28 Jun 2013 17:38:21
6 months before the event I was told owen was joining united thought to myself what a joke that is, now the same person tells me any deal with barca will mean vidic going the other way, is that the reason we looking at garry (spelling ) something to think over

1.) 28 Jun 2013
Unlikely, Vidic is our captain and a very good one. Still our best CB by a long way.

Ozwald

2.) 28 Jun 2013
But Thiago has a buyout clause. We have no reason to offer anything but the €18m or whatever it is, as long as Thiago wants to come to us Barca are powerless to stop it as Dortmund were with Gotze.

That doesn't mean we aren't selling Vidic to Barca seperately of course.

Brendan81

3.) 28 Jun 2013
Sorry but that doesn't mean anything. I also predicted Owen, purely on the basis that it was a logical move, doesn't mean I know jack about the details of the offer being discussed with Barca.

I already broke my run of predictive form, my last transfer predictions have been Owen to utd, Owen to stoke, Charlie Adams to stoke, and Gibson to Everton, all predicted at least 3 months in advance and before any major rumours to the same effect appeared, all correct. This year, I've already got Gotze and Moutinho wrong.

4.) 28 Jun 2013
Michael Owen?

5.) 28 Jun 2013
Why would we offer Vidic when we can easily afford £18 million

Melwing28

6.) 28 Jun 2013
Why not do it for sweet FA Vidic is good but injuries are playing havoc with our CBs

Oh and no name that can predict everything 3 months in advance care to give me some for this pre-season that's unknown so I can bet on it?

Oh yeh and William hill blow they need 24-48 hours for a bet like that to give a price

7.) 28 Jun 2013
Im pretty sure I seen a interview with owen and he said that the night before he was meant to sign for someone fergie rang him and up till then even owen him self didn't no about a move to united was possible so unless the interview I watch owen was lying or the personal telling you is either psychic or is fergy him self

8.) 28 Jun 2013
Ok, pardoe, my point was that predicting a particular transfer doesn't mean someone has inside knowledge. I have accurately predicted several transfers over the last few years, but I have no inside knowledge, it's educated guesses. As illustrated by the fact I haven't got any right this summer.

9.) 29 Jun 2013
For what it worth and it is totally un corroborated I was told a few weeks ago that Vidic was wanted by Real Madrid potentially forming part of any Ronaldo deal and United were not ruling it out. Barca need a defender but unless we switch targets to Fabregas we don't need to let Vidic go as part of the Thiago deal. Excellent player but he is 31 and we don't know how his knee injury will affect him going forward, hence there may be a decision to make this summer.

Red Man

10.) 29 Jun 2013
What about a deal for Sanchez including vidic?

11.) 29 Jun 2013
I half expect something like

Real get
Vidic + 50m - for Ronaldo
City to pay 30m for pepe

Then
Madrid to pay 80m for bale

12.) 30 Jun 2013
Wow. I liked that last post.
But I don't think Real Madrid needs a CB right now, unless, of course, they don't want to wait for Varane to completely evolve AND they're just fed up with Pepe, which is a pretty reasonable scenario.

MikonBR