch this season before deciding weather to bid next summer or not.
08 Jun 2011 22:04:58
liverpool have been delighted to see swansea get promoted as its de only game del get to play outside england europa rejects
08 Jun 2011 21:59:09
Ed, when can we expect to hear confirmation of Phil Jones or A. young signing??
Also, do you think 20 million plus Nani could persuade Udinese for Sanchez?? {Ed007's Note - Jones and Young should be anytime really}
08 Jun 2011 21:56:48
Can tell old whiskey nose is worried about Dalglish he is using the Kings transfer list Ha Ha.Up the pool
Redan
08 Jun 2011 21:55:21
{Ed007's Note - We pass our opinions on the banter site and information we have is passed on the rumours page. It is also rude to ask for sources!}
Everyone asks for sources it is not rude, I have read over 100 times people asking '' what's your source '' and they have never been questioned for that. I think maybe i touched a nerve as i'm the only person to have ever questioned you. In my opinion you know nothing which is the same as us, you run a great sight based on rumors but the information you have has been read of the internet. The only way you would know something is if you knew Sir Alex or David Gill. {Ed007's Note -It is a rumours/banter site, site policy is that we do not allow anyone to ask for sources and we do not ever ask anyone else unless it is to help us answer something i.e Phil Jones' height. It is absolutely none of your business who or what myslef or any other knows. If you are not happy with the site and can not grasp the concept of rumours and banters then I seriously doubt this is the site for you. Feel free to question me about footballing matters, but that is it.}
08 Jun 2011 21:54:47
On the Hargo Compo.
If he retires we can lodge a claim and cite the injuries he sustained during his time at the club as the main reason why. This will result in the likely actioning of some compo to cover wage loses and treatments to the sum of £8+m.
But in all likelyhood he is going to leave us and if he leaves as a still playing proffesional then we will be due nothing and will recieve absolutely nothing by the way of compo.
Jono!
08 Jun 2011 21:52:32
There will be big changes at OT this summer with VDS and scholes retired, Hargreaves released and sold will be gibson, brown, o Shea, , berbatov and obertan that's 9 players out welbeck and cleverly back jones and de gea bought and lindegaard already bought plus the promotion of pogba that leaves room for 3 so ed do you think Ashley young, Wesley sneijder and Raphael varane?
08 Jun 2011 21:47:12
I don't understand all this Phil Jones banter. In my day, if a rival club beat you to signing a player you'd been bigging up for days / weeks, you didn't deny the facts, you just said you were glad you didn't get him, you never really rated him anyway and you'd much rather have [insert name of entirely average footballer here] playing for you instead because at least he could pass the ball / tackle / shoot*.
*delete as applicable.
So, Liverpool fans, instead of posting about Jones not going to United, how about: Yeah, right, we're glad we didn't get him. I think he's a bit over-rated, to be honest. I'd much rather have Kyrgiakos playing for us because at least he's got long hair.
DarkLard08
08 Jun 2011 21:05:10
Young - will be signes in next few days after young meet with randy lerner today
Sneijder - we are now 3rd fav to sign him at 5/1 behind city 5/2 and Chelsea 8/13 (source sky bet). We Have been in for him for a fer months but only recently chelsea have entered the race. 2 days ago we were tiped by the bookies to get him but something must have happened(possibley utd are not willing to pay the wages he demandes and chelsea are)
sanchez - early on looked like he would end up at barca but figured he wouldn't play that much. Udinese are looking for £30m which utd and barca are reluctant to pay. barca offering Jeffren, Jonathan Soriano and even Bojan Krkic - as part of an exchange deal. Sanchez said himself that Barcelona would be a "splendid destination".could end up at utd still if fergie is willing to pay.
what do you think ed {Ed007's Note - I think you should stop posting bookies odds!!!}
08 Jun 2011 20:57:08
who's next on saf's list ed? {Ed007's Note - Take your pick}
08 Jun 2011 20:42:04
Jones great signing! Bit overrated but deadly! Benitez not managing villa so young 2 united! CLASSY
08 Jun 2011 20:39:58
Phil Jones, quality signing. Sunderland bid 12.8m for gibbo, brown and o'shea, id take it. 2.8 for brown, 4.5 for o'shea and 5.5 for gibson. Also, would benitez stop young signing 4 us if he takes over at villa? id rather sanchez anyway if im honest. dont mean 2 sound greedy but id also love 1 of modric, snejider and nasri and id like that erick torres kid in place of diouf/macheda.
Dylan
Dont get carried away Dylan, we dont have that much money left possibly one more signing, we cant compete with City, Chelsea and Liverpool, we have to be clever with the little money we have
08 Jun 2011 20:34:01
i see jack rodwell is 1/2 to sign for utd this summer please do not tell me we are going to sign the most overrated english midfielder of his generation he isnt even good enough to play for everton week in week out i will be extremly gutted if this is our signing to replace the legend that is paul scholes and if i was scholsey i would take it as in insult if rodwell was my replacement
08 Jun 2011 20:18:05
Sydney where are you with sneijder info what do you think happen?
08 Jun 2011 20:13:23
If any of u fancy cheering up or a bit of a laugh read the Liverpools rumour page starting from this morning. It starts with them all excited about signing Jones then as the day passes rumours start to circulate about him having a medical at united. He goes from class to a big time Charlie in matter of minutes. Great start to the transfer window picking up where we left off last season beating the scum and rubbing their noses right in it.
08 Jun 2011 20:04:26
To the angry woman that wrote this:
Sorry to burst your bubble but its a that Steve Kean said on the radio Jones is no where near having a medical never mind had one with Yous, as Rafa once famously said FACT.And if he does join you i'll hold my hands up and say i'm gutted.But it will be Martin Kelly and Phil Jones who'll be Englands future centre half pairing.Think Vidic has more then 3 years left in him before Smalling takes his spot. Jonny Boy6
Oh dear condomgirl6, i do not think i have ever heard so much jealousy and spite in my life, truly pathetic, typical another liverpool fan writing a post on the manchester united very upset. IF ( and by all accounts it seems he will ) Jones signs for us, then that basically spells the end for kelly being a starting centre back for England, surely the pair that play week in week out will be picked? In an England view ill be happy to have a player like Kelly at right back though, but even happier knowing we have the England teams centre back pairing. Excellent news on the Jones front, honestly did not expect us to sign him but looks like we've done "another Smalling" well played SAF
JWalk
08 Jun 2011 20:01:32
James Constable..as in Oxford United...thats got to be worst rumour
08 Jun 2011 19:59:10
With young ans jones signed what are united's chances of getting rodwell? i thought a deal was in place for him? Any news anyone, ed? tom17 {Ed007's Note - I never rated Rodwell that highly. I don't know what will happen with him TBH}
08 Jun 2011 19:50:17
there has not been no official news that phil jones has signed for united, its all weird, he was supposedly there for medical yet that was ages ago and there is no announcement anywhere the deal has officially been done, no pictures or videos, nothing but media spreading gossip, he might of been there to look around like he was at melwood and like he was at arsenal when he met wenger, i think hes jus looking weighing his options up, , , oh and dont expect sanchez at united either he will go to barca, if not then man city cos they will offer much more money than united can
08 Jun 2011 19:48:25
I think that signing young could be a fantastic move if he perfects the holding midfield role he could be a priceless talent in years to come!
08 Jun 2011 19:45:39
Selling O'Shea doesn't mean we'll be signing a right back. Fabio can also play RB aswell as Rafael... as he did in the champions league.
I think it would be even more of a waste to sign another defender that we don't need. We want an attacking midfielder and a goalkeeper!!
08 Jun 2011 19:41:14
Sorry to burst your bubble but its a that Steve Kean said on the radio Jones is no where near having a medical never mind had one with Yous, as Rafa once famously said FACT.And if he does join you i'll hold my hands up and say i'm gutted.But it will be Martin Kelly and Phil Jones who'll be Englands future centre half pairing.Think Vidic has more then 3 years left in him before Smalling takes his spot. Jonny Boy6
HOW GUTTED ARE YOU!
08 Jun 2011 19:26:51
waiting for the day when i will see the headline on paper 'United swoop for Sanchez and Pastore'.
08 Jun 2011 19:26:05
If you're building a team for the future, you start from the back!
De Gea (Surely the next Spanish No.1)
Fabio (Brazil's future 1st choice RB)
Smalling (England future 1st choice CB)
Jones (England future 1st choice CB and Captain)
Rafael (Brazil's future 1st choice LB)
Fantastic defence for the next 10+ years in my eyes!
WF Red Devil
08 Jun 2011 19:22:30
GMAN... What is the latest on Sean Stephens.......
08 Jun 2011 18:59:01
Everyone is saying Ashley Young is a done deal. I would love to have him at Manchester United but it's not a done deal until he's standing outside Old Trafford holding up the red shirt with Fergie next to him. Is there anything concrete ? And a question to all ED's how do you know you information ? Surely it's just all opinions like everyone else ? {Ed007's Note - We pass our opinions on the banter site and information we have is passed on the rumours page. It is also rude to ask for sources!}
08 Jun 2011 18:59:38
You say the twins are reliable. In ability certainly, but they appear incredibly injury prone? We would need cover in both LB & RB positions if we are to rely on these two for the future.
08 Jun 2011 18:46:17
''You lot can forget about signing ashley young if benitez gets the villa job what goes around comes around fergie!
DCG''
What an person ! Ashley Young has said he wants to leave Villa to play Champions League football and win trophies not because of the manager. Rafael Benitez won't get them in the Champions league or win trophies so why would that change his mind ? DantheDevil
08 Jun 2011 18:42:42
"You lot can forget about signing ashley young if benitez gets the villa job what goes around comes around fergie!
DCG"
Big loss. If he does arrive here, he'll be nothing more than a squad player anyway.
Matthew...
08 Jun 2011 18:34:32
Brown (31 years old), O'Shea (30 years old) and Gibson (23 years old) to Sunderland for £12m.
I would snatch their hand off for that.
Anyway, rumour of our next signing is Young. He is getting married this weekend apparently so we won't hear anything until next week after he has gave his life away!!
08 Jun 2011 18:33:53
"I'm not normally a religious man, but if you're up there, make these signings happen, Superman!"
Sneijder
Sanchez
Nilmar
Douglas Costa
08 Jun 2011 18:33:41
So saying as it looks like there will be a lot of signings and players leaving this year, what do people think of this squad next year?
Goalkeepers
De Gea, Lindengaard, Amos
Defence
Fabio, Rafael, Rio, Vidic, Smalling, Evans, Varane, O'Shea, Evra, Jones, Fletcher, Valencia
Midfield
Jones, Fletcher, Carrick, Cleverley, Modric/Nasri/Sneijder, Anderson, Giggs
Wingers
Rafael, Fabio, Valencia, Young, Park, Sanchez, Fletcher, Cleverley, Welbeck
Forward
Rooney, Chicharito, Sanchez, Owen, Welbeck
Team
---------------1) De Gea
2) Fabio---5) Rio--------15) Vidic---3) Evra
---------4)Jones------18)Modric/Nasri/Sneijder
25) Valencia----10) Rooney------7) Sanchez
---------------14) Chicharito
Sub Team
--------------33) Lindengaard
21) Rafael---12) Smalling----23) Evans---22) O'Shea
-----16) Carrick---24) Fletcher---8) Anderson
17) Young--------------------------13) Park
---------------- 19) Welbeck
I think the starting team would be amazing and the subs team would be top class too
D4L
08 Jun 2011 18:29:35
Please Please go to YouTube and watch Manchester United A Club with History. it is the most inspirational thing I have seen in years. This is why we are so very special. RAINFISHTROMBONE
08 Jun 2011 18:27:26
The good thing we have realised this season is that Both Rafael & Fabio are very reliable and versatile, they can both play RB, LB, LW & RW so do we really need O'Shea anymore? Jones can cover for DM & CB, two other positions O'Shea could play in. All of our defenders can play in different positions.
Rafael - RB & LB
Fabio - RB & LB
Evra - LB
Evans - CB & LB
Smalling - CB & RB
Vidic - CB
Ferdinand - CB
Jones - CB
Varane - CB
Valencia - RB
Fletcher - RB
Cleverley - RB & LB
Could we be considering the departure of O'Shea?
Sydney! {Ed007's Note - It looks like he is the 3rd player Syd}
08 Jun 2011 18:22:30
Look at the site all the time but never post, thought I'd give it a go with the phil jones deal just about done , I'm worried young, jones and de gae will be the three signings? Anyone tell me any different ? {Ed007's Note - Welcome the site, I seem to be saying that a lot these days}
08 Jun 2011 18:21:44
"sunderland have bid 12m for the trio.......6m off in my opinion. all three are worth 6m each.."
I think 12m would be bang on - 2m for Brown, 4m for O'Shea and 6m for Gibson.
I also can't see Nani leaving and I think Berba would only be sold if we somehow won the race for Sanchez. We have a lot leaving the squad this summer (albeit most of them have been bit part) and losing more senior players could be very disruptive.
The only others I can see going are Kuszczak, Obertan and Macheda.
DarkLard08
08 Jun 2011 18:19:16
yep so this is @everyONE who wants gibson , oshea, and evans out...
so just lets get this straight
Manchester United WILL BE COMPETING IN 4 COMPETITIONS THIS YEAR AND YOU CANT POSSIBLY PLAY YOUR FIRST TEAM IN EVERY MATCH......
REMEMBER SHALKE AT OLD TRAFFORD...IF WE DIN HAVE GIBSON(WHO WAS INSTUMENTAL ON THE NIGHT) WE WOULD HAVE PLAYED ONE OF GIGGSY OR PARK OR SCHOLES THAT WOULD HAVE LEFT US WITH FEWER OPTIONS AGAINST CHELSEA AND WE COULD HAVE LOST THE EPL ON THAT DAY! FACT...I WONT SAY THEY ARE WORLD CLASS BUT EVERY TEAM NEEDS TEAM PLAYERS FOR EXTRA COMPETITIONS AND TO FILL GAPS WHEN WE HAVE INJURIES..
THINK ABOUT IT..
PEACE
DJ!!!
08 Jun 2011 18:15:27
First time poster on this site, look at it loads tho, personally i think that we have to go all out and get Schneider, he is just what we need!! he is class! but we are not going to get Schneider and Sanchez that is FACT, we simply wont spend that much 60 million plus for them to easy! but a central attacking midfielder is top of our list. Please get Schneider :-) also on other buisness i dont think we should be letting John O'Shea leave, he does a decent job and a good squad player, Brown and Gibbo can go as far as im concerned!! and Jones is a cracking purchase
#ilovemufc :-) {Ed007's Note - Welcome to the site. I hope you enjoy it}
08 Jun 2011 18:12:19
SAF can do what ever he wants cause i have faith in him but NEVER GET RID OF ROONEY !
08 Jun 2011 18:09:49
Why does everyone keep on saying A**m?
08 Jun 2011 18:09:14
I really hope we don't sell O'Shea. would rather keep him, sell Evans and bring in Jones and Varane. Offers reliable cover throughout the defense that other teams (Arsenal mainly) would kill to have.
08 Jun 2011 18:05:24
I think Jones is an excellent signing, he's the new John Terry and a future England.
De Gea and Young look nailed on now all we need is a quality midfielder either Sneidjer Nasri or Modric and we are back in business. Let Gibson and Brown leave but keep O'Shea. Ed?? {Ed007's Note - I think O'Sheas' versatility could be missed. I agree with you over the midfield but maybe an attacker brought in if Berbatov leaves, or a youngster taking his squad place}
08 Jun 2011 18:04:01
Will we be recieving any compensation from Hargreaves? If so how much?
Sales:
John O'Shea
Darron Gibson
Wes Brown
Jonny Evans (Maybe)
Obertan (Maybe)
+Hargreaves money
Surely that would give chance too sign De Gea, Jones, CAM (Modric, Sneijder, Hamsik, Nasri) + Striker (Maybe?)
Cooper
08 Jun 2011 17:56:53
Sunderland bid for gibson, oshea, brown.
Ed is phil jones the new john oshea and with all these potentially leaving how many kids a coming into the first team.
Possible leavers.
Hargreaves- Released
Brown- poss sund
Oshea- poss sund
Gibson- poss sund
Macheda poss italian club
Welbeck poss sund
Neville retired
Van der sar retired
Scholes Retired
Berbatov Poss tott- hope so.
Nani - Poss leaving although I don't see it
Obertan- defo leaving
Diouf - poss blackburn
Kuszczak- defo leaving
De leat- leaving
In so far
Jones 16mill
De Gea 18 mill
Young 17mill - unfortunately.
How Many more do you think could come in because looking at that we will av no team left? {Ed007's Note - A lot of possibilities there!}
08 Jun 2011 17:48:43
"{Ed007's Note - I am hearing it is O'Shea}"
It could be ED, although he's back up to RB we have Valencia, Cleverley and i'm sure Jones can do the job there if needed.
Either way, this just proves to me that Jones was needed.
p.s Watch Gibson flourish at Sunderland.
The Moon. {Ed007's Note -I hope he does, I'd have took him at Celtic. He would have been a good player in our league}
08 Jun 2011 17:47:17
Will jones wear 6 or 4 and will young be wearing 7? If berb leaves Hernandez will be given 9 as well too :)
08 Jun 2011 17:43:42
Sydney makes a good point when he asks what about Varane and AOC though i do think the latter is heading towards Arsenal due to his fathers influence. Does anybody have any news on Varane i was convinced the deal was done though we will have to wait till July 1st to see. If Sunderland need someone to drive Gibson up there i have my car ready. RAINFISHTROMBONE
08 Jun 2011 17:31:17
Well, well Sydney!
Sunderloan have just bid for 3 United players, including Brown and Gibson. Looks like Sunderloan are using the money we gave them for Henderson. Do you think this is a coincedence? These are 2 of the 3 players being mooted as part of any deal to bring Henderson to OT.
Blair Mayne YNWA
08 Jun 2011 17:28:05
Looks like all the big name rubbish won't be happening.
Instead we will waste money on phil jones do me a favour.
Ashley Young squad player.
De Gea who is needed.
in total that's roughly 52million pounds on 3 players, of which only de gea is needed.
So you can forget the sneiders, modrics, sanchez.
08 Jun 2011 17:10:49
First time poster. It looks like the De Gea deal is all but done and is simply delayed due to De Gea's agent problems. Ashley Young (who i see no more than a squad player) has been linked with us too much over past fortnight to not be true so i expect him to sign in near future, unfortunately. As for Phil Jones, word only got to me this morning about this and i must say im not happy about it at all. £16 mill for a player that we don't need in the slightest. I expect the whole Modric/Sneijder saga's to go on for some time yet and if Ferguson is serious about improving the squad properly he must sign one of these 2 players. Fergie can't let this window slip by again especially as it could be the last big window 'cos of the rules set to be put in place. Personally i would love Sanchez but i think hes out of our reach and will jet off to Barca or Inter. Overall i think the players we are supposes to be signing(bar De Gea) are not up to the standards of the players we should be signing if we are to improve on last year which is, lets face it, having a squad capable of beating the Catalonion b******s
08 Jun 2011 17:03:47
Blackburn defender Phil Jones is set to join Manchester United in a deal worth up to £17m.
The England Under-21 centre-half is having a medical with the Premier League champions, after turning down offers from Arsenal and Liverpool.
enough said
put that in ur pipe and smoke it blair witch ha ha
redshep
08 Jun 2011 16:47:01
HA! PHIL JONES CHOSE US OVER ARSENAL! SMART LAD
08 Jun 2011 16:22:25
Sydney. .your theory that Jones will not play CB is pure bulls**t. I'm sorry, but it is.
Fabio Cannavaro. .5ft9" - World Cup winning Captain, won FIFA Player of the Year.
Franco Baresi. .5ft9" - Considered one of the Best Centre Backs to ever grace the game. AC Milan retired his number 6 shirt once he had retired himself.
Carles Puyol. .5ft10" - Speaks for himself here.
Roberto Ayala. .5ft9" - Argentina's longest serving Captain, won many honours.
Jamie Carragher. .5ft11" - Alright, not won much, but he has been good for Liverpool over the years.
Juan. .5ft11" - Plays for Brazil, enough said.
Ivan Cordoba. .5ft8" - He's outstanding aswell, and is a brilliant header of the ball.
Along with many others including Thomas Vermaelen, Phil Jagielka, Micah Richards. Jones being 5ft11" means nothing mate.
MPez
08 Jun 2011 16:15:52
Sorry to burst your bubble but its a that Steve Kean said on the radio Jones is no where near having a medical never mind had one with Yous, as Rafa once famously said FACT.And if he does join you i'll hold my hands up and say i'm gutted.But it will be Martin Kelly and Phil Jones who'll be Englands future centre half pairing.Think Vidic has more then 3 years left in him before Smalling takes his spot. Jonny Boy6
If he's not having a medic how come he is not in Denmark with the rest of the under 21's neither is Henderson, this is because their both having medicals! {Ed007's Note - The U-21 plane has just landed, no Jones on it}
08 Jun 2011 16:10:34
Does Phil Jones mean no Raphael Varane ed? {Ed007's Note - I wouldn't imagine so}
08 Jun 2011 16:00:31
08 Jun 2011 15:45:51
Sorry to burst your bubble but its a that Steve Kean said on the radio Jones is no where near having a medical never mind had one with Yous, as Rafa once famously said FACT.And if he does join you i'll hold my hands up and say i'm gutted.But it will be Martin Kelly and Phil Jones who'll be Englands future centre half pairing.Think Vidic has more then 3 years left in him before Smalling takes his spot. Jonny Boy6
Who played Centre back for the under 21s the other night.
Martin Kelly do me a favour.
08 Jun 2011 15:57:35
To all those saying that Jones is too small to be a CB. .Carlos Puyol is 5ft 10in
Ok - I understand the arguement from a perspective of being in the box for corners, but we do have a pretty tall squad who will help out. If he has the pace and strength to play there what should stop him?
08 Jun 2011 15:39:04
With Hazard rumours, (us negotiating for him with Bayern as well in the race) could you potentially see him playing in 2-man midfield for us? He seems like a Nasri-type of player and he showed he can do it. With good defensive cover maybe. Ed? {Ed007's Note - With the way AFs transfer policy is panning out, Hazard certainly ticks all the boxes, what do you all think?}
08 Jun 2011 15:33:41
isnt rooney on £200k a week?
why is £175K a prob for sneijder?
08 Jun 2011 15:27:27
Do people honestly believe SAF is not going to replace Paul Scholes with a new CM? He's not stupid and he knows what is needed, we all know that we need a new CM so i'm sure SAF is more than aware of this.
If money was tight he would just buy a CM, i feel he has bought Jones not only to be a CB in the future but also to replace Hargreaves.
REDMOZ
08 Jun 2011 15:27:08
Harry Redknapp lets slip that Spurs too tried to sign Jones, along with 5 or 6 others. The boy has taste and has chosen correct.
Sydney!
08 Jun 2011 15:27:04
we need to get rid of some players
jonny evans-7mil
hargreaves-released
cleverly-6mil
gibson-8mil
obertan-5mil
bebe-3mil
08 Jun 2011 15:26:00
Ed, how will you rate Phil Jones?
He is only 5'11 of height. {Ed007's Note - Really?}
08 Jun 2011 15:20:51
Read this lads from our site, then you can see if it's true
"JimBoardman
Steve Kean has said on a local radio station that Jones isn't even having a medical at MUFC and that MUFC haven't agreed a fee yet?"
Blair Mayne YNWA
Why do you think Kean would randomly pop up on a local radio station to comment on a transfer? With the coverage it's received I think it's fairly certain it'll be going through with United.
rpc
08 Jun 2011 14:59:01
phil jones is being got to play in midfield so forget about midfielders there 3 big singings are jones, young and de gea we are in deth we have to accect that we can't go into bidding wars with chealsea , man city or barca for the bigger players! what do u think ed?? {Ed004's Note - I think there will be one marque signing and I believe the money is there}
08 Jun 2011 14:51:48
Sebastian Giovinco for United?
what do u think ed? {Ed004's Note - Haven't seen enough of him to pass judgement}
08 Jun 2011 14:40:26
"Does that mean we are going to have no money left for decent players, think this fella is overrated, we are getting De Gea, Young and Jones that is our money gone i for one am not happy if this is to be the case.
Worried about debt Red"
Will you all please stop whining on about debt? We are one of the most financially stable clubs in the world.
08 Jun 2011 14:33:56
WHY DO YOU ALL BOTHER PLAYING THIS GUESSING GAME ON WHOS GOING TO UNITED. . . NOT ONE OF YOU ARE IN THE"KNOW" AS PROVED BY THE SIGNING OF PHIL JONES, DONT THINK I SAW ONE POST WITH HIS ARRIVAL ON IT, SIT BACK AND TRUST IN FERGIE, AND STOP POSTING s**tE. . . . . . . .
08 Jun 2011 14:23:46
If united don't get young I will eat my hat!
08 Jun 2011 14:19:45
Can anyone tell me who Drinkwater is?
He was on loan at Cardiff I believe and is an cm, pretty attacking though. SAF said Cleverly, Welbeck, Diouf and him are coming back to strengthen our squad.
Sanshine
08 Jun 2011 14:04:30
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnq3OITI0_4
This is worth a watch, Phil Jones Vs Man Utd (The game we won no 19)
08 Jun 2011 13:52:49
Couldnt jones play in the Hargreaves position. (no, not keeping the physio in a job), as a defensive mid. I know he's not a world class player but has a tonne of potential and fergie is the man to nurture him.
08 Jun 2011 13:51:09
just when you think liverpool fans can't get any more deluded. .
they are about to sign henderson (who us united fans didn't want and hated the idea of us buying him) and now they think they are going to win the league. .
you couldn't even win the league when you had torres, fully fit gerrard, alonso and mascherano, what makes you think your going to win it with an average player joining . .
lets compare your team shall we?
- - - - - -reina- - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
aurelio- carra-hypia-dossena
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-riera- alonso- masch- kuyt
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - -gerrard- - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - -torres- - - - - -
and look at your team now. . .
- - - - - - - reina- - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
johnson- carra- -skirtyl- - -kelly
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
henderson- lucas- meieles- kuyt
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - carrol- -suarez- - - -
well if im honest that team looks poor. .
do you seriously think that team can challenge for the prem when you couldn't even win it with a much better team??
08 Jun 2011 13:48:46
Sorry guys I'm going to play the bad guy here for a few minutes. . . .please don't tear me limb from limb! Phil Jones, £16million. Now, before I start, I do rate Jones and as a long-term signing its cracking.
However, we are not in an incredible state financially as I'm sure you'll agree lads, can we afford to be spending £16m on 'one for the future' when we have far more pressing matters at hand?
How is the signing of Jones supposed to close the gap on Barcelona, for example? Now this is a genuine question for you lads, can Jones come straight into our 11 as a CDM and, in your opinion, would he be the rock we are looking for in there?
I think he has the potential to be, but not just yet - which worries me, as we need improvements right now.
As I said, sorry to play Devil's Advocate for a few minutes lads, it's great news that we're making a signing if this is true I just wish we would start addressing the immense lack of creativity in the middle instead of adding. . . and I don't mean any disrespect to Jones with this, as I don't personally see the term as an insult as such. . . another clogger in the middle.
Who would you guys add to this signing to get our creative juices flowing in the middle of the park?
PS - We cannot make fun of the Scousers for paying £20m for Henderson when we are likely to pay £16m for Jones. Neither is worth that amount, for me.
RED_SKY
08 Jun 2011 13:44:14
"We would be spending around 50mil on Young, Jones and De Gaea.
No way we won't be buying a top midfielder!"
@De Gea, Varane, Jones & Young will cost close to £50m, but only around £35m will be paid out, the rest will be add-on clauses. We could raise around £30m selling Gibson, Kuszczak, Obertan, De Laet, Berbatov, Drinkwater & Brown.
So that would be good business, wouldn't it?
Sydney!
08 Jun 2011 13:41:37
Sydney, i would rather be were lfc are at now, debt free and owners that will invest than be halfbill in debt and owners everyone wants out, you will not be winning the league next yr, the liverbird has risen from the ashes and is going to get her perch back, thx for minding it for us, ynwa, """"
dear mr ynwa
a standing ovation for you dear sir!
only a true liverpool fan would say such a thing
kudos to your undeniable faith
however, ngiak and most people here would rather be where we are
and ngiak has a great suspicion, so would most neutrals
a great post!
gan
08 Jun 2011 13:38:38
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ De Gea(20)
Rafa(20)_Smalling(21)_Varane(18)_Fabs(20)
_ _ Tunner(18)_Jones(19)_Pogba(18)
_ _ Clever(21)_Keane(18)_Ravel(18)
Bench:
Johnstone(18)
Blackett(17)
Wootton(19)
Thorpe(18)
Daehli(16)
Januzaj(16)
Welbeck(20)
Wouldn't make a bad U21's team would it?
Sydney!
08 Jun 2011 13:37:36
HOW MUCH WILL NASRI COST ED? HE IS ON HIS LAST YEAR. IS XAVI ALSO ON HIS LAST YEAR OF CONTRACT ANY CHANCE OF HIM ? DO WE HAVE STILL THE BUYBACK CLAUSE OF ROSSI {Ed004's Note - No chance of signing Xavi and I think Nasri would cost around 15m}
08 Jun 2011 13:35:36
So gan, you have more knowledge of what makes a player good enough to be part of the Next generation than a man that sees him every single day? a man that has great knowledge on what it takes to succeed?
I think he could succeed and i think he will. But people like you need to stop thinking you know everything about what makes a player good enough. You don't Sir Alex does.
The Moon."""
dear mr moon
strong words indeed
ngiak expected no less from you
ngiak absolutely no knowlegde of this player other than what he sees when he plays in the first team
no idea how he trains, no idea how he behaves and no idea what the rest of the squad thinks of him
and ngiak is NOT the most successful manager of all time
but ngiak has watch every senior game gibson has played, how many is that dear sir? you should be more familiar with the stats or google should provide the answers
and in these games, he has been poor to put it mildly
maybe you see different
but he is. .what. 24? 25? and given loads of chances. pogba and tunnicliffe deserve the chance now.
and he deserves first team football at a team of his level. mid table premier league, at best.
sounds harsh right?
well ngiak believes that is the tough truth
gan
08 Jun 2011 13:32:57
if we do sign phil jones great signing can play centre half or holding midfielder defo pleased with this signing not so sure about ashley young lets hope fergie has something else up is sleeve as well but like i said i fear the days of utd paying over 20 million for any players is over
08 Jun 2011 13:32:26
I hope our reported signing of Phil Jones will put an end to the links to Rodwell.
I personally don't think Rodwell would ever be good enough, Jones on the other hand is a potential DM beind a creative central two and/or a part of the future Man Utd and England Central defender partnership with Smalling/Varane (depending on were Sir Alex sees Him and Varane playing).
With him, Smalling, Varane, De Gae and the twins there is a chance we could have a very solid defence for 10 years to come.
I can see 2 or 3 more signings like this for us this window (Varane for example), with 2 or 3 bigger more established names coming in for an immediate impact.
Sir Alex has done this before many times, good youngsters, in-house youth and a couple or Marquee signings, it's a good formula.
The future is Bright, The future is Utd !
DerbyDevil
08 Jun 2011 13:25:51
I hope you don't mind, but i posted this earlier. Can the doubters now see what SAF is doing. He is building a fantastic young squad. Jones is going to be superb, mark my words!"""
dear unnamed sir
young
british
and already first team material
just the way ngiak likes them
a fantastic buy in the making
for sure!
now for that central midfield! !
gan
08 Jun 2011 13:23:05
Dortmund says Kagawa is not for sale. I can still see Utd. still continue interest in the future.
08 Jun 2011 13:21:06
Hah skysports site says its Utd Jones is signing for when I posted it said skybetting had suspended betting due to him joining Liverpool
Maybe I should have refreshed the page LOL
Pardoe
08 Jun 2011 13:16:42
the prospect of jones and smalling at the back is a massively mouthwatering thought!
08 Jun 2011 13:13:33
Phil Jones. This is a strange one. Perhaps the Varane deal has fallen through? If Jones does sign then the defence is set for the next ten years.
De Gea
Rafael
Smalling
Jones
Fabio
Not bad, eh?
Matthew. .
08 Jun 2011 13:12:19
Chelsea are front runners for Sneijder as they look to find some delivery to Torres. Sanchez looked very likely to join United as he has expressed his desire to play for United, he could've been the replacement for Berbatov. Sanchez will now join Barcelona.
United will instead turn their attentions to Kevin Nolan, Scot Parker and El Hadji Diouf as they have got Premier League experience; they have also have had an experience of being relegated and/or avoiding the drop.
08 Jun 2011 13:11:28
I really hope we get Phil Jones as another home-grown player. Can play either def mid or centre-half. Strong, good in the air, and good carrier of the ball. Excellent possible long-term defensive partnership with Smalling. With the possibility of Varane, I wonder if SAF is considering a def mid and 2 centre-half pairing out of Smalling, Jones, Varane for the longer term? Blimey, with Varane and Jones, we would have some brilliant youngsters throughout the squad adding the Twins, Morrison, Tunners, Pogba, Blackett, Keane.
Barca, you are next to be knocked off your perch!
I hope you don't mind, but i posted this earlier. Can the doubters now see what SAF is doing. He is building a fantastic young squad. Jones is going to be superb, mark my words!
08 Jun 2011 13:11:02
If what were reading about phil jones is correct, do you think sir Alex will nurse him into a holding midfielder? We already have plenty of cover for CB? Also, with us being linked to both young and Sanchez could it be the end for Nani? JF
08 Jun 2011 13:03:48
Phil Jones having medical at Manchester United, that's if you believe Sky Sports.
Blair Mayne YNWA"""
dear mr blair mayne ynwa
thank you for that piece of news
ngiak regards that as very good news
he is actually a rather good prospect for someone still in his teens
keep up the good work sir!
gan
08 Jun 2011 12:51:26
Perhaps Jones is being lined-up instead of Rodwell as a future defensive midfielder? What do you think Ed?
Sydney! {Ed007's Note - I have a feeling he will be played as a DM, Sydney}
08 Jun 2011 12:59:55
Gibson is our next generation. . your are just repeating the same old s**te you've said in the past, starting to get a little boring now."""
dear mr rpc
good points raised by you
ngiak thanks you for this particular one quoted above
it was EXACTLY ngiak's point that the same thing has been said for 6 windows and 3 years.
and by the way, that was sir alex's quote that gibson is our next generation.
well, you did make a little contradiction that de gea is signed but the window is not open yet. ok he is most likely to be signed (ngiak seriously hopes) and we need central midfielders better than what we have today and certainly gibson is already too old and to. .er. . painfully obviously NOT man united qualityto be the "next generation" as quoted by the boss
lets see a good central midfielder come in
then ngiak will surely acceed to your request of "not repeating himself"
gan
08 Jun 2011 12:52:25
WOW thanks to all you guys posting about Phil Jones, how would we ever have found out if you hadn't told us, oh wait a minute we would have turned Sky Sports on like you have. Seriously lads once you have read it in a paper or seen it on TV what is the point in posting it on here. Most of the Jurno's get their rumours off this site anyway haven't you clocked that. Sydney, why do you still get wound up by every two bob gypsy Scouser who comes on this site trying to wind us up. Imagine if we ever got to the stage where we were trying to convince ourselves that buying some kid from Sunderland meant that we were real contenders, it's laughable. I am dissapointed Syd i expect better. RAINFISHTROMBONE
08 Jun 2011 12:37:19
Phil Jones having medical at Manchester United, that's if you believe Sky Sports.
Blair Mayne YNWA
08 Jun 2011 12:30:23
08 Jun 2011 10:05:05
Henderson, a right midfielder, signing for Liverpool, suggests they have left the race for Young, leaving us a clear path to sign him without getting into a bidding war.
Let's hope scouse get young as well
We should get better than that
08 Jun 2011 12:25:07
"Young has played on the left most of his career and better on the left. Henderson is a CM and only played on the right due to injuries. Liverpool will also sign P Jones who at Melwood today and skybet have stopped betting on this due to so much money going on Jones to Liverpool. Sneijder is going to Chelsea because there the only ones to offer full price and wages Inter and Sneijder want. Alexis Sanchez is going to Barcelona and Juan Mata has agreed in principal to join Liverpool he will sign on July 1st.
Man utd will get A Young and fergie could yet hijack Adam move to Liverpool although its thought his first choice is Liverpool. With all of SAF targets going to other clubs after Young don't know who we will sin although there may be a bid for Nasri."
Phil Jones is actually signing for United today. Still, I'm sure the rest of this rumour is entirely accurate.
DarkLard08
08 Jun 2011 12:22:51
Lets not jump on the bandwagon of what the bookies are saying, they just go on rumour and change the odds, you only have to look at the sanchez transfer to know that, every tom dick and harry have been favourites to sign him doesn't necesseraly mean they will defo sign him.
Also ed is there no way of making sure people have to put there name on post at least then it might stop people posting stupid post.
Neil {Ed004's Note - People who leave a name can still post rubbish}
08 Jun 2011 12:24:03
Henderson is a good player, but no one in there right mind would pay 20 million for him.
08 Jun 2011 12:09:02
"Seriously Matthew mate, grow up. Now you're saying that Suarez is "average". Suarez has already shown how good he is and is already one of the best players in the PL. Trust me Matthew Luis Suarez will be an LFC legend if he stays with us. I've noticed in the past few months Matthew, that you are posting some ridulous and stupid comments (which isn't like you), everything ok at home mate?
Blair Mayne YNWA"
At what point did I say Suarez was average? Blair, if you'd taken two seconds to read the post rather than jumping to conclusions, you'd see that I was pointing out that Henderson and Carroll are two mediocre buys for 55m. You normally don't make mistakes like this Blair, everything ok at home mate?
Matthew. .
08 Jun 2011 12:07:55
"Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is set to use his ties within Croatia to secure the signing of Luca Modric From Spurs. The initial fee is 22.7 million rising to 30.8 million depending on United's success in both the League and Europe"
What ties within Croatia? His accent may be strong but he's definately scottish.
08 Jun 2011 12:07:20
Maybe the reason you can't compete is because you don't have any money? Just a thought. Long live the glazers. .
Red bl00ded!
08 Jun 2011 12:00:36
Liverpool are thought to have lodged a £15m bid for Louie Spence. Kenny Dalglish is thought to be impressed with his movement, and sees him as a good personality to have in the dressing room. He is seen as a replacement of departing Joe Cole and will wear the number 10 shirt.
In a recent interview, Mr Dalglish (60), from Glasgow, Scotland stated 'Louie is top of the list of a number of targets, the lads got good footwork and handles balls very well. I think he would add an element of passion and lightheartedness in the dressing room'
Already wrapping up a deal for Jordan Henderson, Dalglish is also looking to press on and find some other hidden talent, another name rumoured to be linked with a move to the Mersyside club is Derren Brown, who is Purley, London's answer to the Magician which is Lionel Messi. Hierarchy at the club, including captain Steven Gerrard, believe 'he could add an extra dimension or two'.
Exciting times are a foot for 'The Reds'
=v1=
08 Jun 2011 11:17:53
surprise, surprise wesley sniejder is now 5/1 to sign for us like i have been saying there is no chance we will sign this player we just can not afford his transfer fee and wages chelsea are 8/13 favs to sign him
Odds mean nothing at all with transfers like this, it's just a merry-go-round on better odds for all the different clubs when a new story comes out. More odds = more money for Sky.
rpc
08 Jun 2011 11:10:41
Chelsea interest in Wesley Sneijder are always more real deal . so ed have we lost also Wesley sneijder deal also looks we have lost Sanchez deal, wht about nasri he has got one year left how much will it cost ? i was expecting a world class signing do we have one this season ?
arsenal has glamor, Chelsea has money, POOR UNITED IT HAS ONLY TROPHIES
GO UNITED GO
08 Jun 2011 11:00:00
Ideal team for next season:
De Gea
Fabio Vidic Ferdinand/Smalling Evra
Fletcher/Carrick
Valencia/Young Sneijder Nani/Park
Rooney
Hernandez
Also bring in future talents for SAF to grow in Varane and E.Torres. Both cheap and have potential.
08 Jun 2011 10:03:51
hi guys got good news for anderson. . he missed out on the copa america 22 man squad. u kno its agood thing he missed cos he already has a copa america medal which he won before he joined us in 2007.
so him having a proper holiday and preseason its agood thing and he gon star 4 us next season
08 Jun 2011 09:49:33
dear mr sydney!
de ja vu all over again?
liverpool sign a player and they are euphoric
and henderson is certainly a very good player for his age, and under the right guidance he wil go very far
but whether liverpool is that place. . time will tell
also, yes, we were certainly interested in him
why de ja vu?
well, lotsa hype when the window opens (in this case opening)
one by one the "big" players are going elsewhere or staying put
so the "value" want to go elsewhere
next excuse. .
we only want players who "want" or "express a desire" to play at OT
well, some of these players are suddenly staying put or going barca (ooops) sorry to other teams
some deadwood need to be shiped out is the next objective? yes?
well, gibson is suddenly our next generation when he struggles to trap a ball and owen is re-signed
players guaranteed to sign?
a certain goalkeeper having "cold feet" or is it another illusion?
hmmm de ja vu indeed
well, the dateline for the glazers was the day after the champions league final
now its 1st july
the longer we wait, the higher will be the bidding war
especially players of "calibre" we are looking at
yes, the window is barely open, but the options are dwindling and our spending "power" is certainly still in question!
time will tell dear sir.
gan
08 Jun 2011 09:42:37
I must admit, I thought it was a real possibility that we would sign Henderson. He is an OK player, but 20m quid is ridiculous. I really hope we get Phil Jones as another home-grown player. Can play either def mid or centre-half. Strong, good in the air, and good carrier of the ball. Excellent possible long-term defensive partnership with Smalling. With the possibility of Varane, I wonder if SAF is considering a def mid and 2 centre-half pairing out of Smalling, Jones, Varane for the longer term? Blimey, with Varane and Jones, we would have some brilliant youngsters throughout the squad adding the Twins, Morrison, Tunners, Pogba, Blackett, Keane.
Barca, you are next to be knocked off your perch!
08 Jun 2011 09:36:46
Another transfer window were we are linked with absolutely star available and will probably sign a few youngsters. As much as I hate to say but I don't think we can compete anymore. We waste too much time trying to haggle the life out of people because we can't afford the big bucks needed to sign the top stars then end up losing them. I really hope Im wrong but its looking like Young and Varane for us this year and a keeper (which probably won't even be De Gea)
08 Jun 2011 09:25:35
So the deal is 13 mill + Ngog eh? You have to admit that is a very good deal for us. Can you believe we got 7 mill for Ngog? I suppose if you paid 7.8 mill for Bebe, then Ngog should've been worth 14 mill.
Blair Mayne YNWA
08 Jun 2011 09:03:26
lol. . liverpool think they are a force now after apparently signing henderson. . .lol just a reminder. .we beat you to the title when you had torres, gerrard, xabi alonso, masch, riera in the form of thier lives. . and even if you get messi. . .we will still bet you to the title. .as usual. . .
DJ
08 Jun 2011 07:40:55
Why does it always seem like United are hesitant in their transfer dealings during the summer window? A few instances aside, we end up weakly going after our targets losing the best ones to other clubs. I know we don't have the loose money of a City, Chelsea or Madrid, but why don't we have our targets identified by now and locked up quickly. Not only does this eliminate the possibility of losing a player (Sanchez, Ozil, etc) but it keeps the price down before every other club reads it in the paper and feels like if United want someone, they should try to grab them up. I just don't get why we don't have a list (Bale, Sneijder, Varane, Da Gea) lined up and the money ready to go. SAF has done well in the transfer market no doubt, but if we want to be able to beat Barcelona (and much-improved PL clubs), we need to add class, not depth. We need 8 guys who are 100% starting XI players. Rotating works for the PL with a big squad, and we have 2-3 full squads of PL footballers, but in the big matches, esp to beat Barcelona, you cannot do it with a midfield of Park, Giggs, Valencia, and Carrick. Each are fantastic players who have won us many many trophies. They are hard workers who could play for any team in the world. But we were shown again what a full team of world class players looked like, while we played those four because they were industrious and in form. We need industrious, in form players who are also the most skilled. And we need to get them with aggressiveness and commitment, not haggling with the seller. Just my late night rant. . KG
08 Jun 2011 07:18:39
hey all, what about signing keisuke honda. havent heard much about him lately.
reddevildownunder {Ed010's Note
08 Jun 2011 07:16:34
well it seems all our targets might not be signed.
Modric-spurs won't let him
wesley- very high wages
nasri- wenger
sanchez- is the only realistic hope we have if he understands he'll only be a bench warmer at barca
so is going to be last season over again. .we might have won the title but we badly need 2 good players. . asap.
Dj
08 Jun 2011 07:11:20
to all the dreamers here thinking we'll sign 4 or maybe more players. . .well din sir alex tell inside united that he is looking at TWO OR MAYBE THREE summer signings. . . i won't bet against him being true to his word. . . .
DJ
08 Jun 2011 00:43:44
"I've heard that SAF is going to offer a player swap for sunderlands Henderson or is he a done deal to go to liverpool {Ed007's Note - I think it's a done deal to LFC}"
Dalglish can really spot a bargain, can't he? 35m for Carroll, 20m for Henderson. Just wait Bond, next they'll sign Adam for 16/17m.
Matthew. .
08 Jun 2011 00:29:02
Udinese have denied that there is any sort of agreement with Barcelona over the transfer of Alexis Sanchez to the Catalan giants.
The Italian club's president Franco Soldati issued a statement on their official website on Tuesday, saying that they have not started negotiations with Barca for the sale of their Chilean attacker.
"With regards to the statements attributed to be about a supposed transfer of Sanchez to FC Barcelona, I wish to point out these are without foundation, " he wrote. "There is no agreement between Udinese and Barcelona for the sale of this player.
"It should also be noted no meetings are planned between the two clubs to discuss any such transfer."
This comes just hours after Soldati was quoted as saying that he has been informed that Sanchez, 22, has agreed personal terms with the Spanish and European champions, and added that they [Udinese] "are just starting with the talks".
"From what we were told by the player's agent Fernando Felicevich, Alexis Sanchez has an agreement with Barcelona for a contract worth 3m a season, " said the Udinese chief, according to La Tercera. "This does not necessarily mean he will go, but it is what the player wants."
"Sanchez's yes [to Barcelona] does not mean a yes from Udinese. These are two different things. We will begin talks with Barcelona and we will not stop them from speaking with the player. But we are just starting with the talks."
Barcelona themselves have made no comment over the signing of Sanchez, but last week Inter president Massimo Moratti revealed that they are hopeful of acquiring the player.
Source goal.com
08 Jun 2011 00:23:31
"I've heard that SAF is going to offer a player swap for sunderlands Henderson or is he a done deal to go to liverpool {Ed007's Note - I think it's a done deal to LFC}"
@Come on Ed, this was clearly a Liverpool fan.
Sydney! {Ed007's Note -Still had to answer him Syd}
08 Jun 2011 00:22:57
am starting been worried about our situation all the target seems to go to other team, (ed) do we really have the money? or if we have what are we waiting for? i heard modric was £20m-25m, but now other teams like chelsea want him its gone to £30m-35m. ad guys this is our site we don't need other teams rumours here or false rumours just to make ourself happy.thanks
08 Jun 2011 00:17:09
so the red scouse over pay for a second player from the north east and we should be scared? Yes he's good but still young. And yeah we were interested but our scouting list is huge so we're bound to lose on a few. O and he's better than gibson. Stephen hawking is better than gibson.
08 Jun 2011 00:14:24
Everything posted today has been so negative!
Sanchez went to Barcelona, and what? I'm more than happy with Nani and Valencia as the first choice with Park, Giggs, Cleverley and Young playing back up (also having Rooney and Welbeck if needed).
Henderson went to Liverpool? Well yeah, i'll admit i do rate him but it's not a signing that will scare me, the chances are he won't even get in their side with Gerrard, Lucas and whoever else they have.
Sneidjer? We probably could afford his wages and he still may sign, you never know.
Modric? he probably will stay put but i'll happily wait a season if it means we'll get him next year for a reasonable fee.
De Gea? Just because he can't confirm it yet doesn't mean he's having second thoughts. We all know sir Alex plays his cards close to his chest so why exactly would be SAY we're close to signing him on national TV? seems a little odd to me. Either we're very close and therefore confident or he HAS signed.
I honestly don't have a clue who we'll sign there are so many different players in so many different positions which are available and that would improve our squad. And to be quite honest as long as we get De Gea i couldn't give a toss who we bring in as long as they do what is asked of them on the pitch.
The comparisons to Barcelona are doing my head in, we could have a midfield of Sneidjer, pastore and schweinsteiger and we still won't match them. But as somebody rightly said earlier they won't be in the final every year, they'll have good patches and bad patches like every other team and at some point they will collapse, Messi may go for another 15 years but Xavi, Abidal, Alvez, Puyol, Villa, etc will go for another 4 at most at the top level.
We aren't Barcelona and although we are United and we want to be the best we're also our own team with our own identity and our own playing style. In some areas Barcelona have better players and in some areas United have better players. They may also be the better team but we have the better squad and to be honest I believe our fans are more proud of our team than Barcelona's are of theirs.
It will be a long summer but PLEASE don't EXPECT any miracles, we're not in the greatest financial situation and we're currently going through a period where players prefer big clubs in gorgeous countries compared to HUGE clubs in england, it's happened with Italy, England and now it's spains turn so let's see what the summer brings but don't criticize Sir Alex or the players he signs until we see them play until we see whether they are good enough and whether they are made of the right stuff to play for us.
After all the price tag isn't important it's what they do on the pitch that's important. I've said it time and time again i'd rather have a player from Crewe for £1,000,000 that plays well and does his job than a player from superstar FC for £100,000,000 that does sod all and is incredibly inconsistent.
Besides, we can't say our youth is the best in the country and read for the EPL and then go and spend millions on players now can we.
The Moon.
08 Jun 2011 00:12:52
Seems like we're in for Phil Jones from Blackburn. Seen him a few times and he is great for his age. He was a rock for Blackburn in defence against us and also has a good centre back partnership for the U21 of England with Smalling.
The only question is why we would also sign Varane, who seems to be a done deal and only questions about where he will be loaned to in the french league. I think the only possibility could be that Varane is regarded as a future defensive midfielder.
That said i would prefer to get Phil Jones who is proven in the Premier League at a very young age.
08 Jun 2011 00:11:31
united will look to wrap up most signings by end of June. De Gea is a done deal along with Varane. Erick Torres could be the only striker signing. We should expect 3 big names with De Gea already one. A winger is looking like Ashley Young ahead of sanchez due to his liking for Barca and Young also being a "homegrown" player. Take your pick between modric and sneijder but expect more Midfielders to be signed if players lik Gibson and Oberton leave