Manchester United Rumours Archive June 17 2012

17 Jun 2012 22:57:42
Been to Old Trafford today at the United shop. Staff in there were hinting of 2 more signings a striker and midfielder. They were saying with the departure of Berbatov and Owen Fergie always believes of having 4 strikers. But that leaves us with 3, Rooney, Welbeck and Hernandez. And they said 2 midfielders were always a priority. Now that Kagawa is in the bag one more should be on the way. No names were mentioned.

Wow can't believe the top brass at old Trafford divulge our transfer activity to staff earning minimum wage . Maybe all are signings are approved by the club shop staff first

This is brilliant ... Because united megastore workers would be the first people to hear about transfer targets .. Jesus!

Perhaps the guys in the chippy on the corner know when ferguson is retiring as well?

Hallis

Powell is a midfielder, doesn't that make 2?

Forilla

Don't the guys in the superstore actually work for Nike? They'll probably know wen the t90's are expected!

Went into McDonald's today. Staff in there were saying United have Messi in the bag.

Boyley

Nick powell makes it four strikers

Don't believe the macdonalds staff, told me the same thing last season and I'm still waiting!lol, mind, was tempted by the Michael Jackson concert tickets they were selling for a tenner!lol

Charla

I'm trying to picture what kind of winking and nudging these amazing Megastore staff would be doing for you to realise they were "hinting"? ;)

Perhaps they were trying to sell you a Berbatov shirt in the Clearance sale, before whispering "you could get a shirt that has 'New Mystery Striker' on the back for half price"?

17 Jun 2012 21:47:36
luciano narsingh and adam maher any known interest in these two players both young future of dutch football commentator on itv mentioned them only seen them play a few times both super talented cjwales82 {Ed002's Note - As far as we are aware there has been no interest in Narsingh from anyone other than Ajax and Fulham. Nothing recent on Maher.}

17 Jun 2012 19:04:06
Does anyone know if we have any interest in casemiro from sao paolo hes a strong DM and is still young. Do any of the eds know

united4life97 {Ed002's Note - Sao Paulo's Casemiro will perhaps move to Genoa in a part ownership deal with Inter but there is a chance of the player being priced out of the market this summer.}

He's a box to box rather than a conventional dm good player though a beast would suit the prem

Ed, for the uneducated amongst us, would u mind explaining briefly how these part ownership's work? {Ed002's Note - It is simply a financial agreement where the rights to the player are owned not by a single club, but by more than one party. This could be two football clubs, a club and an agent, a club and an investor. English clubs can be part owners of players, but players with part ownership are not allowed tyo play in England.}

Would love to see him signed, hes going to be quality in 4 years or so.

Daniel

17 Jun 2012 15:04:53
David Gill was asked on a priority list of 1-3 where did kagawa and Powell stand, he said 2 and 3. Hopefully Modric is 1, he is the player we need to dominate this league.
-BIGRed

Where is the source for this?

Source ?

Pip

Do you really believe Gill would tell the world that Kagawa was not a first choice signing, would not do his moral much good would it ...............

I'm assuming number 1 would of been hazard?

Chris!

"Do you really believe Gill would tell the world that Kagawa was not a first choice signing, would not do his moral much good would it"

I am not sure that is what he meant, he meant out of the list of targets Kagawa and Powell were number 2 & 3 respectively. Not that Kagawa was 2nd choice for his position and Powell was 3rd choice for his position.

Sydney!

Either way i am gutted...

where are 4th and 5th...?

if powell was 3rd then we are only getting 3 in... so no lb........

modric and then that is it....

Doesn't sound like the kind of conversation David Gill would have on record.
Agree with the poster who said saying that would do Kagawa no good at all.
Can't see Gill prioritising new signings like that at all.
Saying that Kagawa is less important/necessary than some other unnamed player seems a tad fanciful to be honest and not the best way to support new players.

Bob

Why is there no 4th, 5th or even 6th signing? All he has said is Kagawa was number two, Powell number three. Where does it say there is no 4th, 5th or more signings?

Sydney!

I wouldn't be to dissapointed, I can't find any source saying Gill has said this and I also don't think he would be that stupid. You don't get to be Chief Executive at the biggest club in the world if you leak to the press or just anyone about priority targets.

Red Joe

Please give a link (if it's t**tter don;t bother), Sounds far to unprofessional for David Gill to say.
Mik

17 Jun 2012 13:34:51
hey guys i was just wondering before alex oxlade chamberlain joined arsenal did we try and sign him? {Ed007's Note - Utd approached him but the player and his father had already decided on the Arsenal move.}

17 Jun 2012 13:05:48
Where are all these allegid French reports coming from where M'Vila said he woudl choose between Man Utd and Arsenal? I can't find it anywhere...M'Vila would be a good signing, as long as the baggage that he comes with could be knocked out of him by SAF. If anyone could do it then i'm sure SAF could. He is certainly a better option than Tiote is as he cannot pass a ball at all. M'Vila would give us a bit of sting and would probably also suggest that we are going to rely on Cleverly and Scholes creativeness instead of signing the likes of Modric (i would prefer us to sign Modric).

In terms of price for M'Vila, i imagine it would be around £20 million. Getting Kagawa and M'Vila for under £40 million would be excellent business i suspect. I would still think that anothjer 'first teamer' woudl come in, but perhaps not a big name one, maybe a Nathaniel Clyne who is young but is ready to play or someone like Bryan Oveido who we need to give competition to Evra.

The only other signing i would like to see is Bale, i remain convinced that if he is available then we will go in for him. There is always room at Manchester United for a world class talent. If Kagawa plays well, then I think if we got Bale, we would possibly sell Young the following summer, then have Welbeck, Nani, Valencia and Bale as the wide options which doesn't look half bad for me.

RedDevil19

Some french reporter was reporting on it whilst at EURO 2012. Most likely including myself have seen the same french reporter tweet about it on twitter. I couldn't find his initial report but he did do one.

fearny

Some french guy who works on Radio Rennes (I think haha) or for the club itself, saod on twitter "I spoke to Yann M'Vila and he told me he will choose between Manchester United & Arsenal" and then he went on to say it was all a joke.

#Don'tGetYourKnickersInATwist

MPez

Haha, Bale, a world class talent. Good one.

Percy

I suppose some of it could have some truth as i think it was two weeks ago that it was reported two teams in the EPL had bids accepted. I would think that those two teams are Arsenal and Man Utd as i have not once seen interest from Chelsea, Liverpool, City or Spurs...

RedDevil19

Sell Young?..your clueless!

You're right, there is always room at United for world class talent, but what's that got to do with Bale?
The two just don't go together.
Nani>Bale
Young>Bale
Rooney(on the left)>Bale
Welbz(on the left)>Bale

Another person fixated on buying over priced players. Bale is no more consistent than anyone we have at the moment. And certainly not £30mil+ better than what we have.

Modric and Bale are a disaster waiting to happen.

Bob

Sorry but Nani is not better than Bale. Technically he looks better and he might have the odd game that shows him to be better, however, he is more style than substance imo and i think these contract negotiations show that we dont value him as much as he thinks.

I don't understand some of the opinions on Bale, it just boggles the mind. I've read people saying that he can't cross, he has no touch or technique.....It's madness. I mean I could start listing stats and so on, but I don't need to, just open your eyes and watch football. If we signed him, it would fantastic.

WizardOzmand

So wait, you know better then the likes of Jose Mourinho on who's a world class talent do you? Bale is definately world class and brought in to a team like Man Utd he would only get more consistent and is definately better and younger then Young and Nani 4 and 3 years respectively. I would love to see Gareth bale at MU.

Kai

Lets get realistic, its going to cost more for bale and modric than what has been reported! the other stumbling blocks are these, bale has stated he will not be moving & modric hasn't made rumblings and grumbles like he did last year & why are the spurs fans eager for him to go?

Bale is a class player and I'm sure we will be in for him again if he becomes available (we tried to get him while at Southampton remember so Uncle Fergie rates him). The Redkanpp leaving and no Champs League combo at Spurs MAY make that possible.

Nani is not better than Bale.
The obsession some have with Nani being world class is unbelievable from my perspective but life and indeed this site are about opinions.

I believe United would be a stronger team though with Bale in it rather than Nani hence as we look to be stalling on giving Nani a new contract I think his days in a United shirt are numbered.

If we had signed Hazard do we not think Nani would have gone almost immediately to part-finance the deal ? Love it or loathe it I think both he and Anderson and Berbatov have played their last games for the club.


Halesini

Unnamed poster, both Modric and Bale are considering their futures as they won't be getting Champions League football. Bale has already said that that is a problem for him and Modric would be tempted elsewhere.

RedDevil19

Really good post Halesini! Totally agree.

Kai

Despite there being a plague of agents these days, no player will finalize a deal while playing in the Euros. If you cast your minds back a couple of weeks you'll find that Nani and United said they will sort a contract out after the Euros. Bale is a good player, but he just isn't 40m+ and that's what the spuds would want. Modric may go for 30m. It is unlikely that United will pay 30m for anyone at the moment. The Glazers have far bigger debts then was believed, their businesses stateside are severely in debt, as is their team that plays the daft American version of rugby.
Mik

17 Jun 2012 11:39:28
Ed, is it true we are interested in barcelona playmaker thiago alcantara? {Ed002's Note - I am by no means convinced that Alcantara is a target. Headlines such as "United watching Alcantara" may be misleading in the close season.}

Especially when they say "as an alternative to Modric", He is far more attacking than Modric.

Sydney!

17 Jun 2012 10:27:16
Ed, any info on lucas evangelista we signed from Desportivo Brazil? Will love to see him play.augsty {Ed002's Note - He is still under 18 so I doubt that you will see him arrive until he is 18.}

Wouldn't mind seeing Linda evangalista in the red white and black too !

Dubbed 'combative yet creative'. Exactly what we need tbh.

17 Jun 2012 10:09:16
Yann M'Vila told a french journo he is hesistant between choosing United or Arsenal..answer expected within a few days.

Source? He said he likes Arsenal, didn't even talk about Man Utd.

Reading some of his replies to his followers tweets and one question was "so are united in for him"

His reply was as follows "Definetly,Ferguson came to Rennes personally a few months ago to see him play. And M'Vila is very keen on Man Utd".

Would love him in my midfield... With the news of Van Persie most likely leaving I think it would be a no-brainer deciding between the two clubs personally.

fearny

Is there any substance to this? Anyone?

I Think M'vila could be a good signing, reason being I feel his price tag is very realistic 17 million is not a stupid amount in today's market and he's a good player!

LUKE CHADWICKS LOVE CHILD

If RVP leaves, he may come to Man Utd!

He's on sky sports news this morning saying he'd like to go to arsenal,hope he realises that wouldn't do him much good n picks united though....

Andyred

Would be better value than signing Baines for £15m

17 Jun 2012 02:20:10
Apparently galatasary (spelling) have met demba ba's 7 million release clause and is in talks with the Turks

For 7 million surely if we're looking at a striker we should consider him, only if as a back up!

MUFC1990

Not according to Newcastle,so another lie being spread by the media
ARB

But would ba want to be a back up player?

Good player but he may not suit out style of play.

Mad Hatter

Fabio's agent said he's going to QPR on loan no word on going to benfica in a swap +money move for giatan

He is reportedly hanging on for a premier league teams as he is enjoying life in the premier league

fearny

If you were him would you join a club knowing you're a back up, I don't think he,s a utd player at all

Dustbin

Any team can't just slap 7mp on the table and that's that for Ba. This so called "7mp release clause" is so much deeper than that.

Got to remember that the style of play that newcastle play is alot different to ours. take carroll for example, he was playing very well there, then moves to lolerpool and hasnt worked out. yes he would be cheaper but is it really worth a chance?

melwing28