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18 Jun 2011 23:26:19
18 Jun 2011 18:29:59
If Sanchez is a united supporter he'll sign for us plain and simple so if he signs for barca he ain't no supporter
Not exactly Aaron Ramsey is a Manchester United fan and he chose arsenal over us
18 Jun 2011 23:15:21
First time on guys , I really think we need to top class c/m midfielders , hopefully have young , jones , da gea . Hope we get sneijder. D from eire
18 Jun 2011 22:48:42
first of all will everyone stop worrying and wait....the euro transfer window doesn't open till july so no one knows anything yet as SAF never lets anyone know what he is thinking or doing!! as for the whole who is re-placing scholes the answer is "the same player who re-placed keane/beckam/cantona/robson/etc"SAF never tries to replace he re-thinks and rebuilds to suit what he thinks is needed.scholes was great player but i think maybe a little over-rated, now don't all jump down my neck but i just don't rate him ahead as giggs/cantona/keane, he is only a yr or so younger than giggs but over 200 games less.he was a very good player but we will win without him.i don't know who we will sign but i trust SAF, i can't see us going for rodwell as i think jones will be used as CDM and allow pogba develope then move to CB to replace rio .i also don't think modric is as good as people think, if he was so good how come spurs finished were they did.i hope SAF goes for a unknown wit something to prove and i can guarantee ye that ANDERSON is going to have a big season, he is the real thing and i would say highly rated in OT.also hope nani and berba stay as people seem to think prem was won in april/may, which is so wrong, just look back how good them 2 where early on in the season.how great is it to support this great club !!!
18 Jun 2011 22:23:35
I got bored, so here is my team made of players who have played at either the world cup 2010 or 2006
Buffon
Maicon--John Terry--Thuram--Lahm
Iniesta--Schweinsteiger--Xavi
Sneijder
Crespo--Klose
Subs: Casillas, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Figo, Zidane, Forlan, Muller
18 Jun 2011 22:23:04
again, what sh## are people posting?Vila to united?come on just take the site seriously.don't just use it for attention.and nani to madrid?if your going to post rubbish f##k off to the scousers site.
18 Jun 2011 22:16:54
why can't SAF go all out to build the team for the future?it's so frustrating.Sanchez is well worth the money.sneijder is well worth the money.No disrespect, i know fergie knows more than me about how it works and how to play the transfer game but can't he just go all out just this one time? {Ed004's Note - The transfer window is not open yet so he can not buy them yet}
18 Jun 2011 22:14:38
To Mr Fergie out: Veron Recently? Have you been in a time machine?
Man U 19
18 Jun 2011 22:04:08
In the absence of our number 1, 2 and 3 targets joining I beleive Ferguson should promote the likes of Cleverly and especially Paul Pogba who for the past 12 months has been fantastic in the reserves.
Lets build a new team through these players, and new generation of Fergies Fledgelings. In a few years time they could be the ones domination the likes of Barcelona etc and save the funds we have until we can sign a world class player who actually wants to come to Englands most successful club.
18 Jun 2011 21:51:10
keepin my faith in sir alex, when has he ever let us down. hes promised signings. whoever he gets will be the nxt big thing. in fergie we trust
joe"""
dear mr joe
firstly we have at least 5 players who potentially could be the next big thing in the youth or reserves or coming back from loans
the names have been repeated enough
these guys will surely feature more next season
IF de gea comes, which suddenly is looking likely,
we have bought the best teenager centreback in the land/europe and the best young GK in europe
add them all together we will be fabulous... the next FERGIE'S FLEDGLINGS!
a kagawa, or hernanes would help as well... :)
the unlikely event of modric arriving would complete us... but ngiak rates kagawa and sahin just as highly
gan
18 Jun 2011 21:50:45
5 united signings this summer:
1. jones - done deal.
2. de gea.
3. ashley young deal.
4. though united have been tracking sanchez for a long time, i dont think he will join. i think sir alex will buy Xherdan Shaqiri.
4 .many talks about paul scholes' replacement. but this role cannot be replaced easily, moreover the pressure on the player taking that role would be huge...sneijder, modric , nasri however good they may be, filling in scholes boots wont be easy. also united already have carrick, anderson who are more natural CAMs and are experienced at the club. carrick could not be used effectively last season because he mostly played out of position as a DMF. united have fletcher in that role and now in case of injuries phil jones can play there. but maybe jones will only be used as a 2nd option in that role and sir alex could go for a DMF, not a CAM. This could be the only well established name among the 4 signings..... Danielle de Rossi.
first XI
----------de gea------------
twin----rio----vidic-----evra
carrick---de rossi---fletcher
toni-------rooney-----shaqiri
rest of squad: lindegaard, twin, anderson, park, hernandes, giggs, nani, jones, smalling, oshea, morrison, pogba, owen, amos.
OUT:
bebe
berbatov
obertan
gibson
brown
kuszczak
evans
MDRED
18 Jun 2011 21:34:37
ROONEY is a born cam, hes got brilliant vision, great passer, good tackler, has a class shot, has proved he has the stamina and pure class to play with/against the best. and to those saying his attacking abilities are wasted there well i think you are wrong.
his abilities will stand out even more as his attacking vision will stand head and shoulders above the rest and given a couple of games im sure hell be able to acclimatie to midfield no problem.
thought people, ed, syd, anyone?
redboy
18 Jun 2011 20:31:03
{Ed004's Note - I am sure about Cassano situation}
I take it you meant to say you weren't sure Ed?
Might be a bargain if we can get him for a decent price, Good shot, great pass and pretty quick too...
What going on with Diego? anything new there? Last I heard Liverpool were in for him.
The Moon.
{Ed004's Note - Yes, lol, busy day}
18 Jun 2011 20:07:32
I really hope shaqiri comes the boys got talent any news on how interested we are ed {Ed004's Note - None, sorry}
18 Jun 2011 21:46:00
i have all my sympathies with the ed's here
can imagine how pissed you guys must be answering the same ques everyday..
DJ""""
dear mr dj
ngiak's sentiments exactly
everyday they actually bother to post AND reply rubbish like
any news on this transfer or another
is this guy good or is he coming to OT etc
and the same players over and over again!
absolutely mind sappingly ridiculous
well
to summarise
WE HAVE JONES
and the rest is... like ed002 says
PURE SPECULATION!!
please stop asking the same questions!
gan
18 Jun 2011 21:01:49
It is very disappointing to see how things seem to be panning out. The two signings that have pretty much been confirmed, Young and Jones are definitely not of United calibre now and to be honest I doubt they will be in the future either. Yes it is nice to have British talent but if it's not good enought then we must look elsewhere.
Modric and Sanchez are pretty certain not going to be signed. Schneider is a doubt too, well for Nasri, we will only get him over Wenger's dead body.
Those that have been watching the under 21 Euro Championships may have seen Shaqiri, however one other player that has stood head and shoulders above others is French Marvin Martin. Maybe two options we should look at.
18 Jun 2011 20:55:06
Every summer we expect a marque signing and it doesn't happen I think when fergie was bitten with veron he thought twice about the superstar signings!
When he said he wants to replicate Barcelona he meant build a team with a blend of youth and experience who stay together for years which I believe he is doing.
We are not city or Chelsea who buy instant success we are united who builds team after team for longevity and success and youth with a blend of experience.
SAF said he needs to invest and he has in de gea and jones (youth) young (prem experience) and I'm sure he will buy 1 or 2 more with experience to compliment this. Whoever they may be they will be right for Manchester United and right for Europe even if it's a couple of years you will see us compete with the best!
Keep the faith!
Welsh Red Devil
18 Jun 2011 20:51:47
Think barca have a larger budget than they are letting on, SSN have confirmed that they gad a failed bid on Rossi, canal 13 believing Sanchez deal is done and also the fabregas situation. Let's face it, if cescs says he wants out barca WILL bid. IMO they would value those three in this order
1 fabregas
2 Sanchez
3 Rossi
With this in mind IMO the they won't buy Sanchez due to costs. They have wanted to bring the young catalunian back home for many years and if that opportunity arises they will spend the big money on him, end of. Hence not wanting to spend 30-40 mill on Sanchez. Villareal have valued Rossi at 26mill so is the cheaper option of the 3.
With their debts they won't spend over 100 mill and they would hate to go another year without cescs and would risk losing out if they buy Sanchez.
Rossi has previously stated his desire to play for barca and with the club knocking on the door I'm sure a deal will be pushed through resulting in the departure of David villa.
This leaves us in a very strong position in the acquisition of Sanchez. With our only real contenders being the mercenaries of wastelands. Let's hope he wants success abd not money.
Toby
18 Jun 2011 20:35:59
If FCB do get Sanchez would this push out Thiago Alcantara?
If so what do you think of him for our Midfield? He would help De Gea settle in too and maybe we could even do a double swoop for him and Bojan. Far fetched but would make sense with them all playing together for Spains U15-U21.
18 Jun 2011 20:26:23
forget sanchez, too much money, too much hasle? agreed? my personal opinion is, xheradan shaquiri, cheaper (id have thought) younger - fergie go do some business! would be an excellent member to the squad!
18 Jun 2011 20:15:18
What do people think of rooney moving into a creative, attacking mid to fill the scholes void? After all scholes was a striker too all those years ago
18 Jun 2011 19:59:43
MANUTD
i dont undrestand this, we won the league simply because the other teams wernt good enough, ok our home reccord was good but away was poor!. and now some people argue that we have a good team and dont need any players coming in, Barcelona won the league, CL and are currently best team in the world, yet they are trying to buy Cesc and Sanchez, keeping in mind that they are in debt. we should be in the hunt for players like snieder, ganso, sanchez, neymar, hazard, etc, and not C adam, young, or over rated english players!
REDSTER
18 Jun 2011 19:43:45
We all need to forget about any big names joining us, Sniejder, Sanchez, and any other big name. When have we ever brought a big name ? We buy people that are unheard of or at the start of their career ie Ronaldo, Nani, Rooney or have done well in the premiership ie Ferdinand, Berbatov, Young. I have no idea why but big names do not come to Old Trafford. Ronaldinho, Thurham, Ozil ect ect they all snubbed us for other teams. Young will be our biggest signing and that's if he signs as he still hasn't yet. DantheDevil
18 Jun 2011 19:35:17
It's not as though we are not trying to sign players, if they decide on another club ala modric and Sanchez what can we do? Hopefully SAF has some tricks up his sleeve. Apart from Sanchez, I would rather get some players off the radar than some of the regular names been bandid about. Henandez was a breath of fresh air at OT. Granted it won't work out every time like Obertan but whose to say the 'stars' will work?
New poster, great site eds
Dan the red {Ed007's Note - Welcome to the site Dan, always nice to meet new people}
18 Jun 2011 19:30:17
keepin my faith in sir alex, when has he ever let us down. hes promised signings. whoever he gets will be the nxt big thing. in fergie we trust
joe
18 Jun 2011 19:14:40
Barcelona have already made new enquires into the availability of other wingers as reported on goal.com, barca go after winger antione griezmann, a highly rated young argy of same ilk as sanchez from real sociedad. maybe leaving sanchez to utd, betting on sanchez currently suspended. expecting some big news soon. kaizer
18 Jun 2011 19:12:52
It shocks me that people are STILL not fully trusting Sir Alex in the transfer market. "we need to spend big" ? No we dont. Last year he didnt spend big on big names yet still won the title and reached CL final (which we would have won against any other team.) He spent £6m on Hernandez and one year on hes worth easily £30m. Sir Alex proves their is still value for money out there if you look for it, despite the transfer market going mental!
18 Jun 2011 19:10:42
they we go another transfer window will pass with us missing out on all the big names again. How bad is it when u win the league finish runners up in Europe and yet still cant draw big players to the team.
The only way this transfer window can get worse is if fergie signs the fat drunk A**m.
I think Fergie has to admit defeat in signing any world class players and stick to buying potential, Kagawa, Sahin, Goetz, Hazard, Ganso or Gourcoff. Would like to see a bid made public for once as well as proof of intention as we only get empty gestures after a player has gone somewhere else. What makes Levy think spurs wont sell their best players we have been the biggest club in Britain for the last 20 years and we are still a selling club
18 Jun 2011 19:08:08
What do ppl think about rooney moving into a certral creative attacking midfield position to replace scholes? Scholes was a striker too once upon a time, and rooneys football mind is genius!
18 Jun 2011 18:13:18
This is what I know.
Gibson is going to Sunderland.
Lekki Sanchez wants to go to barca, they have agreed terms but not a fee, City have offered the best deal ( no surprise there ).
Juventus are looking at Nani.
I expect Sanchez to go to Barca, some united fan eh.
If we sell Nani and get young in exchange then that is a poor replacement.
Fabregas will go to barca, so they will get sanchez and fabregas they will be untouchable.
P.S Eamon Dunphy Twitter statement is complete bull
18 Jun 2011 18:10:45
I don't think we need to sign a new midfielder I think Anderson will replace Scholes and signed a new contract the only problem he is very injury prone
Red Assaisssin
18 Jun 2011 18:04:42
It is quite obvious that there is no value in the Market. Honest the Glazers and Alex wouldn't lie to you would they? RAINFISHTROMBONE
18 Jun 2011 18:04:27
Can United compete with the European Giant Clubs for the marquee signings?
I think not. As someone has said here before: Barcelona, Milan, Madrid vs Salford, Manchester and Stockport
18 Jun 2011 17:56:04
any news on nasri to man united he still hasent signed a new contract at arseanl yet
18 Jun 2011 16:52:20
i have all my sympathies with the ed's here
can imagine how pissed you guys must be answering the same ques everyday..
DJ
18 Jun 2011 16:36:10
Maybe not that relavent but interesting all the same. People need to open their eyes to see how Sir Alex does his job. Everyone thinks that the Jones signing was outta the blue, and although i couldn't have told you that we were definatly gonna sign him or when i could have told you that we were keeping an eye on him and he was being scouted. how could i have told you this? because i know a little secret of Sir Alex's. He tires to send his young players out on loan to clubs who have a player that he is interested in signing so as he can send scouts to the game to watch how our players are doing and scout the player were interested in signing. Also if our player was to talk to our target and tell him how great united was and bend thier ear abit so to speak then i don't think that would do us any harm. look at our loanees last year:
Diouf at Blackburn = Jones
Welbeck at Sunderland = Henderson
Cleverley at Wigan = McCarthy
Sir Alex wanted Macheda to go to Either Everton or Rangers to keep tabs on Rodwell and Ness but he wanted to go to italy so he went to Sampdoria where potenial transfer target Andrea Poli plays. seeing the link now.
Next Season loans of:
King to B M'gladbach = Reus
and Bebe to Besiktas = Demirci
its just a case of looking at whats going on and seeing the bigger picture.
Shappy
18 Jun 2011 16:04:08
While rumors seem to be that Utd have pulled out for Snejider, I would be slow to believe it. This transfer window so far has been typified by people changing their mind on a whim and keeping everyone second guessing.
Modric, Nasri and Snejider being prime examples, both stated they were happy to stay at their respective clubs and would be going nowhere and yet they turn around some days later and say they would be happy to leave or they cant say with certainty whether they'll stay or not.
Until the name is on the back of the jersey and the contract signed, I dont think we'll have any idea who Fergie will sign
18 Jun 2011 15:31:27
Sir Alex sholud definately go for Sneijder and Sanchez in my opinion, would love Modric but he seems Chelsea bound (there gonna b good next year) Sneijder and Sanchez is wot all the fans want, it's a shame we dont have fergies number or something to tell him lol It would b expensive but it would shut all the people up who fink United are skint. I want Sanchez more than anything, lets all hope he's clever enough to realise that United could make him as good as Cristiano Ronaldo rather than to b jus convinced by citys money
Big Mac
18 Jun 2011 15:25:24
Sore some comments about O'Shea maybe going yesterday on here. Can't see it happening to be honest whilst the guy is not exactly world class his versatility makes him very important to the squad and I for one would be very sorry if he went.
Now with all the talk about Sanchez, Modric, Nasri, Sneider etc I think we should go and get a good hard working battling midfielder like Yann M'Villa and also take a look at Stevan Joveti he should be just about over his injury now and could probably get the two for the price of sneider and the combined wages would probably be less to lol
What do you think Ed {Ed001's Note - M'Vila would be a good buy, why not Moussa Sissoko as well?}
18 Jun 2011 15:03:19
The international window isnt even open yet and we have people writing off our chances of signing top players. What is going on with the world? Lets wait and see where we stand at the end of August. SAF said last year that United would need to invest when certain players retired/left. Aslong as SAF brings in a top replacement for Scholes (a creative force in midfield is what we have needed for the last 2 summers to be fair) then I will be happy enough. Lets trust Sir Alex to find the right man for the job and should he not do so then Sept 1st will be the time to start criticising if you should so wish.
TK-Red
18 Jun 2011 14:35:47
With wages saved from the retirees and Hargreaves over a year that amounts to around £16m and with the likely income from kuscack, brown, Gibson, obertan and berbatov that's around £26m that's £42m so in essence we have spent £11-12m on de gea, jones and young so there is plenty of money available to spend on a sneijder or Sanchez or for all we know both!
Just my thoughts and opinions I don't have any links or sources.
18 Jun 2011 14:10:49
Right guys, I just joined twitter so I can follow all the journo's for the transfer news. Problem is, who are the main men in the know?
Can anybody give me a name or two to follow? Cheers.
Miller.
18 Jun 2011 14:03:26
What is it with everyone we should buy Sneijder or Modric for 35mill+ come on guys both good players but not at that price.. Lets be honest Modric is very over rated look at his stats 8 goals in two seasons? Carrick had an higher average pass completion rate, Nani and Berbaflop more assist, even C Adam has got better stats than Modic. So I for one hope he goes to chelski not us. For that price we could buy two good players I would rather Mata, Nasri. If we are going to pay big money then Schwinsteiger would be the one to go for. And as sad as it sounds I would rather Adam than modric. sorry but thats how i feel.
If we are looking for a good winger then why not look across the City to A Johnson think he could be the one to replace Giggs left wing berth.
18 Jun 2011 13:57:20
How is Sneijder interest ended? How is Sanchez too expensive? I wouldn't rule out either of these players. We've still got 2 months of this transfer window to go. Anything could happen.
Matthew..."""
dear mr matthew
no matter how many months there are in the window
modric, sneijder, sanchez, nasri all flattered to decieve
ngiak always thought they would never come
money is all they want and manchester united is a good brand to boost their values
we cant and will not compete with the likes of barca, real, man city and chelsea in a bidding war
again,
ngiak hopes he is wrong
but ngiak always had the "feeling" that none of them would come
well,
we still have a good squad none the less
gan
18 Jun 2011 13:49:51
Why is everyone acting as if all hope is lost if we don't get one of Modric/Sneijder/Nasri? After seeing the U-21s, Martinez, Mata and Eriksen look to be quality. Who is to say one of these will not turn out to be better than Modric for example? Martinez looks like a beast of a box-to-box CM, and Eriksen reminds me of Modric anyway - plus they would cost less. Anyone agree? ED? {Ed004's Note - Martinez would cost more then Modric}
18 Jun 2011 13:49:04
anybody think we should take a punt and try and sign kaka?????
18 Jun 2011 13:46:53
Some people need to chill out. I'm as disappointed as anyone about the Modric news but this doesn't mean a top central midfielder wont be signed. We have to respect his decision, he wants to stay in London. Fair enough. Although Levy seems intent on making things messy.
I don't want to second guess Sir Alex but I now think Sneijder is the number one midfield target. He continues to talk about Inter Milan and Inter fans in the past tense and continues to push the familiar line: "Only God knows where I'll end up".
He's done Spain. He looks to be finished with Italy. Naturally his next move is England. If Chelsea get Modric then they won't get Sneijder, he'll have a choice of what Manchester club he wants to play for. Hopefully he makes the right decision but his wages could be a factor.
I think he's one of the few players out there that could succeed Paul Scholes. Whether or not you think 30m for 27 year old is good value, few would argue that he could be a big success here.
Matthew...
18 Jun 2011 13:44:24
we shouldn't worry because it is just reports saying we have ended our interest in sneijder and besides the reports are in italy what do they know what is going on at united and sir alex is not stupid he will want sneijder because he knows that they is probably no one else to sign
18 Jun 2011 13:40:45
Modric wants Chelsea, sneijder interest ended, Sanchez too expensive seemingly, nasri set to stay put. Who else do you guys think we could sign?
What about kaka?
Welsh red devil
18 Jun 2011 13:40:24
How stupid is pep and barca gonna feel when they realise they have missedout on ch****e A**m ....
Toby
18 Jun 2011 13:32:52
United squad 2012
De Gea
Fabio. Rio. Vidic. Evra
Fletcher
Sneidjer.
Rooney
Valencia. Young/nani.
Chicharito
Subs:
Gk:lindergaard , Amos
Df: Raphael, jones, smalling, o Shea
Mid:Anderson, nani, pogba, giggsy, park, cleverly, carrick
Att:Owen, obertan, morrison, diouf, berbatov
Now that is clearly world class. Sneidjer is a doubt but we can find others. There could even be a Pl standard side in the subs.!
Fergie make it happen !!??!!
Give pogba, morrison, cleverly and obertan more chances. They are top quality
18 Jun 2011 13:31:44
well if modric is going to chelsea surley weve got to get sneijder or nasri but i dont think wenger will sell such a top class player like nasri and especially to utd, charlie adam pfffft good player but come on !
18 Jun 2011 13:27:35
what s##t are people posting here.We're not going to sign Adam for 12mil.that's way too expensive and fergie's too smart to sign Adam.He's going to sign a world class signing for CM.
18 Jun 2011 13:27:14
If sneijder is too expensive then sanchez will also not join Manchester United because he is just as expensive so what does that leave united the other options is de rossi but city are going to out bid us, united are in big trouble next season if they don't buy world class players
18 Jun 2011 13:10:48
-------------------De Gea---------------------------Rafael-----Ferdinand------Vidic------Evra---------Valencia---Sneider-----Wilshire------ Nani--------
(30mil) (30mil)---------Rooney----------Chicha---------------
Subs Squad
Lindgard Amos
Smalling Fabio
Jones Carrick
FLecther Park
Anderson Owen
Giggs Cleverly
Young Wellbeck
OUT
Berbatov £15mil
Gibson £6mill
Brown £5mil
Maceda £8mil
Evans £7mil
Bebe Loan (Besiktas)
Obertan Loan to Darren
De lat Season Loan (Norwich)
Morrison Loan to Darren
Ret
van der sar
scholes
Neville
Released
Hargreaves
Note Wilshire needs fresh start with new family away from the city life of london
18 Jun 2011 13:08:35
Good god it is amazing how attitudes change in the space of a day or two from many people on this site. People coming on and saying so much for a big signing and Fergie hasn't got a clue need to shut up. Leave your opinions about big signings until the end of August if we still haven't got a "marquee" signing by then, then moan away but I seriously doubt that there will not be at least one more coming in added to Young, De Gea and Jones. It's the middle of June! I as much as anyone else would love us to go out and get deals done for all the players we want as quickly as possible but it is not as simple as that. The Modric news is pretty disappointing but there are others who are equally capable of coming in and performing just as well. I for one would be happy if with a minute of the transfer window remaining it comes through that United have signed someone like Sanchez, Sniejder or Goetze. Knowing Fergie though it will not be something we all expect. Have some patience people and remember even if we don't bring in anyone else we won the league last season and got to a Champions League final. Anyways rant over.
Rjmanutd
18 Jun 2011 12:57:43
it's so frustrating knowing Sanchez is at manchester airport but not knowing if he's going to us or city.it's nice to know he's not going to Barca though. {Ed004's Note - How do people know he is at Manchester airport?}
18 Jun 2011 12:48:47
regarding the rumoured HK stock exchange flotation, I hear from a very well connected friend that the glazers have been consulting with a top Singapore financial expert for some time and are now in a position to list the company at the 'push of a button' so to speak. Whether they actually aim to do this in the near future or if it is just a contingency plan I do not know but it certainly disproves the 'not for sale at any price' statements coming from the family in recent times.
It is felt that due to taxation rates, coupled with the economic strength and popularity of the club in asia a HK flotation would be most successful.
k-force {Ed004's Note - They couldn't do it at the push of the button as they have to turn the company into a PLC and there is a long lengthy legal procedure involved in that}
18 Jun 2011 12:46:51
With Clichy looking to leave Arsenal, do you think we should consider a bid, play him at LB and push Evra up to LW?
Any thoughts?!
RedDub
@ wow im sure we can win the ucl with evra as the left winger ...
people stop posting sh**t
DJ
18 Jun 2011 12:44:16
Hi ed's. Great site. Can anyone tell me the need for all the centre backs. First we sign Jones. Then put a bid in for Varane. We already have smalling and Evans. Surely Evans will be on his way out ? Which would still leave potentially 3 as back up to Rio n Vidic. Please print as my first two got binned. Third time lucky hopefully {Ed004's Note - Well I believe Jones will be played in midfield and we always seem to get injuries in defense, also Varane will likely be loaned out or played in the reserve with minimum game time for the first season so Evans will get the opportunity to prove his worth}
18 Jun 2011 12:40:40
Fergie just to rile wengers feathers even more why not put a cheeky bid for Wilshire classic replacment for scholesy
What you think Ed {Ed004's Note - I can not see Wilshere leaving Arsenal and although he is a brilliant player, I dislike his attitude of the pitch}
18 Jun 2011 12:37:34
With Clichy looking to leave Arsenal, do you think we should consider a bid, play him at LB and push Evra up to LW?
Any thoughts?!
RedDub
Not a bad idea, Evra would do a good job. But i think i would prefer an actual winger.
18 Jun 2011 12:31:47
18 Jun 2011 11:52:22
With Clichy looking to leave Arsenal, do you think we should consider a bid, play him at LB and push Evra up to LW?
Any thoughts?!
RedDub
Why would be want him? Evra is fine where he is and we have enough wingers even without Sanchez!
18 Jun 2011 12:30:26
i think smalling is a better player than jones, personally.have you seen euro u-21's!Therefore smalling will get more time than jones and sometimes they might play together.
18 Jun 2011 12:22:04
We're maybe guilty of concentrating on media gifted transfer targets real targets for us or not, a little too much. Not many saw the jones transfer coming and judging by the u21 he's a good buy. Ok not the wow yet but look at it this way. Modric was pulled from dynamo and made near to instant impression. Who's to say we don't pick our own gems? Even if it does take two years to bed in, so what. This shiv chess not checkers right. More attractive football with results unharmed first challenge great team the next. World class is great to have but five or six players with the strong potential for world class can be better. Longevity wise. Think tunnecliff pogba two touted as future england bedrocks in smalling and jones believe me that's a solid spine. If of course it plays out right. Add the incredible da silvas our mainstay rooney and one such gem in chica then you know we are in good position. Any player coming will have that vision outlined. And those that do will come with a spirit born from that vision that man city are trying to create but are lacking what we already have. A tried and tested and trusted winning mentality. My point is its not the names mentioned Its just getting the additions that can rise to that vision. I'm happy if at the end of the summer if the players we have i can believe both those challenges mentioned look possible. Not blind support and hope. No matter what. This summer is certainly critical . Constantine red.
18 Jun 2011 12:01:19
18 Jun 2011 09:02:30
(sky sports news) Modric wants Chelsea move.
**All quotes in the Sky Sports report are from the Daily Fail, sorry, Daily Mail. Levy has just confirmed on TS that Modric is going nowhere, not even Chelsea.
18 Jun 2011 11:47:17
Ido think everyone should relax about no sigh ing anyone big.
Has anyone not realised that we have the best manager in the world and he's not just looking at 2 possible replacements for scholes(modric and sneidjer)
He knows what he's doing and knowing him,
He'll pull someone who is completely unexpected but who is proper quality.
18 Jun 2011 11:47:15
Let's not get too worried about not signing modric or Sanchez (who may still choose us) or sneijder (who still may come) the European transfer window isn't open yet and when have united made it common knowledge there in for a player!
SAF knows what he is doing, who was ronaldo before fergie took him to OT? Hernandez was little known before last season. Don't forget fergies excellent record with youth cleverly looks the real deal, people may think jones at 16m is over priced but he and smalling are the future of united and England!
United never really sign who you expect them too but still prove to be successful buys and have a successful campaign, if we can win our 19th title and get to CL final with as some say an average team then we only need a couple of quality additions and whoever SAF signs or doesn't I trust it's in our best interest and we will continue to win things!
Welsh red devil
18 Jun 2011 12:12:57
By the looks of it. I think modric will be a Chelsea player. So that would leave us as probably the only option for Sneijder to go to in the PL if he wants to win trophies. So I was wondering. Would Sneijder be able to play in a 2 man midfield. Him and Carrick or Jones as the two midfielders. Would it work? This year in the big games Carrick played with Giggs in a two man midfield and it worked well. Carrick sitting back to protect the back 4 with Giggs pushing forward and coming back every now and again. Does anyone think it would work. Because I would love to see this team next year if we don't get Modric instead of Sneijder.
--------------De Gea.
Fabio.-----Rio.-----Vidic---Evra
----Carrick/Jone--Sneijder
Valencia-----Sanchez----Nani
--------------Rooney
what do you all think. Could that team work? Ed1 or Ed7? Sydney!? Red?
Devils-4-Life
United we stand, Divided we're s**tty
18 Jun 2011 11:40:39
Considering Smalling was a rock when filling in for Rio last season why is he being dropped from peoples (very realistic!) squads for next year for a 19 year old with 6 months prem experience? (Not that he won't be a huge success)
18 Jun 2011 11:20:05
From my understanding United are preparing a bid for Modric, even though he may look Chelsea bound at the moment when United bid that could all change. Well let's hope so anyway he would be perfect for us.
United Till I Die 1987
18 Jun 2011 10:52:34
I HEARD MAN CITY IS GOING FOR A SWAP FOR TEVEZ FOR WESLEY SNIDER IS THAT TRUE ED ? HAVE WE LOST THE RACE FOR SNIDER ALSO?
18 Jun 2011 11:04:58
I think United will make a 22mil + Nani bid for Sneijder, and if Sanchez does choose to come to England I think he'll choose United over City, that's saying he doesn't go to Barca. Personally I'd prefer Sneijder as we need a CM with flair, he's possibly the closest you could get at the minute to replace Scholes. Both signings would be a bonus. Either way we will be better than last year and exciting to watch.
18 Jun 2011 10:48:40
So much for a sensational superstar buying summer. According to the bookies we are not favourite to sign any of the so called big movers this summer, Nasri Sneijder, modric, sanchez, so it looks like its going to be another transfer period where we sign very average players to add to our average team. If we sign Adams it makes a joke of everything thta has come out of Fergies mouth sying he wants to compete with Barca. Why are we not going over the top with our bids for sanchez and sneijder whats another couple of million to bag these players surely an extra few quid isn't that difficult when we are throwing £8 million on Bebe or 16.5 on jones and young when great players are available. This is the same reason we lost out on Robben and Ronaldinho a few years ago FACTSTAT
18 Jun 2011 10:00:15
laugh or cry all you like but a much fitter charlie adam would spray passes all over old trafford.
18 Jun 2011 09:29:34
Don't worry about Modric guys there are lots of other players we could look at.
Javi Martinez
Mario Goetze
Ever Banega
Thiago Alcantara
Pato Rodrigez
Douglas Costa and our very own Tom Cleverly
The future is bright. The future is Red!
Mac
18 Jun 2011 09:21:30
the reason we have yet to sign any player is that the international transfer window has yet to open .. i think all of out signings wil be introduced to us al at once wat you guys think ?
18 Jun 2011 09:13:30
Rooney is the ideal replacement for P.Scholes play him just behind the two strikers and believe he can add a bit of aggression to our midfield when required. With modric going to chelsea , snjeider not coming, fab barca bound and nasri staying put id let all the big teams continue fighting over these players with their prices forever increasing! Instead id quietly go into market and get a striker whilst everybodys pre occuppied with sanchez nasri modric snjeider . This would give us a good chance to get a striker cheaper as a bidding war wouldnt take place . Thats not to say i think we dont need another midfielder coz we do. Schweinsteger be a great buy in my eyes and id test the water for Higuan of madrid with cash n nani the other direction. Any thoughts anyone
18 Jun 2011 09:12:16
Hi, i have been reading this site for ages and love all the speculation so thought i would give it a go. I think that sir alex does not have a lot of transfer funds and we will be signing de gea, ashley young and phil jones. There is allready nearly 50mill spent without anyone being sold from Uniteds side. Out of those signings our "marquee" signing is ashley young and yes hes not amazing but giving a chance he can be an important player. This only really leaves limited options in midfield with sir alex looking to bring youth through the ranks and possibly looking to add charlie adam (hope not). However if certain players are sold e.g berbatov, gibson etc then hopefully funds be will made to purchase a quality midfielder which is what we really need. As much as everyone i would love to see sneijder , modric etc lets hope we get a marquee signing! However i think a few players will need to be shifted first in order to make this happen! I dont have any contacts just my opnion!
18 Jun 2011 08:47:10
Posters go on about how Modric hasn't had a great assist record since joining spurs but how many times has be played a great ball to someone such as Bale for him to cross it and Crouch to find the net, he assists the assist? If that makes sense. lol.
Anyway, as much as I want him he seems Chelsea bound and if the stats are anything to go by then he doesn't actually do alot....
As for people linking Adam, Well he's rubbish. His set pieces are great but he doesn't actually do anything, his passing is no better than Carrick's, he hasn't got amazing Stamina. I literally think his only skill are Freekicks.
Would be a good buy for say £3 Million? anything more and you're having a laugh.
Oh, and this Modric to Chelsea stuff, Don't believe it just yet..Chelsea and Spurs are both Local rivals and positional rivals, so for a club that doesn't need to sell, why would they? especially when there are clubs from all around the world interested in Mods.
The Moon.
The Moon.
18 Jun 2011 08:47:00
united will sign 2 more players as well as de gea an young the players are modric and de rossi sell brown evans gibson kuzack berbatov nani
1 de gea
2 de silva
3 evra
4 rio
5 vidic
6de rossi
7 modric
8 valencia
9 young
10 rooney
11 hernandez
subs
park jones owen anderson lingard giggs oshea
18 Jun 2011 08:29:01
same old story when it comes to Man Utd targets:
modric - going to chelsea
sanchez - barca
sneijder - remain at inter
varane - real madrid
absolutely devastated at the modric news I thought we may have had a chance. Lets face it Sneijder only wants money so he wont come. Whos left? De Rossi?
18 Jun 2011 07:46:04
my point i was trying to make was that weather we sign a player for 1m or 30m it makes no differance aslong as they improve the team. So don't moan about any signings we do or don't make until january at least and you've had abit of a chance to see how they play for us, even then that may be abit soon. Also i think it's really disrespectful to just write off the players we have at the club currently regardless of weather you think their "good enough" they have contributed to the success and history of our club, also only a fool would doubt Sir Alex, their isn't a manager alive who can compare to him so have alittle faith in him and the players he signs.
Shappy
18 Jun 2011 07:40:53
..apparently City have offered sanchez more than 100k per week whereas Utd want to pay him 80/90k per week as i have been told..barca also want to pay the same range as Utd..now its down to sanchez..my source says sanchez is taking time cuz he is undecided.but might end up choosing United as he thinks he can be great under guidance of SAF.
i am still going for De Gea, Sanchez and Sneijder as our 3 main signings...watch out.
Naughto'matic
18 Jun 2011 04:57:38
HAI ED I REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHY IS THAT ALL MAN UNITED TARGETS IF LINKED WITH SOME ONE ELSE OF OTHER CLUBS SAYING ITS A DONE DEAL
WESLEY STAYS IN INTER
MODRIC TO CHELSEA
SANCHEZ TO BARC
DO YOU REALLY THINK ANY OF THESE TARGET WILL JOIN US DO SIR ALEX HAS A BACK UP PLAN MAKING TOP CLUBS GO AFTER THESE PLAYER BUYING HIS TARGETS
AJ {Ed002's Note - They could well sign.}
18 Jun 2011 01:44:06
I think the replacement for Scholes, in fact I think United's central midfield pairing for the next 15 years is already at the club. I watched every youth team game last season and Ravel Morrison and Paul Pogba are not far away from being ready. Pogba is incredibly composed and has great vision and touch, reminds me of Patrick Vieira. As for Morrison, this lad is different gravy. His vision, awareness, skill, composure and down right outragesness is a joy to watch. I know he has black marks against his name for off field issues, but Sir Alex will straighten him out and he'll be a star. Expect debuts for both next season and then watch them kick on. Tom Cleverley is another outstanding midfield prospect. Future looks bright at United!
18 Jun 2011 01:00:37
nothing to do with transfers but just read on the forest link that scholes is joining the forest coaching staff lmao!
18 Jun 2011 00:56:46
i like the "we need a big signing" brigade just a couple of questions for them. Would you rather have;
Hernandez or Berbatov?
Park or Veron?
Van Der Sar or Barthez?
My point being that for a variety of reasons some times big name signings just don't work out and its the cheaper players who turn out best. We should sign players based on talent not on reputation or because he cost alot of money.
Shappy
18 Jun 2011 00:45:04
hav 2 say 2nite wa a load of gabage from everyone on this site 2nite 3 year olds would com up wit better stuff.... utd won prem wit average team we dont need 2 many players 2 win 20th prem relax everyone wait til jan see were we are and then buy some players if need be..... bingy
17 Jun 2011 23:56:50
i see people mentioning signing lass diarra as an ancorman but surely if we wanna sign a world class ancorman then the only real choice is RON BURGANDY! Lol
Shappy
17 Jun 2011 23:43:40
17 Jun 2011 23:29:49
Daily mail exclusive; Modric wants to join Chelsea, hence why neither Manchester club officially bid for him. Another class player NOT coming to Old Trafford
and as I previously said, it looks like it could be another summer of, "we tried but..." and "no value in the Market" all the evidence so far suggests this, despite Young, Jones and possibly De Gea.
17 Jun 2011 23:30:19
@oilysailor
Alberto Aquilani has provided more Premier League assists (6) than Luka Modric (5) since August 2009.
Make of this what you will.
17 Jun 2011 23:14:38
According to the Daily mail Luka Modric has told Spurs he wants to leave and join chelsea.
He is quoted as saying now is the time to leave and that he has an agreement with the chairman that offers will be considered, he wants to stay in london where he and his family are very happy.
Ed did you hear this ?? and it kinda puts an end to our interest in him surely now.
Red Knight. {Ed001's Note - I did hear he was likely to leave, but not where to, I am surprised, I always expected him to join United.}