Manchester United Rumours Archive January 21 2012

21 Jan 2012 22:13:30
Daily mail at it again SAF bidding £50m for Modric,impossible SAF cant use such an amount on a single player.....Edd is this possible? jms {Ed007's Note - The clue is in the rag that is printing it.}

21 Jan 2012 21:57:58
Bit confused as to why so many people seem down on rodwell. I think he could be great under Fergie

So for some reason you think rodwell is better than anything we've already got ? He's about the same standard as Gibson

21 Jan 2012 17:42:11
Manchester United are in talks to sign Crystal Palace defender Nathaniel Clyne.

The Premier League champions have been negotiating with the Championship side over the last 72 hours in a bid to tie up a £3m deal.

But talks have stalled over when Clyne – who was so impressive in Palace’s shock Carling Cup quarter-final win over United in November – would complete a move to Old Trafford.

Palace manager, Dougie Freedman, does not want to lose his prize asset before the end of the season – particularly with his team on the verge of reaching a Wembley final.

But with the 20-year-old out of contract in the summer, he has reluctantly accepted that he won’t be able to keep hold of the highly-rated right back.

Palace know they will be in line for a payout, which will be determined by a tribunal, even if Clyne does leave because he is under 21.

They would be able to expect a figure in the region of £3m even if they decide to let his contract run down.

United do not want to take the risk of other clubs competing for the signature of a player they had tracked even before his outstanding display at Old Trafford.

Meanwhile, Palace chairman, Steve Parish, believes he could get a higher price for Clyne if other suitors join the bidding.

He is pushing hard to secure a deal similar to the one that took Chris Smalling from Fulham to United two years ago.

The England defender was signed for £10m in January 2010, but was allowed to remain at Craven Cottage until the end of the season.

Right back has become an increasing concern to Ferguson since the retirement of Gary Neville last season.

Brazilian twins, Rafael and Fabio, have suffered with injury for much of the campaign, while there are still doubts as to whether either can be the long-term solution at full back.

This season Smalling, Phil Jones and even Antonio Valencia have been played out of position on the right of defence.

Clyne perfectly fits into Ferguson’s policy of seeking the brightest British talents to secure the future of United even after he retires.

He has spent a combined £44m on Englishmen in Smalling, Jones and Ashley Young in the last two years, with Danny Welbeck and Tom Cleverley also becoming increasingly important figures at the club.

He also remains interested in Everton’s England midfielder, Jack Rodwell, who is a potential summer target.
Ellis

Why are these players being linked to us , they're un proven or proven to be average

Doubt it's true but 3m would be good business

ANd

I bet you were one of the ones who moaned about us signing Smalling, i think he would be a good signing for a very good price. Value in the market after all?

It's proven quality we badly need ie snejder etc sick of us going for young unproven players can somebody tell me if money is a problem as the last big signing we made was berbatov, last time we purchased a centre midfielder was about 4-5 years ago. Not good enough for our club.

Damian M

Where are we going with these signings.. Clyne rodwell and coleman...its a complete joke and fergie pulling wool over everybodys eyes ...we still have not learnt anything since the embarrasment of wembley vs Barca and god knows where are scouts are !!

I'd be very happy with say Clyne, Rodwell, Shaqiri and Modric (the only expensive one) between now and next season

Not every signing has to be high profile - we tend to do better business generally when it's low key e.g. hernandez, vidic, evra, smalling, jones, valencia

Gav

Gav I think you could possibly even add Ronaldo to that list as well. IMO one of the best bits of business we have done.

I think Clyne would be a good signing especially at the quoted prices and would also think Honda would be a commercially productive signing as well. I cant see anyone coming in this Jan and please correct me if I am wrong but when was the last time Fergie signed someone from a lower league? Certainly not something he is keen on and for this i'm not going to hold my breath about Clyne.

Only a few seasons ago I think Tim Cahill would have been a bargain from Millwall at 1.5 mill

jay

21 Jan 2012 14:51:41
so how many of you still want torres after that performance? Keep saying he's finished.

I want him at united, may be for £20m, and he will come good.

It will be interesting to see him beside Rooney and with the crosses from Valencia/Young/Nani....Who knows..

But,i dont think united will bid for him.

SOS

Id like him for any less than 30m.

I think his best days are gone, he made a huge mistake leaving Liverpool which has had a knock on effect on his confidence infront of goal .... HERBIE

20/30m is still ridiculous for someone who will never rediscover his top form.
I'd prefer shaqiri (not striker i know) and he would be much cheaper!

Although he didn't score, did u see his effort. everytime when norwich were on the attack he ran all the way to get a tackle in. as you see he's not given enough opportunities to get a shot in on goal. and i think because of ppeople suggesting he's lost it and he's not scored for 14 consecutive games, that is adding extra pressure on him. MOving to united i think will relieve that pressure


TRUMORS

Dont be stupid people, you can't just 'lose it'.. he hasn't been in a coma or anything so why would he just forget how to be a great footballer? He's just hugely lacking confidence and doesn't fit in at Chelsea. He's shown moments of brilliance for example his goal against us?

Ozwald

Ozwald, why are people stupid for saying similar to your comment (confidence etc), your more confusing than Puzzled.... HERBIE

Couldnt agree more, he's still a top player! If the keeper hadnt kept out his effort in the first half his miss in the second wouldnt have happend, he'd have tucked it away without a 2nd thought. He just needs a bit luck to go his way. He'd bag loads in our team.

I'd have him in our team any day of the week you just don't lose it. He's obviously not suited to Chelseas style of play

Discountdave

I do believe he still good,if he come to united with service from our midfield and our wingers he'll score goals for fun.he ain't get enough service at chelsea.him ad wayne every team will be scared.

So he hasn't scored for 14 games, but moving to United would relieve the pressure?

We are a bigger club than chelsea and loook at the stick players like Evans and Gibson get? There would be more pressure on Torres especially as we are still competing for the league. Chelsea are only fighting for 4th.

Agreed its a confidence thing, and the price tag hasn't helped. Nor has a poor manager or the wrong system.

But i think 20 million is still a large gamble and i can't se Roman taking a 30 mill loss on him. 30 million would be too high a price for an out of form, no confidence 28 year old with an injury record and clearly in decline.

People are saying £30mill like its nothing, we can get Hazard for that price and people saying its to much for a player we will get a career out of. You'd rather have Hazard than Torres anyday.

I saw Jamie Redknapps comments on Torres he doesn't think he will ever get back the explosiveness he had, in many ways its sad but not as sad if we'd paid 50m for him lol

Pardoe

I think Jamie Redknapps right, the injuries have caught up with him and he won't get that back. It's common for players to never get back to the top again after such serious injuries. I think he would be a decent player for around 15m but no more, i doubt he'll ever go a whole season again without injury and i don't think he'll ever be as good again. He's 28 now and isn't getting any younger. But this whole thread is kind of pointless as Chelsea wouldn't even entertain selling him to us unless it was for most of if not all of the 50m they paid for him. So he'll never play for us and i must say i won't lose any sleep over that.

Shappy

21 Jan 2012 07:58:19
Rumours going round late yesterday was that United were showing some interest in Maicon from Inter Milan. However, this morning... rumours are saying that Inter Milan have begun talks with Maicon over a new deal to keep him at Inter Milan.

Also, Sneijder's agent claims Sneijder will be staying at Inter until atleast the end of the season. So it looks like we'll miss it on him again this month.

How do you miss out on someone again when we have not tried to sign him again?
please explain
ARB

I don't think so,now days united are after young players for future.maicon his too old for us now.we can't spend more than £10m for a player who's over 30s

Not know why they keep talking about Sneijder. lets face it. he will NEVER be a MAN UTD player. wages to high, transfer fee to high ( IMO )