Manchester United Rumours Archive January 14 2012

14 Jan 2012 23:55:59
Journos are reporting Man City have offered Ravel Morrison 50k a week and he will join them in the summer! What a slap in the face that would be !

Ya ya BS

14 Jan 2012 23:10:08
Latest tweet from Ravel Morrison saying he's "not asked anything of united yet" in reply to suggestion that he demanded 50k/week from us.

Interesting, isn't it?
this can only mean one thing (unless one of Ravel and SAF are lying).
Ravel's (new?) agent is working behind his back on a new lucrative (ludicrous?) contract, either at United or somewhere else, to make some cash.

Now that would be something else!
New low, even in this time where we have seen a lot of BS from agent.

Jonny8

That's very good to hear! I doubt Morrison or SAF are lying, the agent seems dodgy here.

Percy

SAF loves a little fib now and again, but I suspect Morrison's agent is behind alot of the stories currently doing the rounds. Although from what I've been told he's on his way out regardless. I don't really know what to make of the whole situation, the kid litterly has the world at his feet, and he chooses to f*** it up everytime. One of the best youngster's I've ever seen touch, shooting and passing ability but a stinking attitude.

United Till I Die 1987

I think United should pay Ravel, Pogba & Welbeck £40k a week and be done with it. Offload the deadwood and keep these lads happy.

Sydney!

I think Welbeck should get 40k a week because when he plays he is clearly a key player for us. In the case of Pogba and Morrison why should they be any different to any other youth player? Others who breakthrough are offered around 10-15k a week so why should they be different? I know they are both very talented but if we are talking about the attitude of the 2 players how is rewarding them with more money than others going to improve that attitude?

Rjmanutd

'Rjmanutd'

Because we will lose them for pittance otherwise. If we give them a £30k/£40k a week contract and they sign on the dotted line, in three years we can offer them a new contract and if they accept then ideal, if they don't we can sell them for a fortune.

Sydney!

Syd

I understand where you are coming from but I just can't see why they deserve to be treated differently from other potentially good players in the youth ranks both past and future. We have a wage structure which we weren't willing to break to sign someone like Sneijder in the summer despite the fact we needed someone like him to play in the first team now and provide some class in our midfield. So why should we give 2 players who are apparantly asking for double what the other youth products get when (I know they haven't had a chance but) aren't really in the 1st team picture? I also don't think it'll help their attitude if we just go ok have your 30-40k when they haven't done anything to earn it.

Rjmanutd

They are being offered £50k a week to sign for City, you cannot blame them for asking the club for more than £15k a week.

Sydney!

That's what City do though and Chelsea before them. I know they are very good but at the moment they aren't worth what Welbeck is so IMO don't deserve the same salary before proving that they can make the step up.

Rjmanutd

Is it just me sir Alex won't pay pogba or Morrison what they think they are worth fair enough he sees them in training he knows but going back to the 1st team since cleverley got injured the1st time around utd seem to have lost there rythm with pace and passing especially the pace of the final ball or the right touch of pace to the forward to score we need a class passer of the ball not a makedo tiLL we get cleverly back and we need him now and that player is goetze if he costs 40 million pay it better than 4 rodwells and he's only 18 and he would be good with cleverly and Carrick alongside him

Sydney! is correct we should give them a better contract as otherwise we lose them for 500k-£1 million tops which is silly, considering how good they are and could be in the coming seasons and not to mention how much they could be worth is 3-4 years. Still from what I was told Morrison's as good as gone, really hope the person(s) who told me this are wrong/lying to me as the lad will be a monster in a few years, if he keeps his head down and doesn't act like a tit.

United Till I Die 1987

14 Jan 2012 19:34:44
Well Ed I know this maybe a question you have heard over n over but,with there being more reports on sneijder coming and the fact he hasn't ruled out a move to us.have you heard any progress on sneijder?

Super red {Ed007's Note - There is nothing to say on it.}

Thanks!

Super red

Super red,
Sneijder will not be joining United not now, not ever. I don't understand why fans still want him after he basically said he wanted ridiculous things in negotiations. Not to mention the fact that he's always injured lately.

United Till I Die 1987

How come people want Morrison to stay when he's requesting the same ridiculous demands then??
Surely you'd make an exception for one of the worlds best players and not some snotty nosed kid who thinks he's too good and forgot where he's come from.

14 Jan 2012 18:08:09
got told today that we have rejected a bid for berba, can anyone else clarify if this is true and if so does this mean he will be given an extension?

He already signed a 1 year extension.

Strider98

14 Jan 2012 14:36:57
ed, heard we are interested in honda, and willing to offer berbatov in the deal, you heard anything about this? {Ed007's Note - No.}

There hasn't been much talk about Honda this window - unlike the last one where he was heavily linked with nearly all the big clubs in Europe! This suggests to me that he either is in talks with a club or he wants to stay at Moscow.

14 Jan 2012 14:11:00
No jones r smalling - Evans and Scholes start with Pogba on bench

14 Jan 2012 13:29:47
Interestingly Hazard's agent has said specifically that 'Edin would find Manchester United a very big opportunity'. Could this player be the player SAF wants? I don't know but its possible and we shouldn't rule it out. Shaqiri seems more likely for me, however Hazard is marginally more exciting. Both players would bring something that we haven't got, exciting skills (i.e. Ronaldo esq), that way we won't have to rely on Nani to take on a man and beat him.

RedDevil19

Basel and Galatasary have agreed a 10m fee for Shaqiri, Its up to the player now to agree personal terms and the Eds can back me up that Hazard prefers Barca or Madrid as his next club {Ed002's Note - There is no agreement between Basel and anyone over the transfer of Shaqiri. As for Hazard, unless an extraordinary bid matching the clubs valuation is made in January, Eden Hazard will not be available to the summer. Whilst Real Madrid or Barcelona remain his preferred destination PSG, Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan are all interested to one degree or another. I said over the summer that I would not be surprised to see Manchester United through their hat in to the ring with Hazard as well. I don't see Hazard moving to Liverpool, Juventus, AC Milan or Arsenal for that matter. Chelsea have maintained a long-term interest but one particularly influential party at the club sees the player as having an attitude problem. However, Chelsea have discussed the player with Lille and a move by Chelsea is very much a possibility right now. Additionally they may offer up a younger player to move in the other direction come the summer (when he will be available).}

14 Jan 2012 12:55:23
Just heard Everton are willing to sell one of Barkley or Rodwell as they are in real trouble financially. Net debt is rising very fast and the club have no choice but to let one of these two players go to keep them ticking over for another year. Something tells me United are well aware of Everton's misfortunes and are ready to pounce for Barkley. The sad thing for Everton fans is that none of the fee for Rodwell or Barkley will go on new signings. I like Everton as a club, probably because I dislike Liverpool FC so much, but they are in real trouble unless they can find investors or a buyer. Morrison out, Barkley in, could it be?

Sydney!

If morrison leaves, i'd be surprised if we didn't go for Barkley to be honest.. How old is he? 18?

Ozwald

I read an article in FourFourTwo a couple of months back about little midfield maestros and they covered Silva, Mata and Modric but they had a little bit about 3 youngsters, 1 being young Cole at United and 1 being Barkley - Martin Keown said of Barkley ''one of the best players this country sees''!
I know Keown is a muppet but i'm sure he recognises talent!
I know it's another kid but I'd push for Barkley!

Ports

I can't see it being Barkley, the reason he has a big price tag is that he made is EPL debut aged 17. And that was largely down to injury problems. Rodwell is more likely, he has been looked at many a time and SAF has his eye on him. Whether it will be in January or summer i'm not sure, but i definatly expect to see him before long. Id pay the money for him and then give them one of Diouf/Pogba on loan.

RedDevil19

14 Jan 2012 10:59:16
just a quick post do any of you think if there is a deal to be done with newcastle for morrison could you see cabaye as our central midfielder for now maybe in an exchange or maybe demba ba as we need a goalscorer

No because SAF knows full well cabaye is NOT Utd quality. He has said numerous times about not buying players that would just make up the numbers or wouldnt get games when players are fully fit. Cabaye fits this imo and wouldnt get ahead of Clevers, Scholes or Carrick.

Haha not utd quality we have alot of players who are not united quality your telling me you wouldnt mind him in the center of the park with clevers or anderson instead od giggs or carrick hes got some stamina can tackle good free kicks passing ability whats wrong with him for the price and wage.....

Also how would he not get ahead of carrick or scholes.... are you expecting schokes to be back to his best seriously? he was so poor against city and yeah maybe he will have a good pass but no legs and cant play every game and probably wont be able to play 90 minutes tbh unfortunatley i just think cabaye would be a good player to have around when anderson or clevs are injured like a gibson role but hes top class compared to gibson lol

Exactly, so why bring in more players that are not United quality? The idea is to bring in a top quality midfielder, not buy another passenger. There are too many United fans wanting a quick fix with any old player filling the gap. We are not City or Chelsea, when we sign players we have to make them count.

Sydney!

MUGS HAHA...CABAYE NOT MUNU QUALITY.
why has alex ferguson said time and again cabaye has proven hes a top player.course hed fit in manu team BUT YOU AINT GETTING HIM PLUS CITY IS TOP MANC TEAM NOW.

TOON ARMY TOON ARMY TOON ARMY ALL THE WAY

HWTL

He isn't united quality, simple as, neither is a few of our current players, but that doesn't mean we should sign cabaye just because we have other players that aren't united quality..

I can only assume that the above poster is on day release.

TK-Red

People are saying cabaye,samba,cahill arent united quality, well if they arent why couldnt we beat blackburn? why did we get outplayed by newcastle? and cahill is an england international who looks like hes slowly replacing rio on the international stage so why couldnt he be uniteds replacement for him aswell? why didnt we get in there before chelsea? show our intent!

14 Jan 2012 08:48:20
Barca are interested in Morrison ......