Manchester United Rumours Archive August 14 2011

14 Aug 2011 23:08:47
16million could've got you Alan mcgregor but instead you got de gea , haha what a waste of money

Waste of money want are you talking about alan mcgregor is not a good keeper

At least we didn't waste more more money on the amazing Jordan Henderson.

Alan mcgregor is one of the best keepers in britian mate , his shot stopping is second to none

Y pay that for alan mcgregor wen we cud ov had stekelenburg for £5 million. but i think de gea will become a top quality keeper. Keep the faith

16 million could have got the whole rangers team not just Mcgregor haha

£16M for Alan Mcnumpty and you talk about wasting money Take your head out of your a**e.

Alan Mcgregor is an ordinary, run of the mill keeper. He is worth around £6 -£8m. He is used to playing in a poor league. Whenever the less than impressive "Gers", play against good teams in Europe they lose. De Gea will become a world's number 1.
Mik

If he played with an English club people would see

Just a response to the 'his shot stopping is second to none' quote:
Being a great goalkeeper is about so much more than shot stopping. It's aerial ability, decision making, commanding your area etc. David James is, well was, a world class shot stopper but i wouldn't have had him anywhere near Old Trafford.

14 Aug 2011 23:00:23
If the goetze rumours are true then I believe we should also invest in an experienced holding midfielder as out midfield two seem two inexperienced.

14 Aug 2011 22:37:11
Why the doom and gloom. We won, Chelsea drew, Arsenal drew, and Liverpool drew. We had no Hernandez and we had Rafael or Evra. But we won, that's the main concern. Gilly

No its not.
It highlighted are weaknesses. To all the other teams.
Get amongst the kids rough the Young Keeper.
they will wobble.

Look it wasnt real madrid or barca we played today,it was little west brom and we made serious hard work of iti think the main cincern and doom and gloom is the fact that,we kno,fergie knows,we were ment strengthin in midfield ,and we havnt done dat when its blatentlly obivous we doand i probly speak for alot of utd fans when i say we will not b good enough for the premiership and champions lge for sure with that midfield

You were probably one of the negative ones that said exactly the same last year when we did win and made it to the final. You ashould have learnt by now t have faith. The only reason we may not win the league this year as that it takes a while for De Gea to settle. And our midfield with the option of cleverley is already better than last year. There wil be another signing.

Quite obvious the efforts of sunday will not see the trophy return come May. The season is still young, but improvements will be needed.

14 Aug 2011 21:44:56
have a look at this vid pretty funny.
madrid vs 109 young people

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mxfk272tZo&feature=player_embedded#at=100

reddevildownunder

Looks like they are playing the new United team lol.

14 Aug 2011 21:23:33
Mario Goetze Dreams of man utd March 2011....is this guy coming to manutd ? apparently utd started negotiations last week its all over internet Quotes from men media

Who would not dream of playing with a club like Real Madrid, Barcelona or Manchester United??¢‚Ǩ¬ù he was quoted as saying in an article in The Manchester Evening News.

?¢‚Ǩ?ìHowever, I have a contract with Borussia Dortmund until 2014.?¢‚Ǩ¬ù

Anybody know anything

Mario Goetze won't be coming to anyone in the EPL for 2 or 3 seasons if at all
Mik

14 Aug 2011 19:41:44
No doubt the fickle fans will now jump right on De Gea's back for what was, admittedly, a bad mistake. But, what goalkeepers don't make mistakes? People are expecting too much of De Gea too quickly. He will be the best in the world, but not yet. The lad is 20 years old and has just moved to a new country where he doesn't yet know the language and it is a completely different culture. Remember Peter Schmeichel against Wimbledon all those years ago. He turned out alright didn't he?

G.A.G.U.S

Even Van Der Sar made mistakes 1 v West Brom 1 v Liverpool and 2 v Barcelona ( in the CL final )

Gagus we dont need u to repeat the commentators lol

Repeat the commentators? I don't quite understand what you mean by that.

G.A.G.U.S

Neuer wasn't too clever against us in the 2nd leg for Schalke either, he made a huge blunder for Bayern last week too. We all know De Gea is capable of saving these shots, so it's confidence that is an issue, nothing else.

Sydney!

Quite correct sydney and when he start playing to his full pottential lets see how many will admit to wanting him out so soon into his united career at least give him time to prove us right or wrong before we execute him
onecut

"Remember Peter Schmeichel against Wimbledon all those years ago. He turned out alright didn't he?"

Quote direct from todays game. Sky sports commentators.

It wouldn't be so bad if the errors DeGea were making were down to excellent play by the other teams but they are simple basic errors. He seems to react very late to situations.

I don't blame DeGea. I blame Ferguson for not signing the best keeper available- Stekelenburg.

I don't think Stekelenburg is a top class keeper. If he was really the best available, then why has he spent his entire career at Ajax, and only made a small step up to Roma. Why were bigger teams who need a good goalkeeper, like AC Milan, Tottenham and Arsenal, not interested in him, especially at
£5.5million?

G.A.G.U.S

Stekelenburg is okay, nothing special, just as good as people like Gomes or Mignolet

=v1=

Anyone slating de Gea needs to think about it before opening their mouths. I'm not usually a La Liga fan but i watched quite a few games last year and de Gea was the best keeper I saw in their league by a mile. Even better than Casillas (who in my opinion is extremely dodgy but people seem to think he is amazing?). Against Real, de Gea was spectactular. Yes he is young and probably will make the odd mistake, tell me a great 'keeper who hasn't. Give him until the end of the season and you will see his class.

14 Aug 2011 19:05:56
Hearing that Ferdinand is
out for six weeks , Rafael for ten weeks and Vidic a possible long term injury. I dobelieve what really need is a holding midfielder in front of a possble partnership of Smalling / Jones / Evans ... We have enough creativity in Cleverly and Anderson.

Vidic is apparently 1-2 weeks, i wouldn't be surprised to see him against spurs.

Sorry mate you do not buy another player because someone is out for 3 or 4 games thats what we have a great squad for
ARB

Well I think that we need a defensive mid anyway ... Carrick aint gonna be capable of doin it

The truth is we have a great squad, except for midfield We need a defensive ball winner and a genuine creative midfielder. Tiote and Ganso or the likes. Cleverley isn't so good, Anderson fades. Maybe Jones or Smalling could do a job as a holding midfielders.Have to wait for the main men to recover ay CB now though. I thought WBA were are equals today and that's not good enough.De Gea will be fine. He made a couple of top saves, the deflected cross and the shot from 10 yards.Must be tough being at such a big club, so young and not being how to speak English. Needs to muscle up though Eben Edwin made a couple of mistakes last year, one worse the De Gea's 2 blunders
Mik

14 Aug 2011 18:42:35
how long is hernandez out thanks

He would Return before the end of august.....

RamoN 19

14 Aug 2011 18:13:39
We need a midfielder pi$$ poor.
Rooney our best forward and our best mid.
Nani was useless. Young was great always liked the lad.

I think pi$$ poor is a bit harsh, i thought Cleverly done pretty well to be honest, i was very impressed again (although to be fair the opposition wasn't top quality), Anderson started well and faded (he definatley does seem to have stamina problems). I do agree we probably do need a bit more quality in the centre but i wouldn't be overly concerned if we didn't bring anyone else in. And remember United rarely start a season in good form, so im happy to take 3 points from the first game no matter what the performance was like.

Andy B

Anderson i do like him but he is the main link and never came back looking for the ball.

Cleverley is good well he could be...
But he failed a couple of times in front of goal.
I dont see him as our first starter. maybe as the new Gibson. But we need someone stronger to carry the kids when they are prone to disappear.
Cue Sneijder

14 Aug 2011 17:54:29
Great start for the champions, 2 points clear of chelsea and arsenal

A.S.H.W.I

14 Aug 2011 17:50:46
Before everyone slants De Gea give him a break. He is only 20 playing for he worlds biggest and best team that is a lot of pressure. And he is a Spanish speaker among a team of multi-nationals who primarily speak English.

14 Aug 2011 17:28:56
We still need a creative midfielder...

Theres no doubt with the talent but they just need a season or two to develop, unfortunately we might get away with it in the premiership but we just don't look strong enough for the big games.

After watching the game against WBA today, i think cleverly and anderson aren't a strong enough combination, really lacked creativity in the middle of the pitch..

14 Aug 2011 15:53:15
If today's starting line up doesn't send a message to Berbatov, I don't know what will. Whether you agree or not, it doesn't look like he's really in Sir Alex's future plans. Looking forward to see how Cleverley and Welbeck do today. There's plenty of energy throughout the team so hopefully we get the right result.

Matthew...

I still believe there's a place for Berbatov in a certain type of game but i don't think he should be regular starter. I think he's great at keeping the ball away from home which a lot of our forwards seem to struggle to do. I think he struggles when the game is played at a high tempo but i certainly wouldn't mind if he stayed.

Andy B

Feel sorry for him.
Top scorer and still cant start.
Welbeck did nothing.
Personally i think Berb should leave.
Better than a bench warmer.

14 Aug 2011 16:56:31
Very worried about our new keeper.

Give him time, don't right him off yet. I know all the papers will be writing about him tommorow, but i bet they hardly mention Al Habsi's howler Just because he's United's new keeper every mistake will be highlighted. There seems to be an obssesion with every mistake United goalkeepers ever since Schmeichel left But every time Cech or Reina makes a mistake it hardly gets talked about

Andy B

Andy i completely agree,anyone who thought de gea would settle straight in must be deluded,he needs games and guess what people,hes only played 2,im sick of so called fans pointing the finger already,a goalkeeper makes a mistake and its a goal,a striker misses a sitter and nothing is said,people need to lay off the lad and give him time phil

14 Aug 2011 13:41:24
apparently schneider is going to city in a swap deal for tevez. milan meeting with city today to discuss terms

Since when? inter said sneijder is not leaving and inter said that they dont plan on buying tevez. this rumour is a long shot

Im sure that meeting is happening with mancini and part of his backroom staff at the chelski game and City have their own game tomorrow.

'First no namer'

How naive are you? Sneijder is for sale, even he has clarified that. And Tevez is Inter's main transfer target this summer. I am not sure there is a swap deal happening, but Sneijder is for sale and Tevez is wanted by Inter.

Sydney!

Sneijder doesnt want to go to city he even said that so that means talk a load of bollox

14 Aug 2011 11:46:04
rumours surfacing of united now looking at mario gotze after sneijder refused to take a pay cut He looked fantastic against brazil the other day, apparently united scouts were at the game.. Also saw somewhere else that gotze said "Who wouldn't want to play for a club like real madrid, barcelona or manchester united?" I think the hardest part would be getting borussia dortmund to sell him, he is going to be a top top player for sure.

If we got him and then the danish lad from Ajax next year like was rumoured on this site a while back would be awesome though concerned that Fergie does not appear to be mentioning R Morrison when he talks about current youth crop - kids an person for sure but what a talent

14 Aug 2011 08:35:20
Guys if u probably watched arsenal's game yesterday we should make a cheeky bid for Cheikh Tiote we have all the creativity but lack a destroyer like Roy Keane or recently released Hargreaves and also Fletcher is still recovering from his virus .

I did - and based on that performance there is no way he's even close to Utd class. Most of his passes went straight to an Arsenal player

Fletcher is only a week or two away from being fully fit. Tiote is a decent player, but I don't think we need him.

Sydney!

I think Tiote would be a fantastic buy. He's around 24, would cost £15m - £20m tops and would thrive with our excellent players around him. I also think we should beat Arsenal to the draw and bid for Marvin Martin, he's just shy of 21, has great control, passing ability and ways in with a few goals. He would cost around£10m- £15m. Martin, Tiote, Cleverley. Anderson, Fletcher, Carrick and with Pogba, Tunicliffe and Morrison to follow, would give us a young midfield ,that would be the best this side of Barcelona. It would work out far cheaper then a Sneijder deal -£25m- £35m in transfer fees and £60,000 a week for Tiote and £50,000 per week for Martin adds up to £52.5m - £62.5m over 5years. Martin will be one of the top midfielders in the world within a year or two. I always think the modern game requires a club to be able to put out two strong teams. This would allow Cleverley/Martin/Anderson, Tiote/Fletcher for the midfield in general with Pogba playing in the odd game, (cups or when we use 3 in midfield). Who Knows we may even be able to get Tiote for Gibson and £8m-£10m or Carrick plus £6m-£8m.
More then likely we won't but anyone else this transfer window. This means we should be able to retain the prem, but have little to no chance of overturning Barcelona in the champions league.
Mik

Yes he is a destroyer (of his own team).
he should go to s**tpool, kk will be interested

14 Aug 2011 06:41:17
Guys, any of you who have been hearing about that Vincenzo Perotti guy, he is a FAKE. He said yesterday that he did the whole sneijder thing for a joke.

The guy is real and is a journo that is Italian works for espn and covers dutch footy. The guy on Twitter was pretending to be him.