Manchester United Rumours Archive August 16 2011

16 Aug 2011 22:41:04
Dortmund apparently made an 8.8m bid for Marvin Martin. Hopefully they are looking at Marvin to fill the hole left when either Kagawa or Goetze leave for United. Add M'Vila to either of the above and we are seriously in business.

OxfordRED {Ed007's Note - He is a fine player is Martin, but if Utd sign him I keep picturing wee Marvin the Martian running about zapping people! I need sleep I think lol Was it an earth shattering KABOOM that will leave the aforementioned hole?}

If this is true and Dortmund have put in a bid for Martin, this changes everything. When Sahin was off to Real Madrid they already had Gundagon lined up as his replacement. If they are bidding for Martin then Kagawa or Gotze is leaving. My money is on Kagawa as his contract talks has stalled.

Ed002, have you heard anything on this?

Sydney! {Ed002's Note - I have spent the summer explaining this Syd. Nothing changes.}

Martin and Tiote for around £25m - £30m is a terrific bargain. Folk go on about Sneijder and Modric For more than this. However, Martin and Tiote together would make a far larger impact on our midfield. So called Marquee players are not always as good as you think. Schmeicel,Irwin,Cantona,Vidic,Evra and many of our legends were not Marquee players when they arrived at OT
Mik

Ed002 - But circumstances change all of the time Ed, surely if the Martin bid is true, they are looking at replacing Kagawa or Gotze? That's fair isn't it?

Sydney! {Ed002's Note - I don't see Goetze moving to Manchester this summer. I guess there may be a slim chance that Kagawa could move to Arsenal, but it is hard to see why he should. Clubs can buy players without others leaving as well.}

I think you are all missing Oxford Reds point saying Martin would be a good signing, it is Dortmond that have bid for him to replace Kagawa or Goetze who we are supposedly interested in....we have no interest in Martin the Martian or Marvin the Martian......

16 Aug 2011 21:19:55
Anybody ant idea what Kaka is doing over here
jred

No idea mate.. My first thought is Chelsea?he's quailty when he's on form and injury free. Can't see him at united though Jason mc

Kaka is in talks with Chelsea will be reported on SSN on Friday deal to be worth around 22 million

16 Aug 2011 21:07:11
can anyone tell me if Sneijders twitter sneijder101010 is genuine account? if so he's been in Ibiza for the last week or so and has now returned to Inter. Which asks more questions, why has he been on holiday half way through pre-season training, has he been told to go on holiday before his move away?
Mitch

It's genuine, he has photos loaded if you google it. It's the real deal mate.

Ussoldier77

This account is genuine and yes Sneijder was unusually allowed a 5 day holiday starting from the Thursday to Monday when he reported he was in double training. Inter official site confirm he was seperated from the group doing strength training.

It's real but dont read anything into the " time off" story. All Inter players had time off and all reported back on the 15th to complete pre-season

16 Aug 2011 20:49:52


DB-Red {Ed007's Note - DB mate, I would normally just delete that but just to let you know we don't get involved in players off field tittle tattle. I know you meant well but it's just not what we want to discuss, cheers.}

16 Aug 2011 20:43:34
SSN Gossip states Kaka been spotted at Heathrow r airport amid rumours he could be going to Chelsea or Man Utd

Surely if he was coming to us he would have got a flight to Manchester airport..... just saying, that's what i would do

His body is so broken with injuries, they could send some to Manchester and the rest to Heathrow. Of course SAF wont be buying Kaka
Mik

16 Aug 2011 20:19:33
Anybody else watching the Arsenal game?

Di Natale lokks a decent player

Marky Mark

I disagree, he is too slow and very wasteful. Probably down to his old age?

16 Aug 2011 19:49:28
Was on a taxi from trafford to sale. We got talking with the cabbie. He reckons United are booked at Bridgewater hospital for next week. Jus like everyone else he says its everyone's guess who is coming for a medical. He said even the insiders they always rely on are not saying nothing. The rumour is that 2 players are coming. One is a done deal and the other must be completed by weekend. Then the medicals next week presumably Wed or Thurs. Thank you. THETRAFFORDBOY

They say Kaka was spotted at Heathrow airport today. If the sneijder deal is already done as many as put it, and the cabbie you spoke of is correct, do you think kaka is the player who's deal is to be done by weekend?

No chance Like the optimism but aint going to happen. Not confident WS is on the way either(mores the pity)

Why people even think about Kaka is crazy. I doubt he'd pass the medical. Great players 3 years ago, but he's had it.
Mik

This rumour was doing the rounds in July United had 2 medicals booked back then and nothing transpired. Could just be check ups on Fletch and Valencia

16 Aug 2011 19:01:32
Borussia Dortmund already rules out selling of Mario Gotze.

16 Aug 2011 18:15:38
any truth in kusackz going to celtic ? {Ed007's Note - They are reported to be interested but as of yet there is no confirmation of anything.}

16 Aug 2011 17:43:21
Glazer's trying to raise a billon dollars(us) by selling a 25% stake
in the club,shares worth 3.5 times their market value
No chance the market will fall for that.

16 Aug 2011 15:30:13
very intresting sky sports as well as sky news are now reporting that the glazers are looking to raise $billion on the stock market by selling a stake in united.
they had "a city expert" on and asked him what does this tell us he replied "it tells use they are struggling to pay the crippling debts they have taken on"

if this is true it would answer a few questions
jred

What i read a while ago, was that the glazers want to put betwen 15% and 25% on the stockmarket so they can pay off the remaning debt.

Looks like good news

Richie R

This can only be good news. Whether they are struggling to pay the debt or not it will shift the debt out and it will be the start of a takeover which has been mouted for sometime, i asked about this rumour a couple of weeks back. If we see Qatari's or Kuwaiti's buying into the club this pretty much tells me a takeover is not far away.

Lew

Maybe or maybe not. It will be interesting to read what the andersred blog has to say about this development. I would much prefer to see a full buy out of the Glazers. If they only sell a small shareholding then they're here for the long run and the club is only a money making machine for them

Well in all fairness I dont think there is anything to worry about, I know they have seriously crippled the club but we have spent big money this year on future players, I'm not a Glazer fan but we could be in worse state of affairs If the sell shares and pay off debt it can only be good, as long as the pay it off the debt

16 Aug 2011 13:03:40
I heard something interesting about Modric today. Some may already know this.

Apparently, he did not choose Chelsea and staying in London over us. United made initial contact with his agents in January and had concrete meetings or so i was told anyway. We agreed to double his wages and he was open to a move to United. At this point, Chelsea had very little interest in the player. After these meetings with his agents United made contact with Spurs and they were firm on the "not for sale" banner while United were ready to pay a price upward of 30mil. But Levy was insistent on Modric will not be sold. So United pulled out switching attentions to Sneijder and later Nasri when he became available due to SAF wanting an experienced midfielder this season, but asked Tottenham to be kept informed about the Modric situation and will go back in if Tottenham are ready to sell. Chelsea's concrete interest in him came at about the same time as United switched attentions knowing that he won't be sold. Chelsea are making bids more in hope than confidence and Levy has not budged a bit.

It would be interesting to see what happens if Spurs change their stance and they would be open to letting him go. Surely they would want a bidding war rather than a single club being the running and with Sneijder and NAsri possibly dead in the water United should be making a bid at least.

REDFAITH

I think around 6pm on transfer deadline day may be interesting. Perhaps sooner as two weeks ago we gave Sneijder two weeks to make up his mind. Are we going to turn our attentions to Modric again? He is the better fit, he is cheaper (wages) and he is younger. Fingers crossed.

Sydney!

We gave sneijder 2 weeks to think about it 2 weeks ago?

I don't really know how true this is actually Sydney! but was worth a post anyway. I would hope we get Modric too, it would elevate us to a whole new level of midfield control imo. He can form a partnership with basically any of our midfielders and play in 2-3 different formations of ours.

REDFAITH

I dont rate modric at all,i think hes the most overated footballer in the country,he aint a world beater,he very in consistant and doesnt score goals,goes missing in the big games,cant c him making much difference to utdhes reminds me of yossi benyoune,i hope he goes to chelski.....another dud..

Oh really,does he?I dont think so,Modric is one of the best Maestros around

Maestro?not at allgood enough for spurs and liverpool and the likesHe wouldn't get his game at barca or real madrid ,i dont think hed get a good run out a the chelski,so no good for Utd super red

I personally think Modric would be a better signing than Sneijder, not just because he's younger and possibly cheaper, but because he's a great footballer who i think would fit better into our team and style. I think Sneijder is a great player too but he and Rooney would be looking to both play in the same part of the pitch where as Modric would play a little more deeper in the central midfield, excactly where we need strenghthening. Anyone who says Moric is not a great player is obviously not watching him closely, i understand what people say about a lack of goals but look how many goals originate from his play.

Andy B

16 Aug 2011 12:07:04
Modric and Bale to join next summer for 70 million...you heard it here first.

Could it be that paul scholes and ryan giggs are replaced with these two next summer then?

Sorry to burst your bubble, but Scholes has already left

Why on gods Earth would we want Bale???????????

I'm alright thanks. Look at the last 2 players we signed from Spurs. Bale had 5 good matches 14 months ago and 1 great game last year plus Modric isn't even anything special. Look at their stats. Not even 10 goals and 10 assists between them last year.

16 Aug 2011 10:53:21
any wise man utd supporter can clearly see what SAF is doing.he will encourage pogba and fletcher to do fighting job in the center while ando, carrik and Cleverly will run forward. we always have our winger with striker to fire. so he has all covers to win the league. so nomore signing. winning Champions trophy is about luck..1 bad day and our S***ty half can also beat barcelona. so no issue
rodio17

16 Aug 2011 10:02:34
Hear sneider interest cooled cos arsenal are targeting goetze who fergie wants
Fergie has switched to goetze to stop arsenal getting him

16 Aug 2011 09:49:38
eto at the weekend
"Nothing says for sure that I’ll depart from or stay at Inter, to whom I’m still contracted. But what I can assure you is that nothing has been concluded and as I leave this conference hall, I’ll be going back to the negotiation table with the club."

When asked about his widely publicised transfer to Anzhi, Eto’o smirked, and said: “Don’t be surprised, I could join an English club very soon.”

is he just winding up the media or is the any chance of hime coming to england any idea ed?
jred {Ed007's Note - The last I heard was that City had been told that Eto'o was not for sale at any price. As with most things coming out of Italian football it is usually 100% true and 100% false at the same time i.e. very confusing. Italian clubs are notoriously fickle and about as trustworthy as a bag of monkeys!}

16 Aug 2011 07:58:02
How much truth is there in the rumourwd 14million bid by us for tiote?
surz

Dream on. He signed a 6 year contract in Jan. Double that figure and you might be getting close.

Tiote a cracking player but wont get him for less than 22 million which i believe is the figure you can get him open to talks. NUFC had it put in his contract

16 Aug 2011 08:53:41
Got a sneaky feeling that sir alex's original target modric may be why its went so quiet on the dutchman could we be in there , chelski dont appear to be pushing it ??

15 Aug 2011 23:52:08
the awkward moment when Liverpool fans realise that Aguero costs the same as Andy Carroll..

The awkward moment when you realise that they are not worth the same...
Carroll - 70k per week
Aguero - 200/250k per week

The awkward moment when Fergusson remembers how much he paid for Berbaflop 3 years ago

LFC is going to feel more awkward when they what their 100mn were worth when they don't qualify for CL this season too

Ah the Liverpool fans aren't a bit bitter are they?? Berbatov and Aguero are established strikers for club and country what was it 20minutes for England and half epl season

It's awkward to explain the Berbaflop (as you put it) fee, 2 league titles in 3 years, joint top scorer last year. I'm sure Dogleash would accept Carole being such a flop

He was uniteds top scorer last season? How is he a flop?

The awkward moment when Liverpool fans realise that berbatov has two premier league winners medals, twice as many as them.

Redrum182

Yet still probably won more medals than gerrard

The awkward moment both liverpool and man city realise javier cost 4 times less then them both

Is berbaflop the won who scored a hat trick against Liverpool aswell

The awkward moment when Liverpool fans realise that berbatov has two premier league winners medals, twice as many as them.

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0 x 2 = 0..... ;)

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