Manchester United Rumours Archive December 15 2011

15 Dec 2011 22:31:38
Reports in argentina claim we have bid 30 mil euros for nicolas gaitan,not sure if these reports are true.PRR8

Is it possible to bid for a player before the transfer window opens in Jan '12? Sorry if this is a stupid question... {Ed002's Note - Clubs talk all of the time and agreements can be reached, but the transfer of the players registration cannot happen outside of the transfer window. So yes.}

Thanks Ed

15 Dec 2011 14:29:32
Just read Real are interested in M'Vila, along with Arsenal. Anybody know if there is any substance in this? Ed's?

J Bones. {Ed002's Note - Inter, Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City, Juventus, Genoa and perhaps Liverpool & Chelsea showed an interest or enquired about M'Vila this past summer. M'Vila will almost certainly not move until the summer. A very significant bid from Manchester City has already been turned down. With that offer that was made for M'Vila in the summer Rennes have upped their valuation of the player to an extent where Creachcadec has said no Italian team can aford M'Vila. I would expect that there may be interest in him from PSG, Barcelona and possibly Real Madrid by the time he comes up for sale in the summer. I would be astonished if M'Vila moved in January.}

Thanks for the reply Ed002. I fear if there is that much interest and Barca or Real comes looking, then we will be out of contention. I think would be brilliant for us though, absolutely brilliant.

J Bones.

15 Dec 2011 13:34:42
"{Ed002's Note - Khedira will be offered to Manchester City as part of a deal for Tevez. They will probably not be interested in him as they target Di Maria. Khedira will then be offered as a part exchange deal for other players Real Madrid are interested in. They are certainly willing to let him go. I don't see him moving to Old Trafford.}"

Hi Ed002, a couple of months ago I asked about the Khedira situation, I was just wondering if this info is still accurate. Madrid may have missed the boat on Tevez, but is Khedira still to be offloaded in the summer? More importantly, can you still not see him joining United? Thanks.

Matthew...

{Ed002'd Note - Given Pardeza did not meet with Joorabchian things have changed. Khedira will probably be available and if Manchester United bid for him they may be avble to conclude a deal.}

15 Dec 2011 06:35:39
Manchester United starlet Paul Pogba is ready to snub Sir Alex Ferguson and open contract talks with Italian giants Inter Milan.

The French teenager, who's viewed as one of Fergie's brightest young talents, is out of contract in the summer, which means he can agree terms with a club outside England as early as New Year's Day.

Pogba's advisers have been testing the market for him and Inter are the most keen to take advantage of his position.

Fergie has been hoping that Pogba will stay on at Old Trafford, where he has seen some first-team game time and could well have taken advantage of the absences of Darren Fletcher and Anderson in the second half of the campaign.

However, the Pogba camp and his advisers, who also represent Manchester City's ex-Inter striker Mario Balotelli, are set on an exit.

Ferguson is expected to shun Pogba if he does to commits to Inter, leaving him out of the side for the remaining months of his contract.

United suspect Pogba has made up his mind to leave them and are already searching the globe for a young midfielder to take his place in the squad - and ease their shortage of bodies in that area.

Could just be tabloid talk, but 9 times out of 10 there's no smoke without fire. We need him now but I genuinely wouldn't blame the lad if he did want to leave. Other teams - when they have 18yr old prodigys in the reserves who are owning the league - give them a solid chance in the first team, even if it's off the bench regularly.

We've not given him this and he's obviously a player who feels he deserves better than playing in front of 45 people on a drizzley Tuesday night in Bury. I for one, agree.

RED_SKY

'Ferguson is expected to shun Pogba if he does to commits to Inter, leaving him out of the side for the remaining months of his contract.'
When was it the last time he played for the first team?

Sir alex ferguson is the greatest manger of all time he knows how to develop and bring through young players ,he never rushes them,if pogba was that great he would be playing reguarly.I myself believe the young lad believes he is better than saf does and is being badly advised on his career.We have supposedly offered him 15 grand a week and hes refused.If he cant be gratfull with that amount of money a week at his young age i hope saf gets rid of him,we may lose out on a future great but we are better off without having a spoilt brat and a big time charlie tarnishing are great club.The boy will never have a better chance of acheving it all and a better teacher than working and learning under saf.What a little prat.joeyored

Amen to that. Sounds like a case of cart before the horse with him. Hasn't started a game at senior level and didn't look ready in the subs appearances he's had. If his only aim in his career is to line his pockets without earning it you'd have to question his future anyway as a top top player anyway, and is certainly not the type of attitude you want to foster and reward in the long run.

Wilbur

I think if we wanted him to stay enough Fergie would be able to keep him.

He has the wrong attitude aready so would prob be better off without him.

and we talk about brightest young talents but I have seen this lad play a few times now and every single time he has been awful! There is a massive step up between playing for youth and being in the premier league. Morrison on the otherhand looks class but I'm not convinced about Pogba, he showed as much in his last outing when he came on in the Carling Cup!

I read this last night on the mirrors website.

here is what one of the comment from a user (banana-rama) on the site. not sure if is true, maybe someone else can verify.

banana-rama
11:42 PM on December 14, 2011
Why is it being reported everywhere that Pogba's contract expires at the end of the season, this is wrong information. The first time i heard this suggested was on , every other media outlet has followed on from this incorrect information for some bizzare reason without checking its validity.

POGBA'S CONTRACT RUNS UNTIL 2013, IT DOES NOT EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE SEASON, HE IS NOT FREE TO TALK TO OTHER CLUBS IN JANUARY, HE CANNOT LEAVE ON A FREE TRANSFER.

I would like to remind the author of this article that he has a responsibility to his profession to check the validity of his information before posting articles, the job of a journalist is to print the truth, not to make up stories out of thin air to fill space on a slow news day, which is what Alan Nixon has done here.

For those who read it the first time and don't quite get it, MR ALAN NIXON INCLUDED, i will say it one more time for extra emphasis, pogba's contract does not expire at the end of season, it runs until 2013, he cannot leave on a free transfer at the end of the season, he is not free to talk to other clubs in january.

Pogba is an important part of manchester united's future, and i fully expect it to be announced very soon that he has signed a lengthy new contract, he made clear in his most recent interview that he has no intention of leaving the club and that his dream is to make it at united, so i have no idea where all these stories about him leaving are coming from, because there is no basis of truth to the stories whatsoever.

I always have been of the opinion Pogba would leave I also think that has something to do with his lack of chances for Utd feck him I say

Pardoe

Haha, so much for the most prized young player we have., I wonder if you lot will change your tune back to 'awesome glad he's staying, future captain' if this proves to be nonsense?

Embarassing to see everyone turn on him, rather than start questioning WHY he wants to leave. Red-tinted shades, some people - the club/manager can never do wrong, therefore it MUST be the player.

RED_SKY

Not at all, don't follow the youth team and only ever seen Pogba in 4 matches inc youth cup against Liverpool and carling cup. Was anonymous in both games. Someone with such a talent should surely have the nerve and ability to shine on those occasions. granted not everyone plays well every game but he struck me as nothing special!

Turncilles (sorry about the spelling) energy along side him is what Pogba misses! with Turncliffe racing all over the midfield it gives Pogba the time and space to play his game, Its this that he has missed in his appearances so far (based upon the games that i have seen Pogba play in)

People may not know the exact reason behind why Pogba wants to leave.
Maybe he never wanted to leave to start with and the news might just be a total rumour. So without any facts I guess its wrong to criticise either Pogba or Sir Flex(if anyone wondering why this kid is not given chances)

AJ

They did an interview with him on the reserves game last night,come across really well,nice lad,seemed very keen to b at united,also fergie mentioned him in press conference,to b playing a part

15 Dec 2011 00:53:26
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Whats going on eds?
Cheers

J {Ed002's Note - Looks like an old file name - you may have just caught it during a back up or cleanse. Or it may have been deleted.}

Just wanted to check banter from the 13th of December 2011.....

J