Manchester United Rumours Archive May 19 2014

19 May 2014 19:00:54
Thought I'd join in with the songs as it seems a bit of fun

Goodbye Mr A - The Hoosiers

Goodbye David Moyes, you promised you would help us but you defended too much

Goodbye David Moyes, you had none of the answers and no special touch

Van Gaal has replaced you
Your number is up
His attacking football
Will show you up

Yes this is my favorite one so far

You really should've rhymed up with cup bro

19 May 2014 00:28:10
Hey eds/all,
Hope all are good just a quick question and apologies if I have asked already but I just genuinely can't remember, are united still interested in William carvalho or was the interest dropped by van gaal?also is Memphis depay a target?thanks

{Ed002's Note - The interest remains right now but that could change with the new manager. Monaco should not be discounted.}

20 May 2014 09:12:38
Ed02, a lot of media sources saying the Carvalho deal has been put on hold. That has been ever since the Moyes sacking. Maybe LvG has other preferences?

{Ed002's Note - Perhaps he does.}

19 May 2014 09:38:54
According to Duncan Castles MU are favourites to sign Sagna. He must have a good source in France as he was spot on with Pogba and Evra.

In all honesty it would not surprise me at all. LVG will want an immediate fix as well as bringing through some youth. He has said in interviews as well that the age of a player does not concern him. For this reason I think that he will have no hesitation in bringing in some world class players regardless of age - Sagna and Robben are probably on his list. Both would probably be around for three years by which time Rafael will hopefully of improved and Janko will be around. Also Januzaj will be a world beater.

Or in 3 years time we will need a new manager after lvg has done his 2/3 year stint and another rebuild.
Will raf sit on the bench at 24 years old, I would of thought he would want first team footy.
Cole for lb?
Could lvg talk puyol into it?

Everyone to the own but teams that have gone down the route of buying established 30 + year old players don't develop there youth as the route to the first team is blocked by in this case 31 year olds on 100k a week.

Rafael could leave according to the editor, so could it be Sagna with Varela as back-up? Varela rotating with Sagna for a couple of years could make sense.

Don't get me wrong, I am not all for bringing in 31 year old players. He is free, but would want £100k a week and a signing on fee. Would he play ahead of Zab?

Perhaps MU will be a better option for him and it does seem MU are talking with him and his agent.

Jred, I cannot understand your objections. Would you not have bought RVP then because he was getting on? Every squad needs experience, the experience in the starting line up would be RVP, Robben and Sagna, all of whom are thirty. The rest of the squad is filled with teenagers like Shaw and Januzaj or players in the peak years like Mata. It is about balance.

We also need to give young Janko time to step up. I think either Janko or Varela will make it and if Rafael is leaving, then Sagna makes even more sense. I can't think of many better right backs that we could buy, can you?

Syd
Your quite right he wouldn't be good enough to get in to the city first team, so he will be fine for the united first team.
I would rather have cole at lb, honestly

19 May 2014 11:29:34
He should only be allowed to sign if he gets a haircut. Lol

Cole is over two years older than Sagna.

Not sure I'd go for Sagna, but it seems we are interested.

I'd rather stick with rafa, he had a poor season last year but who didnt? Season before he was fantastic. Buy shaw for LB and hopefully have two fullbacks for the next 7/8 years.

Fresh
Hes not that good he wasnt that good when he was 21 never mind 31.
there are a lot of good players out there, we have a lot of money why buy sagna?
If sagna played for us people would want him replaced just like evra.

Its not hard we should be building a team for the future not a team for tomorrow .

For some reason some people seem to think that every single player we are linked to is EXACTLY what we need

{Ed004's Note - I agree 100% and Sagna is not what we need. We need to address other areas of the pitch more than a rb. I would rather but a young rb like Arias than go for Sagna}

Do we genuinely hold an interest in Sagna or is the Sagna camp using MU to get their client a more lucrative City contract? Many of us are hoping for the latter, but nonetheless we do still have an issue at RB. Rafael is unreliable 75% of the time and injured for 50% of the season. RB is a position we need to sort out. Cannot deal with another season of Jones and Smalling at RB.

I think Sagna would be a great option as I have posted before. He would see more game time with us rather than playing at City.
As for getting someone young in, we would still have Rafael for that, along with Varela.
What would be the point exactly in bringing in a third young RB?

Jred, personally I don't think every name out there is ideal, e.g. Draxler. Sagna would do a job for a season or two along with Rafael until the promising Janko is ready. And Shappy, his hair is still better than Fellaini's ;)

Sagna is not what we need at all hope this is crap and city go all out on wages for him lol