Manchester United Rumours Archive May 16 2012

 

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16 May 2012 23:31:43
apologies if this has already been mentioned but united pull out of deal for wigan's diame on medical grounds.

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Didn't even know we were interested. Season 09/10 and 10/11 he impressed but thought this year was very poor. All good then that he failed med then.

lorcan

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He failed a medical at Barca and Real Madrid when he was younger. He apparently has a heart defect of some sorts, kept him out for a year when he was in France at Lens. He picked up his career back in the lower leagues of Spain. He nearly failed his medical with Wigan.

Sanshine

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I think this is a hoax in reply to an earlier suggestion that we should sign Diame as he's out of contract...

Jules

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16 May 2012 23:16:39
to the chap who keeps saying we should sign jordan rhodes. He's going to fulham. Lets see how he does these before talking united potential. Mort

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Good point. But how many of us have bit@?ed and moaned about us not going for players that were young but perhaps price tag was bit hefty, only to see that player excel and value triple.


Devil Did Cry

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16 May 2012 20:07:26
Just a quick one do any of the eds or anyone else know if we were ever in for modric last year or if we are in for him again this year?

Would both modric and kagawa be signed to play in the same team? {Ed004's Note - I think Manchester united were in for him last year but Chelsea kept outbidding them}

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16 May 2012 22:32:35
I think our first signing of the summer should be Steve Clark, who has left Liverpool following the sacking of Dogleash. Clark was a very good No.2 at Chelsea and must surely be a better bet than our current No.2?
Mike B

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16 May 2012 22:32:30
Anyone think that Fergie might be interested in Steve Clarke as his number 2 now that he's a free agent?

I think we need a new no.2 and they could communicate with each-other in Scots code so I think it might work.

Pritpal

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Yeah, he did fantastically at Liverpool. He's pretty much the reason they won the league and the Champions league.

Percy

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Oh yeah, I forgot that Liverpool's problems were down to Steve Clarke.

Obviously it wasn't Dogleash's fault.

How's ignorance working out for ya?

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Steve Clarke would be no better than Muelensteen.

Sydney!

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Steve Carke would be a great No. 2 at United. Look what happened to West Ham when he left (they got relegated)

United Till I Die 1987

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16 May 2012 21:48:30
I am a little confused on the Kagawa situation, I know SAF has spoken to him but apparently Arsenal are negotiating talks with him later this week, does he really want to come to us? I hope we don't get Hazard, he is in it for the money not commitment.

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Aren't all professional football players in it for the money?

M.D.

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16 May 2012 20:48:06
If SAF signs Hazard and Gaitan who are left mids. What will he do with Ashley Young and Nani ,they are quality, Ed what do you think. {Ed007's Note - I don't think he will sign them and I don't think Young and Nani are 'quality' either.}

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"Quality" can be good or bad, I guess. :-) {Ed007's Note - I was going for the latter :-) I wasn't sure if the OP was being sarcastic or not.}

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Nani is good. To say otherwise is ridiculous. Young is also a good player but not starting 11 standard.

Percy

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To be fair I think Ashley Young has had a decent first season, however £17m and such big wages for him I dont understand as I wouldnt say he is top quality. Different position but similar signing to me as Carrick was, wouldnt have signed either, do a decent job bu tno ttop drawer. Personally Nani I think is a hugely talented player, whether he will ever get that consitency to his game is anothe rthing altogether though.
Invisible Stuey

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Young & Nani guy always fail on the clutch not for big games

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16 May 2012 19:32:31
Hi Ed's...Given the Kagawa talks and the potential for a deal is there any info on how much Dortmund will be looking for? I know he's out of contract next summer but i believe they have already stated any deal has to be economically sound. What sort of chunk of our budget would be expected? Thanks

Stuey {Ed007's Note - I have no idea of the fee, sorry.}

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I believe in the region of 15 mil

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They only bought him for 300k so they might be willing to let him run out his contract. I'd say between 8 and 10m cause Arsenal and others are taking interest now.

Tomjf

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16 May 2012 19:42:03
i have a feeling that we will play a 4-4-1-1 formation as kagawa playing in just behind rooney........
so we will not sign any striker
if hazard join city(which i dn't think) then gaitan will be bought...
we will try for eriksen or modric.....
we may also sign one or two youngstars likes of isco , vadillo , tito
then that will be it


ft9

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Its all up in the air tactically i think. For some reason i think SAF will try to play Kagawa out of position either on the left wing or in a midfield with a 4-4-2 formation. That could mean we sign another striker. I really don't know, there are so many things that we COULD do. Its impossible to say what we will do though.

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This is possible, however where does this leave welbeck, who Fergie holds in high regards!? I think we are more likely to play a 4-3-3 formation, and fergie will look to potentially bring in a quality winger and CM.... I could see us set up like this...

------------De Gea------------

Rafael-----Evans---Vidic---Evra

-------Carrick----Scholes/new signing
------------Kagawa------------

Valencia-------------Young/nani

-------------Rooney-----------

UNITED_LEGENDS

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I think what your forgetting is Sir Alex doesn't build teams he builds squads. So he will be looking to add players who will be in the first team but more importantly add something new to the squad. We are likely to have at least Valancia, Nani, Young, Rooney, Welbeck, Hernandez, Giggs, Anderson?(if played in his natural position) and possibly Kagawa and/or Gaitan and/or another signing to fill four spaces in the first team. He rates them all but he maybe isn't looking at this as which is his starting 11, but what is the squad missing to enable it to win everything next year and whats available.

Shappy

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Fergie likes the look of Eriksen even though he wont move. I really do believe with our targets Gaitan, Kagawa or Hazard Fergie wants to play more attacking 4-3-3 style.

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16 May 2012 19:25:00
I have had info from my sources that the RVP to United story has legs and is not just a rumour. His people have spoken to City United and Juve. The City talks did not go well for what reason i don't know but the United talks went well. It is now down to Arsenal. i think this suits the Glazer/Gill/Fergie camp as they are linked with a truly world class player and it suits RVP as it forces Arsenal to make a realistic offer. i am hoping that this is the big surprise signing of the summer. i hope Fergie was feeling like we were on Monday morning and realised we need to spend some serious cash on quality players not band aid ones. Paul Scholes you are the Ginger prince and the best two touch footballer of your generation, but realistically have you got another season in you. No and it will become more and more evident as players just run past you. Ryan Giggs you are United's greatest ever player but do any of us want to see you in the midfield just chipping balls over the top all the time and then disappearing for most of the game. No we want to remember you as you were in all your glory. We need some legs in the midfield. And if I were Fergie the one thing I would be looking for was a leader to put on the pitch. We have no obvious captain to get hold of the team and drag them over the line. Would Everton have come back with Robson, Bruce or Keane on the pitch. Never Roy would have held them out on his own. We need a leader. Don't any of you dare mention Rooney. He is an Everton fan who plays for us because of his bank account and no other reason. He held the club to ransom for more cash say no more. Well heres to an interesting if not probably disappointing summer. Lets hope for RVP or someone of that quality keep your fingers crossed but do not hold your breath. I AM KLOOT

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Hmm, you're usually a bit reliable, so I'll take your word for it.

Percy

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I am struggling to see what team we will play if we sign kagawa and RVP. I don't think kagawa can play anywhere but cam so am not sure what formation we would play. Maybe kagawa beside Carrick (holding) and Rooney in front of them
The red Manc

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Agred Scholes & Rbson are 2 of my favourite players ever and Keane is in my top 5. Giggs & Scholes really do need to set the date of end of May next year and go. But we do need a leader. I look around the English league and wonder who that is....

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I don't think so mate,we all know that wenger wont sell any player to united.also the offer city put on the table,no foreign football players would say no.if so manutd we have to put the same offer city put on the table.which we can't,the same story to sneijder.honestly I'LL Love to have him in our team,but Sir Alex doesn't buy players over 27.unless if his cheaper which he can't be.arsenal sell nasri for £24m,you think how much will cost for van persie? i guess £30m.he'll stay

ferdcoast

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The red Manc, maybe a 4-1-2-1-2 formation with Rooney and RVP up top, Kagawa floating in AM and Carrick holding. Don't think this would suit Scholes well though leaving his alone holding

A.R

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The only realistic way we could get both into the team would be a 3-5-2 which i'd be loathed to see us play.

_________DDG
___Small__Vida__Evans
____Carrick__Clevs
Valencia____________Nani
_________Kagawa
_____RVP______Rooney

It just wouldn't work, i really don't think it would. The way it would work if Kagawa knew that he would be a squad player as there is not way that we could get Kagawa in the team every weak if RVP is here.

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Great post RFT, here's hoping...

DodgyBanter

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Personally I'd give my right nut to have RVP at Utd but as above poster said I think he will stay at Arsenal
He is what 28 now? not sure he'd be 30m tbh either but still worth that much IF you can keep him fit

Pardoe

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I don't believe that Arsenal would sell Van Persie to United, and I don't think that Van Persie himself would go to one of their direct rivals as he loves Arsenal. Also, as talented as a player he is, I'm not so sure I'd want him at Old Trafford. He's not young by any means, and has a terrible injury record. There's every chance that he could be out for months at a time next season. I think United should and will look elsewhere for a striker.

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'ferdcoast'

There is no reason why RVP couldn't join us if he chose to join us. AW couldn't stop the move as Kroenke will want his dividends. If Nasri was only interested in joining United and only United, we would have signed him too.

As for the price, Nasri was Arsenal's best player last season by far. He was 23 and he was sold for £24m. RVP will be 29 and has a bad injury record. If sold, I think he will be sold for £20m tops. I do believe Arsenal will cash in on him as one more bad injury could end his career.

Sydney!

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Hope your source is right Kloot, RVP would be perfect for us, add a bit of steel in midfield then were sorted....
HERBIE

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'19'

You are correct it couldn't work. Nani isn't a wing-back and we would need a proper defensive midfielder (not Carrick). I do not think three at the back is out of the question mind. It could work if we bought the right personnel. This is an example, not at all what I would expect.

___________DDG
_____Small__Vidic__Evans
Tony______Martinez______Bale
_____Kagawa____Rooney
_________Van Persie

Sydney! {Ed004's Note - Woah that actually looks really good lol. I think that would be a very good team but do you think Fergie and Phelan would be able to incorporate the right tactics to make it work. Neither are fantastic tactically}

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Or worse cause as a poster put earlier in the week rooney is off to fund our transfer plans for the summer....

can not see this happening but you never know until the window is over..

oxred

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You could make that team even stronger Syd - add an 11th man!

Red Spark {Ed004's Note - If you were to add an 11th man I would deffinately opt for someone like Modric or Sahin and who can get the ball to the forward thinking players}

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Or maybe Sydney had picked up Joey Barton on a free as a ball winner, but was making allowance for the fact that he'd already been sent off! ;)

Red Spark

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Oops, missed out Cleverley ;)

Sydney! {Ed004's Note - I am not so sure on Cleverley yet. I rate him as a good player but I am not sure he will be world class and mentioned in the same sentence as Scholes in the future}

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Only for giggs in nov, dec and jan this season we'd of been back fighting it out for third, yes he dipped at the end of the season but who wouldn't at his age, so lay off the legends. I'm guessin your bout 12

lorcan

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I think Scholes certainyl has another season in him, maybe not so many games but he can control the tempo like no other in the premiership. Personalyl I agree about Giggs though, as great as he has been the last 18 months although with his talent he is still able to make game changing passages of play he is giving the ball away far too cheaply more and more. As for RVP, cant see it myself, though of course if he can remain injury free he will be a fantastic signing if he leaves, whichever club he goes to.
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Hmm must be dreaming if you think we'd go for three at the back..

Considering Phil Jones is missing from all your line ups too!

Not saying it wouldn't work, but it wouldn't happen.

Ozwald

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No I can't see Rvp coming to united at all.even if he was two years younger and not injury prone.hes ans arsenal fan,utd dont have the finaces to give him the best offer.and as for Rooney.I reckon if the write offer came in,utd would sell him and no doubt he could go in the summer.
Anyway there's a lot of rumours going around about who utd have signed already or try n sign,but the bottom line is we might be able to go so far for the fee for a player.
But know this,utd don't have the spending power to pay high wages or match any of the wealthier clubs!

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I don't get the RVP thing....how long has he been at Arsenal and this is his first injury free season. He's been constantly dogged by injuries and he will be 29 years old in August.
I for one wouldn't want Fergie to fork out 25-30 million pounds on this guy.
Great player i would sooner use it on a younger striker that can develop his game at United and we get 4-6 years out of.

Simmo

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'Simmo'

RVP wouldn't cost anywhere near that amount. 29, seriously bad injury history and on his final year of contract. I think £15m-£20m would be closer to the mark. Nasri was Arsenal's best player and at 23 went for just £24m.

Sydney!

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Cesc at 23 went for a £31m. Made up of mostly add-ons and he had three years left on his contract.

Sydney!

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I know manchester united are known for their width.....perhaps if rvp was signed then fergie is finally thinking about moving with the times and putting out a squad like this (similar to barca formation):-

GK: De Gea
RB: Azpilicueta
LB: Cissokho
CB: Smalling
CB: Vidic
RM: Valencia
LM: Hazard (get rid of nani if it meant we could get this guy)
DM: Martinez (if pogba goes)
AM: Kagawa
ST: Rooney
ST: Van Persie

I know thats spending the guts of 100 million and completely revamping the squad, but imo it has to be done it really does to keep ourselves on par with the rest of them, especially considering we know city are going to only get better, as our chelsea and spurs

Robbo

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16 May 2012 19:15:47
I know this is going to get a mixed reception. But we shouldn't waste our money and time on Hazard.

One reason...He wants to play for Real Madrid.

The only reason he is coming to the premier league is to improve his profile, he wants to prove to Madrid that he can play in the best league in the world and give it 2 or 3 years he will be out the door and on the way to Spain. He has the same dream as Cristiano Ronaldo and we couldn't stop him and he loved the club.

I would much rather us look elsewhere.

fearny

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Agreed for the money spent on him we could get both Kagawa and AN Other such as Gaitan or Rodriguez.

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How many players start at manutd and finished there? gary,giggs and scholes.i don't think the lest went to madrid.every body has a dream,but not every one fulfill it.once he need to perform at current club,like christiano did to us,the we all happy for him.

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But if he can come to United, be a success, add a fear factor, show other clubs that United do sign class players, and then be sold for a profit? I wouldn't have too much of a problem with that but definitely would rather have someone who loves United

A.R

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Manutd is the family club,once your in,you mentality change.but we can't stop people dreams

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Totally agree would only come to boost his profile and increase the cash in the bank.

Then he will swan off to madrid and the player we made world class would come back to haunt us and help beat us in the CL

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I agree we shouldn't waste our time with him but not for that reason, i think he is s oft and doesn't have the physicality for the prem and fr the money there tlking for this lad you dont wanna be waiting 2/3 yrs for him to grow into it, also he reminds me of nasri and i cant stand that lad, the contempt he showed for the goon's last summer and during the season was disgraceful

lorcan

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Lorcan
what we need wright now is to buy quality players as we can,players who can win back our title from mancity,before they get used to that.
mate what do u trying to say we waste our time to buy christiano? for all he does to us? and his still appreciate us we bought him for £12m,we won trophies then we sold him £80m. i wont mind if we buy hazard and win back premier league,win champions league and after 5-6 years if he decide to go when is on top and gave us the same amount like christiano.

ferdcoast

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It could be good for united too... if he reaches the heights of ronaldo alot of profit to be made.

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16 May 2012 19:07:07
i think the kagawa deal is inevitable. gaitan i think will also arrive and i think we should give martinez whatever he wants. if theese 3 arrive i dont think another striker is essential, this is because ferguson has said he wanted to go back to our fast paced exciting style of play which included 1 striker and 2 wide men or 3 strikers, whatever you want to refer to it as. so with martinez and carrick sitting deep dictating play with kagawa given a free role further afield with nani giatan and rooney up front. as ferguson said will keane will get a chance in the first team this year it leaves us with wellbeck, hernandez and keane as backup in the striker position. we also will have giggs scholes cleverly and valencia. this is already a massively improved team from this year.

so lets assums, in:
kagawa -10m
gaitan- 20m
martinez- 30m

this represents a rather large outlay in regards to transfer funds but it is similar to last year and all the players are young.

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When have we ever played flowing football with 2 wide men and 1 striker, I can only remember united 3 arsenal 1 a few years ago, rooney's a centre forward, not a number 9 who you can just stick up front on his own. Also, nani on the right, what are you on about, no way should he take Valencia's place. We will play 442 for as long as fergie lives. Rooney is just behind a striker, we've got two already. Valencia is on the right. That leaves us with a lw and 1 or 2 midfielders to buy! People please stop going on about midfielders like who play like Rooney but worse. We want centre midfielders one who can offer defensive protection and can pull off wonderful passes, and an attacking midfielder who should be at the heart of every attack looking to supply rooney or the striker

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Would be the perfect signings. All 3 are not massive stars as yet and are at the right age. 23/24. I think Javi Martinez would be a brilliant signing even if he costs 30m. He is exceptional at CB and CM. Kagawa is brilliant with two touch football. I think he'll create a lot of chances and his build up play with Rooney & Welbeck will be incredible. Even Anderson & Cleverley were clicking till they got injured. I'd admit I don't know enough about Gaitan. I know he is left footed and likes to drift inside. Something we lack though is a left footed winger. It will give us balance if anything.

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Screwed if wazza gets injured though,with berba off we need another stiker.
andyred

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In response to the first response the team I put doesn't really matter as neither me ar you will be picking it so in regards to you're are you serious comment, don't be so stupid,naive and foolish. The main point of the post was to emphasize the more realistic transfer targets that can improve our squad. Only a dummy would assume you can apply the same 11 players in the same formation all season. But sorry ballague, you know best.

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16 May 2012 19:07:06
heard from a source yesterday that mateo kovacic from dinamo zagreb...he was seen at united yesterday with his family...expect to see him sign for united very soon...possabily within two wks

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Hope this is real. Very talented and match fergie politics(and mine) to go with young blood instead of 42 M$$ crazy money players (hazard lol).

Sorry to offend some of you but i care more about the identity of this club that the number of trophy will get next season.

United for life

Jlber84

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No way... I saw Lionel Messi with his family in Manchester yesterday finalising a £200 million pound move.

Don't believe any story that says I saw him in manchester yesterday... It is always bulls**t. I think Sneijder was spotted in manchester last season about 3 or 4 times.

fearny

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Goal scoring midfielders are hard to find. Could be a good signing. Buy him and loan him to Wolves or someone that will fight for top spot in the Championship.

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Fearny...you can believe what you want to mate...but this will happen...im glad its gonna nhappen coz this kid is the real deal...plus a united fan

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Apparently Alex Ferguson is with his wife in malaga atm, either he's on his holiday or malaga fc is getting a new manager, watch this space :O

Truthfulllies

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Fergie was at Carrington yesterday, not Malaga.

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OMG! Iv just seen Rooney in the home base in Wigan, he must be getting a job as staff supervisor!
Duggo

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16 May 2012 18:51:14
I have just been speaking to my friend in Andalucia who says that United have scouted Isco from Malaga a number of times? I think he is a winger/attacking midfielder and is 19. He reckons that Isco is the back up plan to Hazard, he is preffered to the likes of Gaitan etc as he is so young and has so much potential to develop. The other player i heard we were linked with was Jese from Real Madrid, again, another exciting prospect.

RedDevil19

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Ive seen him many times, he is immature with the ball, but bags of skill/potential, can beat players with will just not too disciplined

cban

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If hes 19 thats not a shock really is it hes at an age where you needs to encourage his good points and iron out the bad

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16 May 2012 19:02:54
Kagawa having revealed talks with Ferguson, is set to fly back to Manchester next week with his agent to negotiate a deal.

RamoN 19

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Haha just completely copied my rumour (16:09, down the page) {Ed007's Note - Prove it....or next time leave a name, it might help.}

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Well I can't prove it obviously. But I'm extremely flattered. {Ed007's Note - You could have proven it if you left a name.}

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Is this guy kagawa any good?is it what we need?we need a cb,rb,2cm.and a left winger!get rid of the dead wood! ect,anderson,rio,nani,park!we need a world class cm!seems like we cant attracted big names any more.sad!

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16 May 2012 18:53:20
Kagawa is in the bag...Without a doubt.
Ive Just had confirmation that he is excited to be part of a regeneration of mufc.
- also, I've heard nothing about Luka leaving THFC, it's hard to imagine Chelsea securing champs league spot so Luka would be happy to stay at THFC, same goes for bale. They are building a club not a circus.
In the interest of MUFC I think kagawa and gaitan will be all we need to acuite in the window , maybe a youngster to groom too .

P.s let city have hazard .... It will ruin the dynamics of their club with so many huge egos. And that's not what MUFC IS Want.

C.LAW

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I have heard that Luka Modric was asked to give just one more season to Spurs, similar to us and Ronaldo. That would mean that Modric would be leaving and i am positive that we would have a lot of interest.

RedDevil19

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"And a youngster to groom"

Unfortunate choice of words

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I do believe Hazard is heading toward city, because didnt he officially said that he would be wearing blue next season.

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Nothing unfortunate about what SAF did to Beckham , Neville's , scholes , nicky butt,ronaldo etc etc

C.LAW

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16 May 2012 17:53:47
I see both kagwa and hazard have admitted there is a good chance of them winding up at united next season.
I know most people think it one or the other, but why not both? Think of the quality and strength in depth that would bring, throw in a midfield(e.g modric) and we good to go. We could beat city to the league and we could compete for the champions league next season. Look at this:
Rooney
Hazard kagwa Nani
Modric Carrick
Evra Vidic Smalling Rafael
Gea
This team definately wouldnt be lackin in skill and technical ability, i mean hazard rooney, nani, kagwa and modric. We would unlock any defence with such quality. On top of that we could have a decent squad:
jones, welbeck, hernadez, evans, valencia, young, progba, scholes, giggs and ferdy.

Estimated cost:
hazard 35m
modric 30m
kagwa 10m
total 75m
that would be an amazing transfer window.
Back to reality. What i actually see is city beating us to hazard and modric stay at tottenam after they quality for the c.l resulting in us only signing kagwa and a cheap midfielder no one has ever heard of.
Then we will hear excuses of how we tried and how we wont be held to ransom. Goodtimes :-(

Millz

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Why do you name "Progba" in your team next year ? Pogba may be there. And why do people name Nani ahead of Valencia ? Nani wouldnt lace Valencias boots !

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The very last bit is spot on , hazard to city is done , Kagawa is far from done and modric will only go to chelski

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Swap nano for Valencia and were good to go! Duggo

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I would love them to sign for us. But Hazard will more than likely go to City. I would love us to sign Hummels as well. He'd be a rock in defence.

RedDevil7

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That would be great, but i'd probably rather have Martinez than Modric. But i think to be a European force, Martinez, Kagawa and Hazard would do it for us i think. Add to that versatile full back and we are done (Debuchy, Clyne, Azpillicueta).

RedDevil19

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Sorry but I still don't see what Modric brings he cant make or score goals hes not a defensive mid....Maybe someone Eds/ anyone can tell me?

Pardoe {Ed007's Note - I'm not his biggest fan either Pardoe.}

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Mate, they will laugh if you offer 30 million quid for modric at least 55 million for modric.

Im sure kagawa is heading to OT, hazard i dunno, id prefer Munain insted of Hazard

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I wouldn't pay 30mil for Modric noway, I'd rather pay 35mil for Martinez

A.R

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Didnt Hazard say that he is definitely will be wearing blue next year, so that is done, as far as our team goes We also need someone to replace the aging Evra, he is 32 now and we have all seen him miss up many times this season

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Evra is 31 this or last week - call yourself a United fan lol
mik

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16 May 2012 12:21:58
hey just a quick question to any of the Ed's

Robert Lewandowski is being linked hugely with united and i think we are in desperate need for a goalscorer but do you know much about him ive only seen a little

is he small and fast poacher type or a big cavani/llorente type? {Ed002's Note - Try Google or YouTube.}

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Try the player profile pages that ed022 has made, i think lewandowski has had one done

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Big Powerful striker, but still has quite a bit of pace about him. Could almost be the perfect striker with all his attributes and he isn't half bad at scoring goals either

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He certainly is the small player you describe, he is however a natural goalscorer, in my opinion of course.

Don't hold your breath on him joining the epl, not this summer anyway.

TM

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Dortmund will NEVER sell him to Utd, they wouldnt have a goal scorer in their team to fill his shoes, the only reason they are willing to sell kagawa is because they have a replacement, I wish that is true as we are in much needed of a true striker because let us face it Rooney is not like RVP he need support, and Hernadez seems to have stopped developing for some reason so we only have welback

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16 May 2012 09:52:18
Good morning Ed, is there anything new on the Kagawa front from your sources? Do you know if the rumours regarding him talking with SAF were true? Thanks.

Sydney! {Ed002's Note - He has spoken with SAF and there is a very good chance a deal will be done.}

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Thanks Ed, always appreciate your input.

Sydney!

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16 May 2012 18:02:36
modric hazard and sneijder will not be joining utd but kagAwa martinez and believe me van persie will be in .we are and have being looking at malagas isco and munian but prices are to high .expect to leave berbertov pogba macheda fabio delaet.rumour has it utd s main formation next year is gonna be a 3/5/2with martinez the holding mid /centre half

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Hope so no name

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16 May 2012 17:30:22
I think the whole transfer situation will depend on one deal...Eden Hazard.

It will all depend on if fergie manages to sign him ahead of city, it's obvious fergie likes him and he is our main summer transfer target (marquee signing).

If we are unsuccseful in a bid to sign Hazard I can see the players being brought in increasing from Fergie originally being 2-3 players to 5 or 6.

The Players I can see being at our club for the first game of the season are;
-Shinji Kagawa
-Nico Gaitan
-Nathaniel Clyne
-Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
-Javi Martinez (would be the Marquee signing)
-And a striker (have no idea who that could be

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Stop using the word marquee it's totally irrelevant!!!

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Id much rather have martinez than hazard, if we sign kagawa where would hazard play?

id like to see a midfield/forward like this:

____martinez_cleverley____
toniv_____kagawa____young
__________rooney________

(also just to add, if hazard does sign for us im guessing real will want him in a few seasons so he could have a good resale value..)

i can't see gaitan coming in unless nani leaves, which i think would be backwards... why replace nani with someone worse?

so ins:
kagawa
clyne
martinez
cissokho/izzaguirre
lewandowski

JK92

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I agree to a point, Hazard will be a big loss to SAF if he chooses City and it will mean that we probably sign one or two more than we would have signed if he had come to the club.

I'm having more reservations about Clyne as the deal seems to be taking so so long, thats why i think perhaps Debuchy will come in instead. Maybe SAF wants the experience of Debuchy? Or maybe both as Clyne can cover the left back spot too i suppose. That in all likelihood will be all of the defensive changes.

Kagawa i think is a dead cert, we will confirm the deal as soon as we can.

Gaitan is probably the back up choice to Hazard, but if we don't get Hazard then i'd rather we stick with what we have on the wings and go all out to sign Martinez and a striker. If Hazard comes in no established striker will join, but if he doesn't then it is possible that one will arrive. Maybe someone like David Villa, Higuain, Llorente, van Persie or Droga perhaps?

I think its fair to say that a lot depends on Hazard.

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Hazard would be a great buy for sure but judging from his brother's comments on twitter he's heading to City ('as they are champions' is in essence what he said).

The Hazard marquee signing is remarkably similar to the Sneijder 'one that got away', i.e. £30m+ transfer fee and £200k pw + wages. We have to accept that we just dont have that type of dough anymore :( Or at least not for one player.

Difference is no-one else was in for the Dutchman so he stayed put. Thats not the case with Hazard.

We need to invest in 3 or 4 players. That in itself means there can not be a blockbuster signing given our continuing financial constraints.

On a more personal note Young Eden is playing a very hazardous (pun intended) game by openly courting / teasing both City and United. That's fine when you're tweeting from France but he does realise he will be living in Manchester at some point does he not ? He's either gonna p*ss off the Bitters or us. Not the smartest move. And not necessarily the 'character' that Uncle Fergus will go for in my book.

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You're not allowed to use the term marquee on here anymore, (eds prefer to call them large tents) ;)

Red Spark

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I honestly believe Hazard is Heading for City, just because he wants to grow faster and by growing I mean money wise, He is a true talent but would be hugely mistaken if he choices city because have already enough big names in the midfield area and unlike United which offers their young players a chance to grow and truly master football.

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16 May 2012 16:37:55
I was just wondering and thinking about the comments I think it was sheringham made about fergie still wanting Sneijder. I know the man has been injured this year but do people think he would be a quality signing for anything under 20 million. Surely he could arrive and play the role Scholes is currently playing as his passing is equally as good as Scholes. However my only worry with him is that he seems to have a big ego and attitude problem so I am not sure whether he would like to be in a squad that may alternate their team weekly to give youngsters a chance next season like Cleverley.
So i am not sure whether he would fit in. It also appears as those we will be playing 3 in midfield next season so he would fit in our system but maybe our squad and the mentality of the squad. What does everyone else think?
The red Manc

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Under 20 million yes, but there is no chance he would come for that little

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We wouldn't buy Kagawa and Sneijder.

Sydney!

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Sneijder has had one good season at club level, since leaving Ajax, he was poor at Real, mostly injured at Inter, except for their triple season, when he was good. He excels at playing for Holland, but is average at the club game, except when at Ajax and in Inters triple season. Also he is going to be 28 by next season and through injury his body is an old 28, as is his Barnett.I say leave him alone, for 20 million or under,we could get Eriksson, or M'vila, or Dembale, or quite a few other midfielders.
Mik

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Sneider is a class footballer and yes he was injured a lot in the last two seasons is he any differnet to Anderson for us? We need experience in midfield and I cannot see us spending more than £20 million on any player. We need to buy proven quality am sick of us buying young players we need experience.

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I don't want him purely because he wanted over 200k pw he's seemingly injured continuously
Stuff him I say

Pardoe

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His passing is not equal to Scholes. He plays alot of nearly balls, which look good without end product. He can be more like Giggs at times, trying an overly ambitious pass for the sake of it... Which sometimes come off... Sometimes ;)

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16 May 2012 16:17:40
Robert Lewandowski-

"I do not know what will happen in two months," he said.

"I've also thought, 'What more can I accomplish with Dortmund?' Difficult."

hearing that, it could be possible for united to go for a double swoop for him and kagawa... berba could be used part of the deal?

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Your missing his quotes about the interest of Bayern Munchen just before it

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This one will grow legs as we move into the summer transfer window. If Dortmund are to sell Lewandowski, I'd imagine they'd prefer it to be to a club outside Germany. I wouldn't think they'd want to sell to their domestic rivals.

To be fair to Lewandowski, he's being ambitious (and probably greedy) about his prospects; Manchester United's interest has been a catalyst, and I wouldn't be surprised if he turned down Dortmund's new contract offer after hearing of Manchester United's interest.

The ball is firmly in Dortmund's court. What do they do? Hold on to him for another year and hope to convince him to extend his stay in the process, or just cash in now and look to bring in someone else in his place? Like Lewandowski himself said, I guess we'll find out in 2 months...

You've got to love transfer windows...

James.

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16 May 2012 16:09:17
Shinji Kagawa, having revealed talks with Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, is set to fly back to Manchester next week with his agent to negotiate a deal.

Sources close to the player say that he was very impressed with what the United chief had to say about Kagawa's role in the team, and he has been convinced to sign a deal with the Old Trafford club.

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16 May 2012 14:48:23
SAF's big money signing will be Luca Modric. He will also go in for James McCarthy from Wigan who will take on the Scholes role and renew his partnership with Cleverley. And finally he will take a punt on young Jordan Rhodes from Huddersfield.

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Can't see United paying the 40 million plus Spurs would insist on. Plus Modric is far more like a younger version of Scholes than McCarthy is. Including sales we'll only have 40 -50 million to spend, can't see us parting with the whole kitty on Modric. Kagawa- 7million, M'vila 16million, Cissoko 15million, Debale 10million, Clyne for 2 million sounds a lot better than Modric and small change to me
Mik

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What do you mean mccarthy from wigan. why not anyone from anywhere.

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16 May 2012 14:44:05
Kagawa has a meeting with wenger this week also and wenger speaks his lingo so i wouldnt believe he is a cert just yet.
Ste73

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Where have you got this from?

phil

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Wenger speaks his lingo !! Blimy; is their no end to Wengers talents - but speaking Japaneese as well - my hat off to the guy
Mike

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He has no meetings this week he is in Japan to play for his country
ARB

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Well this is a load of rubbish because he is going to be in Japan for the next couple weeks because of there international friendlies and he is visiting his family.

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He's already in Japan.

Ozwald

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Wenger use to manage in japan but i can only see kagawa going to utd

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16 May 2012 13:33:28
so kagawa (needs time to make a decision on his future), look shinji we want players who WANT to wear the shirt, not mercenaries like citeh, take your talent elsewhere if you feel like that, you should be honoured that sir alex is in for you !

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What is it with these strange posts? Are they the same person by any chance? Kagawa cannot make a decision until Dortmund and United agree a fee. At this moment in time he is still a Dortmund player and cannot comment until a deal has been done between the two clubs.

Sydney!

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Get over yourself, its a huge decision moving country, especially when you don't speak the language that well. He has many decisions to make, finding a house, learning the language, many things have to be done. There is more to a players life than playing on match day, so he has to make sure everything is right. Let him take his time, mull over his options then come to a deision. That way we know that we have a player prepared to fully commit to the club.

RedDevil19

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Jesus Christ can people stop reading in to what he said and why?! Maybe he has been advised to say that for now, maybe he was mis translated? I think he's signing and I think he has said that to keep his head down until it happens!
Carl

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You got it wrong lad he wants to join MUFC that's obvious we just need to wait for the deal to be struck. He wants us, we want him he will be a red don't worry! Quite simply If Fergie wants him at the club he would have convinced him yesterday. He said he wants to choose a team where he has a challenge, he means us he cant state he's a red until the deal is done and it will be!


RedMUFC

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Ed's please limit this kinda crap in the future :/ people that have no idea..

Ozwald {Ed001's Note - wouldn't that limit the site to Rainfish talking to himself then? ;o)}

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I will take your wisdom into consideration

xxx shinji

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You can't blame kagawa for looking at other options, I would be gutted if he chose a different club, the same goes for hazard. They probably want to know where the club ambitions lie and heard giggs and scholes are staying on for another season. Is that ambition? Legends that they are surely it was time to retire. Kagawa, hazard/Rodriguez, Martinez and a few young prospects would be ideal. Will it happen or is this more propaganda to sell season tickets. Either way saf needs to buck his ideas up and get rid of the average players that are not good enough. Big summer ahead

Abs

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Well he can't sign yet anyway so he can have time to think about it

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You sound like a spoiled brat. kagawa has a right to take a bit of time when this could potentially be one of the biggest decisions of his career. If everyone had that attitude we wouldn't sign anyone.

CnM

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Please stop being a numpty,where has he said anything about not wanting to play for utd?maybe he has to consider his family and so what if he takes his time over the decision,this isnt football manager,did you honestly expect him to come out yesterday and say he had signed for utd?posts like this do my head in.

phil

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Dont think he looks at this webpage either.

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Agree completely with everyone else who replied to this post. It's obvious that he wants to play for us, but clearly there's a lot of things to consider when moving country. Playng football only makes up a part of that. He moved from Japan to Germany 2 years ago which was a huge change in itself, so why shouldn't he have a good think about if the move is right for him?

Put the shoe on the other foot, and imagine yourself to have the opportunity to work for a multi national organisation in Japan. You wouldn't just pack your bags and catch the next plane to Tokyo, without fully considering all of your options, would you? The guy is class, and will really add to us creatively WHEN he does sign!

South Eastern Red

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16 May 2012 17:35:51
http://www.espnstar.com/football/premier-league/news/detail/item654279/Arsenal-eye-Shinji-Kagawa-swoop/

He says The Premiership is one of the leagues I want to challenge. If it is Man United, I'll be still more eager to go and try how much I can do there

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Having sent this post in , i am dissapointed with the response of certain posters,are we now such an average attraction to the worlds so called elite, that they need time to think over a move, and dont give me all that crap about needing time to consider his future, kagawa has known for months he was leaving dortmund, your naivety is laughable

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16 May 2012 13:17:21
For those of you without MUTV here is a link to last nights highlights:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts3UCDvpPrw

Hobbes

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Much Obliged!

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16 May 2012 13:04:30
LB - Izaguirre from Celtic, 7m, Man Utd have shown previous intrest but he broke his leg last summer.

kev88

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Celtic fan ere f off !!!!

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Not even close to be good enough to play for Man Utd

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He's already ruled out a move to United

Red Spark

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Miles better than Evra, and most other LBs in EPL. Sign him up SAF!!

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Ok rafael and fabio Anderson

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16 May 2012 12:13:35
Good to hear that it is true Kagawa has met with Sir alex, he spoke good words about the manager so im guessing its only a matter of time before he confirms the deal! plus David Gill says he knows his transfer targets and money is available, i really do believe we need to bring in a striker who can score goals! for me Demba ba has a buyout clause of around 7m?! worth a go?-jono

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I read a report the other day that he was supposedly frustrated at newcastle and was looking for a way out. It'd be great to have him and rooney bullying defenders, would cost a lot less than the likes of cavani and stuff too.

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Glad you didn't say Cisse, i mean he's good at scoring goals but kind of like Chico, he's a bit hit and miss with passing. Ba is better i think, slight lack of confidence since his international teammate came along but for £7m could be worth considering. Think the price will go up because they'll be a lot of interest.

Ozwald

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Yeah considering he has premier league experience aswel! would not mind him at all.

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Has terrible knees and we of all clubs should know what that means..........

Stuey

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Ye but 7m it would be worth the risk

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16 May 2012 11:29:48
Shinji Kagawa: "Sir Alex Ferguson gave me good words. It would be good to play in the Premier League."


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16 May 2012 11:26:19
Realistically united will get kagawa, gaitan, clyne and fingers crossed modric! i dont think i want that mercenary hazard in our team. If we can get 100M off the glazers then we should aquire martinez (26M), Kagawa (8M), Gaitan (23M) or Modric(30M), Clyne (free/compensation), a LB (who i have no suggestions for, but def not Baines!) and if they were extra generous then a striker aswell (maybe the falcon, papa cisse, llorente, soldado or cavani). We def have to ship out the likes of Berbatov, Owen, Macheda, Park and Carrick and loan out a few of the younger players like Fabio, Petrucci etc. I would also like to think that scholes and giggs both would have far less playing time next season and could maybe influence the squad in other ways. What do u reckon?

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Plus fergi has already said scholes will be playing 25-30 games next season easy so that is most of the season, can people use their heads and actually think before they say anything
ky87

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You really think fergi is gonna spend 100m or even get 100m off the glazers, get real wel get 50 at a push anythin else will come from outgoings probably 10-15m xtra and thats being optomistic idiots sayin we need that player for 20-30m n this one and that one, adding up to like 100-120m, when has fergi or utd even ever spent that much , wel probs get 3 players max kagawa looks a cert n that will probably leave us with 40m if fergi decides to invest in other areas which i doubt, i think we are going for hazard and kagawa as our main targets i dont see us gettin anyone else with scholes and giggs staying, the other players will prob be promoted from reserves, tunncliffe, keane twins and one or two others fergi's already stated this, i think if we do buy anyone else it will be a forward to replace berba or owen who both will probably stay, so to sum up i think kagawa cert and hazard depending on city = sorted for next season ky87

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Carrick will not be sold.
Fergie loves the guy and is constantly talking him up. Carrick will be our main man for 3 or 4 more years yet so anyone hoping he will be sold will be disappointed.
Besides, he's clearly one of our better midfielders.

Bob

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Carrick being sold??!

No chance.

M.D.

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I rate fletcher higher than carrick does anyone know when fletcher will be back ?

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If the right players are available the cash will be there! we spend just under £60 million last year and had enough for Snjider between 25-30 million. I think we will spend around £80 million net on 4-5 players withe 4 going out.

JJR

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So the original poster reckons Modric will go for 30 million, more like 40 million, He also thought that Martinez will go for 26 million, again closer to 40 million.IMO Martinez is worth 40 million and Modric is worth 25 million. Modric is 27 later this year, Martinez is 23 and can play CB, dm and box to box.
Mik

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I thought SAF said that the keanes and tuncliffe is going out on loan? so i don't get why people are saying that they are getting to promoted to first team.

HV

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16 May 2012 10:52:59
So Kagawa has met Fergie and said...

"I want to think hard before making my decision," he added. "I want to choose a team where I can take on challenges."

Trust me, if you came to us, it would be one big challenge!

Not exactly encouraging words from a player I thought would be a dead cert to sign. No doubt he wants more money but also I wouldn't be surprised if we've given him an average package.

I wouldn't be surprised if this deal is dead now.

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This is a much better, more mature, more professional and ultimately, more promising response from a player. Certainly beats the likes of Hazard playing to the media with silly comments every other day.

Don't get me wrong, I would love a talent at Hazard at Old Trafford. The reaity is that a player like Kagawa won;t be thinking 'stepping stone', he will come to Manchester United belieiving that he is taking on the biggest challenge of his life, playing for the greatest club in the world!

MDJ

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Complete agree with you. By the way, I wrote the initial post. I would love Kagawa to come to United. To be fair, I'd love any half decent attacking midfielder to come to United but his attitude has to be right and "for the team" which Kagawa certainly looks like a team player, unlike Hazard's comments which suggests he'll fit in well at city.

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16 May 2012 10:46:59
If we manage to get Lewandowski,Hummels,and Kagawa from Dortmund;Clyne,Gaitan/Hazard;Alba/Baines and Martinez i believe we will be home and dry....,at the same time releasing others....Edd any chance we can get the 7 above {Ed007's Note - No.}

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You can't seriously expect United to make 7 signings.

Bob

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You can't seriously expect to sign 3 players from the same club at the same time. Has that ever been done before at this level?

M.D.

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I think you've come on the wrong Manchester club page!

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16 May 2012 10:43:21
Kagawa has been in talks with Fergie. Said the chat went well and he is just waiting to see if this is the right club for him.

Brooksy

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He stated a while ago it's his dream club, clearly wants the move he's just focusing on international duties and waiting for United and Dortmund to sort out the fee etc.

I'm just wondering what shirt number he'll get? Got a feeling Owen is staying with us next season on a pay as you play because he loves United however he could give up the number 7 shirt for Shinji! Exciting times.

Ozwald

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Yeah I think Owen will be sold in the summer, he ain't played a game for a while now, too much competition for places

Brooksy

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16 May 2012 10:06:53
I hate to say it but am gutted MCFC won the title but as history goes we always come back stronger. With a few signings we should be okay. My take is that we require a RB to rival Rafael, a LB to push Evra, two CM's one more defensive minded than the other, a left footed LW and a striker to replace Berbatov.
RB - Debuchy/Clyne/Sime Vrsjalko
LB - Izaguirre/Cissokho
CM - Strootman/Fellaini/Kovacic/Sahin/Cabaye/Allen/Kagawa/Bender/Barkley/Baldej/Sigurdson/De Marcos
LW - Gaitan/Tadic/Gaston R/McClean/Hazard/Muniain/Tello
ST - Henriquez/E.Torres/Lewandowski/Rodrigo/Llorente

Then next summer we could get a replacement for Rio like Pique, Hummels

Mancunian Red.

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16 May 2012 08:41:27
I'm usually very level headed when it comes to my expectations for United's transfers, but I seem to be getting encouraged by what I hear/read on this site.

Sadly I don't think we will get Martinez (gutted about) or Hazard (unconvinced how much of a success he'll be in another league - potential to be like Pastore). I believe we will sign the following players:

- Kawaga (for once some real value in the market)
- Gaitan (better than a lot of people on this site give credit for)
- An Unknown Player, unless Pogba stays (which I doubt).

Gazza

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16 May 2012 08:39:59
I think that kagawa is tryng get other teams involved in the race to sign him because he said he had good talks with fergie but then said he wants a club with chalenges,if he realy wanted united so
Much he wouldnt have said anything along those lines but would have come out praising fergie and united

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Rubbish,and he did praise Sir Alex so im not sure what your talking about,just because nothing was agreed yesterday doesnt mean anything,these things take time.

phil

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He is talking about United you plum. We are a team that challenges. He cannot do nothing but sit and wait now until United and Dortmund agree a fee. Then he can have further discussions with the club.

Sydney!

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Could he not be saying he wants a club with challenges and thats why he wants to play at united.
Why do people always hear interviews or quotes and pick the negatives out of it.
jenny

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He is still dortmund player that's why,so he can't say anything more,till united and dortmund have agree for his fee.

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16 May 2012 07:40:06
Kagawa deal is done, won't be announced for ages though as he has a few games for his country coming up and doesn't want the hype to affect him whilst playing for his country. Great signing (if indeed what I have been told is true lol)

United Till I Die 1987

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Who told you that? I mean it very well could be done but there are only a few people in the world i can think of that know it's a done deal at the moment..

Ozwald

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Ozwald - Not from the most reliable of 'Sources' but has told me a few things that have turned out true in the past and is well connected with United in particular. Hope it's true, pinch of salf and all that.

United Till I Die 1987

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16 May 2012 09:43:07
Surely if Drogba is yet to sign a new deal with Chelsea we have to be interested in him? He'd be a good option for Barca, but i would love him here for a season or two. With the experience that we will be losing he would be a good addition to the squad and would come with no fee, just a reasonably high wage.

RedDevil19

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Just cost more than £10m a season in wages. Why would you want a big diving ponce like that in our team?

Sydney!

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Manutd don't sign players over 27 years so forget it.

ferdcoast

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I hate people that say we don't sign anyone over 27, sheringham, larsson and blanc all over 27.

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Whatever you say Sydney he is still one of the best strikers in the world who can do damage to any defence. Its no different to having a lazy 'ponce' like Berbatov in the team as you politely put it. Drogba is world class and at the moment is better than Welbeck and Hernandez. He'd be an invaluable and very smart buy for us.

RedDevil19

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16 May 2012 09:40:56
Many deals look like they could be being sorted soon, i think the Kagawa one will be complete within two weeks after he met with SAF yesterday and also Hazard says that he will decide his future on Monday, you would think that means he has at least two offers on the table, probably from us and City. Hopefully he joins us! I'm surprised the Nathaniel Clyne deal is taking so long, perhaps SAF wants more experience in Debuchy and then get someone like Jetro Williems. SAF must be thinking about this as otherwise why would the deal be taking so long?

RedDevil19

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I guess hazard is off to city,the way he talk about them,he say city have very strong squad with nice project. about united he just said we all know about sir alex and his talent squad. so i got feeling he'll go to city.1)they invite him to manchester.2) according to news paper he want £200k a week,we can't offer that kind of money. our small chance to sign him is playing time,he'll definitely going to start at united.

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16 May 2012 09:25:53
I have heard from a colleague of mine who is based in France that Hazard wants to move to UTD, yet the only firm offer currently on the table is from citeh hence his cryptic message about playing in Red or Blue.

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16 May 2012 09:22:19
Any news on this Fischer from Ajax and Jetro Willems from PSV. Apparently we've got scouts in Holland checking on these players. Could one or both be added to our young squad?

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Just going to repeat David Gill from the other night, these youngsters are constantly monitored all year round.. It's what the scouting teams do so it's not unusual for these players to be watched. They could be seriously considered in the future maybe but just because a player is being scouted, does not mean that we're even close to buying them in some cases!

Ozwald

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16 May 2012 07:11:21
there has been interest in kovacic from manutd's side in the past.....Ed,do you think we will go for the boy once again this summer?

RED DEVIL FOR LIFE {Ed002's Note - We'll see.}

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This player looks an exciting prospect. If it's just a few million comp then I'd say a few teams will be in for him. We are losing Pogba maybe so it would cheer a lot of fans up in bringing another top young player in.

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16 May 2012 04:49:03
I have little to no interest in what city or any other club do in transfer market but i do belive it is time we made a statement and signed/spent big, would love us to get 2/3 of the following; martinez, modric, higuain or lloriente hazard/goetze or walker from spurs, would also like to see us take a chance on mccarthy from wigan, think he has a big future.... but the reality is different, the fact that scholes/giggs (great players though they are) have signed on for another year means theres an excuse for not singing an AM/winger. Also i get worried that Gill has already come out with the usual "there are funds available", this is usually followed by "theres no value in the market". With the signings of jones/smalling/young etc last year would expect more youth with the idea of building a team for the long term

Players out should be:
Berbatov...doesnt suit our play
Evra..pls has cost us so many goals this season
Carrick... as no one ever seems to score from his sideways/backwards passing.
NANI...not consistent enough
Rio...passed it
Anderson...too injury prone and is eating all the pies

As for Pogba, the fact that he has dragged his heels for so long, just pack his bags and send him on his way.

While my ideal players in are above i think its more likly we will go for:
clyne 2mil
gaitan could be the "marquee" signing, but i think would be a huge mistake as dont rate this guy at all.
and a couple of other 3-4 mil young with great potential players.

i hope i am wrong but i see a barren few years ahead.

sd

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You want to get rid of most of our midfield? Dream on mate! We will sell berbs and Owen and buy 2-3 players. We only lost on goal difference we aren't going to sell 7-8 players.

JJR

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You'd sell Rio, yea ok mate back to footy manager please

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16 May 2012 03:27:45
Hey ed's,just wondering with the kagawa deal looking like it could happen and the sickening thought of missing hazard..is there a chance we could move for muniain/james rodriguez?and is there any signs of a centre mid like strootman being looked at?thanks {Ed002's Note - Muniain was touted around the clubs on behalf of Bilbao in January - and the two clubs in England that were approached were Chelsea and Manchester United. The asking price was 40M euros. They won't get it because I don't think clubs would risk half of that on a player who is young and has had some off field issues. If the price comes down to a reasonable level I can see interest from several English clubs including Manchester United and Liverpool. Roma interest is still there and rumours abound of Juventus and Malaga interest but perhaps an eventual move to Barcelona beckons. As of a couple of weeks ago, two clubs had spoken to Porto about James Rodrigues and Manchester United was not one of them. Bayern Munich have been looking carefully at Rodrigues as an alternative to Dries Mertens. The other club is Palermo. I would not be surprised if Manchester United had been having the player watched but they may be reluctant to pay the sort of fee Porto would be looking for. Manchester United are looking at Kevin Strootman who has previously been watched by Liverpool but I would be surprised if PSV would look to sell just yet. I would expect plenty of interest if he does become available.}

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16 May 2012 01:14:54
What Guillem Balague has said avout Higuian is...

-He wants to leave...
-Mourinho has told him he isn't leaving and is trying to convince him
- 2 offers from England, but he has his mind set on accepting PSGs offer....

Looks like the money has won again :/

MPez

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Higuain sucks.i don't understand this obsession!
bLaZe.

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"Higuain sucks"? I bet you think Benzema is far better? Well Higuain scored more league gOals than Benzema in over 500 minutes less football than him, but yes...terrible!

MPez

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Higuan was born in France. U can't always assume players make decisions based on money.

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'Higuain sucks'

Haha. You must be Blazing if you think that mate. Why would madrid be trying to keep him if he 'sucked'?

He would be my top choice of any striker if he were to become available.

I posted Balague saying the same thing about a month ago MPez mate but at that time the agent had spoken to PSG but nothing more. Could be the developement with PSG has forced Real to go public with wanting him to stay.

He would suit the Prem very well IMO.

Jono

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End of the day who cares whether Higuain is good or not. He'll never come to MUFC. It was just the other day SAF stated that United buy young, developing talent as opposed to "proven goods" which is exactly what Mr. Higuain is! Please get used to that..

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15 May 2012 23:27:53
Well, Guillem Balague has basically come out and said that Alba has agreed a contract with Barca and all that awaits is the agreement of a fee. More interestingly though is the fact that he said Barca can't afford Martinez. They need 3 or 4 players so can't splash out on one. Allegidly they have about 30 million euros.

What does this mean for us?

Well, it effects two potential targets in Bale and Martinez. Both of which will be expensive. Even with sales its unlikely that Barca will be able to afford either, so that knocks out another team from the race. Its mainly now between us Madrid and City. Its great news that Barca are potentially out of the race for these players. Hopefully we can get Martinez, Kagawa and Hazard with Bale going to Madrid.

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RedDevil19

Sounds good mate but I recall Barcelona claiming last season all their money was put aside for Fabregas and then they found some extra to snatch Sanchez so I wouldn't believe to much from that club!

I do hope it is true though, would love Martinez, I wonder if De Gea could be an important factor in that deal?

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RedDevil19, if we sign those 3 I will piss my pants..... lol..

still would like a lb but those 3 signings would transform our team .......

_________ De Gea

Raf _ Vidic _ Smalling _ Fabio

_________ Martinez

____ Cleverly _ Kagawa

Nani ____ Rooney __ Hazard

the front 5 would destroy teams...

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Bale won't be going anywhere this summer, Levy will make sure of that

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Barcelona are never out of the race my friend. Look at the Sanchez deal, they managed to get him for a measly £20m with most of the fee in add-ons. The Spanish two are very crafty.

Sydney!

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What it will also have an effect on is who is available from Barca.

Thiago, Villa, Sanchez have all interested us in the past so we could revisit those avenues again.

Thiago would be a top signing if we could get him without any buy back clause.

Jono

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16 May 2012 00:21:18
Eden Hazard have lot of skills, but does any of you watch im week in week out? He is lazy, never chase back and go completely quiet for long period in game.

Yes its true he have unbelievable skills, can score goal and make some but i dont believe he is the player with the attitude than we need.

We need playmaker with courage and winning mentality. This player his maybe not in the market right now but we dont have to make some silly move like City are about to do.

The young Kagawa his better all around player than Hazard will ever be. People who speak so high of Eden have probably just watch him on youtube.

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I agree with what u say. bt when ronaldo ws playin for us i dont remember him ever tracking bk and we all loved and still love him. i think if hazard cn deliver performances like ronaldo did then id b more than happy to have him in our team.

T45

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If he scored 20 and made 15 every season, who'd care if he stayed up field

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Might be controversial here, but we don't want flair players that are using us as a stepping stone for the big two in Spain. Rather than another Ronaldo, we need another Roy Keane.

If only we could get Schweinsteiger...

Kagawa is class though, but still a poor mans Gotze - and Dortmund know this.

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I actually agree with this post, looks like we are set to sign kagawa after his meeting with fergie, id be happy with martinez and kagawa in mid then a left back for the summer and if funds there a striker. this IMO would be ebnough to compete again next year in league and europe

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You right we lack that Ronaldo factor. I think this should be down to young/nani/valencia.

What i want is some kind of Michael Ballack or Pavel Nedved in their Prime.

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JLBER84

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Was Ronaldo not the type of player we needed? We have plenty of hard workers in the team...Rooney, Valencia, Jones, Young, Welbeck, Cleverley and even Carrick puts a shift in when he needs to. We lost the title on goal difference and that was because we didnt create and put away enough chances. That is why we need Hazard.

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