Manchester United Rumours Archive November 21 2011

21 Nov 2011 19:15:25
i am from Southport (where Rodwell is from). My auntie knows Rodwell's mum and a couple of years ago apperently he got a call off SAF or whoever deals with the transfers. Apperently utd wanted him in a few years later (more game time at Everton).
Im not saying he agreed.

Even with the use of my scientific calculator, i had trouble working out what you were saying. I mean c'mon, if you actually came from somewhere in England you'd speak clearer english that that.. i hope.

Ozwald

Thought it was fairly clear myself and supports what the ed has said in the past about sneaky meetings

I also found the post pretty straightforward, and I do believe Sir Alex has made contact with Rodwell in the past. However, I don't believe that he will be bought due to the large asking price for English players, especially now that he's a full international.

Ruudinthemood

I know Jack Rodwell's best mate, who used to play for everton academy but my mate didnt get offered a contract when he turned 16/17. I can tell you 1000000% and i have posted this on here before. That United ARE interested in Rodwell and our planning a bid. I can even tell you when Rodwell was planning to buy a new car (audi), Mike Phelan said when your at United lad you will be looking at Austin Martin's not Audi's.

Rodwell was one of several 16/17 year olds scouted by United. Like several before him he looked very good at that age but, Everton were asking silly money, for potential not proven ability. Most youngsters simply do not make the grade for United and some fall off the radar completely. Personally I think Rodwell has had an excellent start to the season and looks to be fulfulling his early potential. Still a long way for the lad to go but if he continues to improve I can see SAF coming back in for him.

Stockie

Evertons car sponser is audi, rodwell drives a lamborghini gallardo

21 Nov 2011 16:15:43
Florentino Perez will now turn his attention to capturing Wayne Rooney by working with coach Jose Mourinho to try and convince United to sell their star man next year. Mourinho is a long-term admirer of the England striker and Perez is said to desire Rooney more than Neymar due to the marketability of the player and his ‘pull’ in the Asian market. It’s clear United would not want to sell their prized-asset but if the Premiership champions are to have an unsuccessful season the door to a possible transfer could open with Real knowing they would have to make a similar bid to the £80m that prised Cristiano Ronaldo away from Old Trafford in 2009
this has been reported in the spanish press hope its not true but i could see madrid having a go for rooney whether he would leave is a different matter
jred

How much are you getting paid for writing such crap?
If Rooney was to go, he would have gone when he sai he wanted to go!!
How do you know United wont win anything this year?
Rooney is staying !!

Let them have him, straight swap for Ronaldo though

Mr no name
i didn't write it its straight out of one of the spanish newspapers.
now im sure the spanish press is just as unreliable as ours but perez does like to sign a galatico each year and mourinho is a rooney fan and madrid have been after a striker for 2 years .
i think real TRYING to sign him this summer could be on the cards.
jred {Ed004's Note - Hopefully they go for someone like Tevez then and not Rooney, also wonder if Benzema or Higuain would be available for purchase. Both would be amazing in the Man Utd system tbh}

I've wondered about this, i mean i believe that Rooney will remain a red devil for the rest of his career. But i think that could also hinge on when SAF retires and who is brought in to replace him. I reckon real madrid will have a bash at signing Rooney, but unless we get a serious amount of money offered we just wont sell. Remember when Ronaldo left, he actually wanted the transfer himself and we still managed to get £80 mil. Whereas with Rooney (who you can tell has a lot of love for mufc), i doubt it'll happen.

Ozwald

Ed004
yer tevez would probably be an easier transfer for them.
benzema seems to of found his feet now and mourinho has been speaking highly of him but it seems that maybe higuain's face doesnt fit quite as much , could he be the latest big name player allowed to leave madrid.
jred {Ed004's Note - He would be an amazing signing, he is better than Benzema and probably the best finisher in the world..}

Rooney has love for Man Utd? Hmm.
This isn't a Disney movie. Rooney will go if he feels like going (one day). He loves Everton and he left them for the sake of his career. Believing he'd stay outta loyalty or love for the club is absurd.
If he wants a new challenge or a fresh start then he'll say 'bye-bye'.
I hope it never happens because he's the only player at the club that's truly special IMO.

M.D.

Why wouldn't Rooney leave? Fergie lied to him when he said we would bring in some big name players. Lets not be school kids about this lads, we are in real trouble and falling behind rapidly. This is the weakest squad we have ever had and we have no creative players. When did Rooney last score in the league? City's second team is better than our first and buying one or 2 players is not going to fix that. Not that any of that matters because our manager is so arrogant that he thinks those players are good enough. Watching my beloved team is now like watching paint dry thanks to our manager and lets not just blame the glazers. Fergie could have bought many players for good money eg Van Der Vart for 7m but no Bebe for 7m was a better deal. We also could have sold some of the dross in our squad to make money but no they are still there eg Carrick, Anderson, Gibson, Berbatov, Evans. For god sake we sold O Shea and Brown who were talented versatile players. So lets not be so F###ing stupid to think that our remaing few decent players wont leave too, and how could you blame them! Im gutted, absolutley gutted and so angry with our manager. So before all fergies love children give me a hard time can I just pray that I am wrong. And I wont hide my name.

Stephen

Stephen that is the biggest load of sh*t I have ever read!

G.A.G.U.S

Stephen do you ever actually watch the beautiful game. Or is your head so firmly plugged up your backside that everything has gone dark.
Mik

So G.A.G.U.S and Mik are you both going to tell me that everything is going to be ok and we are going to pick up number 20 and that city are not now better than us? I have been at nearly every home game for the last 15 years guys so dont try to make out that I am not entitled to an opinion. This is the worst team I have watched in those 15 years and there will be nobody brought in to improve it. Are you guys telling me that I am wrong about VDV and that Bebe was worth the spend instead? With all due respect lads take your heads out of the clouds and understand the concerns the real fans have. I always feared the day Liverpool might catch us. Never thought it would be city though. This mess needs sorting and quick. Fergie owes the fans who pay his wages at least that. We are still Manchester United, we can still attract good players but we have to actually contact them in order to sign them.

Stephen

Stephen, I kinda agree in a sense, yes this is possibly the worse United team in the last 15 years BUT, in the past 15 years United have been by far the most superior team in the PL, other teams have finally caught us up (now here's the important bit) but not taken over YET. Chelsea with there billions failed to, City with there billions may well do, time will tell. G.A.G.U.S and Mik may not tell you everythings gonna be allright but I will. WE WILL BE ALLRIGHT IN THE END, HAVE FAITH.... HERBIE

Stephen

I agree with most of your points but dont have a go at fergie. The vast majority of the success we have had has been down to him. I dont agree with every move he makes and have been bitterly disappointed by transfer movements recently but Fergie is the greatest manager ever in my eyes and lest not forget we got to the champs league final 3 times in 4 years (semi in other) and won the premier league umpteen times over the past decade. Yes I agree we are weak at the moment but Fergie will sort this.
Woffsta

Lads, having a go at fergie is not something I get any pleasure out of believe me. Another dismal display last night with no penetration from the middle or the wings. We are now very easy to defend against as other teams know we have nobody capable of getting through. Thought Berbatov did well last night considering the lack of game time he has had but surely Hernandez has to start in an important game like that. Leaving your best players out of important home games is very arrogant and can only be backed up by a win. I don't know how we are going to break down the top seeds in the next stage.....thats if we get there of course!

Everybody needs to calm down, fergies building a new team n it takes time, wev got 5 new players to intergrate into to the team (de gea, young, jones, wellbeck, cleverly) i no wellbeck n cleverly have been here a while but this is their first year in the first team. we're not playing great but we're still in there n city wont be able to maintain their good form all season. my main concern is the mounting injuries n why WE seem to get so many

21 Nov 2011 11:48:53
If united wants to sign a striker,then who should be the contender.!

I do believe, Owen, Berbatov will be sold either in Jan or in August.
Also Macheda and Diouf are not fully developed as relying Strikers.

We have to depend on Rooney, Chicha, and Welbeck.

So there could be a chance that a striker will be bought, it will be around 12 - 14M though.

question is who.?

Lil Jacob

If a Striker is brought in I have a feeling it will be ricky van wolfswinkel ... it's been rumored that SAF is very interested in him and it's no secret that he's being watched by top clubs... I honestly dunno if he's good enough or if he'll suit us ... I just have that feeling we'll bring him in because he's young and in good form


JOE

Go back to playing Championship Manager and dont be boring us with your hypothetical scenarios

Its possible but I would be gutted if we signed a striker ahead of a CM. I would be gutted if we signed any positions ahead of the gaping hole that has existed in the centre of our park for a while now. Ive been saying it since we lost to Barca in final in 09 we need CMs. Since then how many have we bought excluding youths? None. In fact I think the last one not to go into the youth team we bought was Hargreaves in 2007 while buying players all over the rest of the park including strikers Berbatov, Owen and Chica and actually I think Diouf as well. Sorry rant over!

Woffsta

We don't need a forward we need a midfielder or two!

I don't understand how any of this conjecture can be anything but hyperthetical.

Berbatov is going to sign a contract extension, so no new striker is needed

What about Walters from Stoke

I think SAF wants to put rooney as more of a CAM position and berbatov will more than likely go soon if no in january so maybe there could be a ST position that needs filling