Manchester United Rumours Archive April 22 2013

22 Apr 2013 20:04:06
@Ed002 if you are about.

Has there been any change in the Lewandowski situation and do you still remain of the opinion that the Bayern Munich interest is bit of a red herring and that United is his most likely destination?

REDFAITH {Ed002's Note - No and yes.}

I really don't see the need for Lewandowski yes he is a great player but we already have a great forward line.

Richmond

23 Apr 2013 11:24:47
CHAMPIONES CHAMPIONES OLE OLE OLE

The last I seen he actually said he wants to join utd and won't sign a new contract

22 Apr 2013 09:50:13
Ed if you are around a freind of mine who plays in the irish airtricty league for shamrock rovers claims he is mates wit james McCarty of Wigan an has told me that he will move on if Wigan are relegated. I know that one of you lads like myself like McCarty an I feel he could be a great squad player an will develop greatly under SAF an the likes of Carrick to possibly become that steel we need in the future but do any of you know if we have even looked at him and would we be interested? Thanks in advance I know you guys are busy.

CAIN {Ed002's Note - I am sure Wigan would be willing to let James McCarthy move on if the right offer was made. Clubs enquiring previously baulked at the £20M price tag.}

Only Liverpool would be stupid enough to pay £20 million for an average player like McCarthy. Hope we don't go there.

I agree mcarthy is an excellent player would become a utd great

THE HEMMINATOR

"McCarthy is an excellent player"

We are talking about the Wigan midfielder aren't we? I am yet to see him have a good game against us or any of the top sides. He is poor going forward and even in a seven-man Wigan midfield he leaks plenty of goals. If we had £15m-£20m for a midfielder I would hope he isn't anywhere near the top of the list. Strootman, Bender, Witsel etc are a class above. Hasn't he only just broken into the ROI midfield? Shocking.

22 Apr 2013 13:13:19
Fresh he'd be a good signing for the right price. Twenty is too much something like twelve would be much more realistic.

22 Apr 2013 13:16:40
The one thing that would concern me would be fans reaction scapegoating him and abusing him because he gets signed instead of a bigger more flash name. I just think some fans wouldn't give him the chance to prove he's worthy.

Syd mccarty broke into the ROI squad under a very stubborn manager the lad has bags of talent an confidence an just to jog your memory had cleverly next to him ladt year an in my opinion made cleverly look better than he is. He seems to have a good head on his shoulders an a good engine an it is total crap for you to expect him to control games wit the big Four at a club like wigan wer he is the heart of the team. Did carrick or cleverly or anyother united player control the big Four in the midfeild NO but he could be a great player wit a better team an manager. 20mill is way to high but 10-15 could work considering it cost us 10 or so for zaha. By the by thanks ed

CAIN

He isn't a bad player CAIN and I understand you Irish fellas will like him slightly more than most, but we are Manchester United and we are lacking a top quality midfielder. We do not need any more squad players, we need proven talent that will improve our midfield. £15m would buy Strootman. It would probably buy Bender, even Draxler.

If Wigan were relegated and we signed McCarthy to replace Fletcher in the squad for under £10m, then okay. But when there are better players out there for the same money we should be signing better players. We have enough squad players, we need quality now. McCarthy has done nothing to convince me he would be anymore than a squad player. {Ed007's Note - What if Cleverley was sold for the £30-40m he is worth and McCarthy brought in for £10-15m Syd? ;-)

Syndney, I think you'll find that he's performed top against city twice this season already, and standing out in a very average wigan side is something else and a certain zaha has been bought for 10 mill with add-ons and plus the 20 million price tag could be negotiated to 15 I imagine

I think McCarthy and his attributes are the type of player we need, I just think a club like Manchester United should look for better than McCarthy. Like you have said 007, if Cleverley was playing for someone else would United want to sign him? I feel the same about McCarthy. He is that player who plays for someone else who I wouldn't want us to sign.

22 Apr 2013 18:05:08
I think we need two midfielder syd. Someone top class for the starting line up to partner carrick and then a squad player to replace fletcher or anderson. Something like strootman and mccarthy would work. Strootman and carrick with cleverley and mccarthy in rotation. You can't say that it isn't an improvement on what we have now.

I believe if wigan go down we could get him for a small price sell ando and you recoupe some of the money nani would fund a really good world class midfielder for the champions league
Paddy The Irish Man

We have a few youngsters in the U21's like Petrucci, Powell, Tunnicliffe, Daehli, Januzaj and then Pearson & Perreira in the academy. I don't think we need to go out and buy a Fletcher replacement. We need a top quality midfielder, use Jones in midfield more and promote some of the youth. But if JM is available for under £10m then perhaps it will do no harm. let's wait and see.

Would rather hear we are interested in Mick McArthy than James McArthy. He is not even a squad player at Utd, why spend any money when we have already invested a fair bit of money on the youth and they are chomping at the bit. If we sign players like McArthy then we will have more Paul Pgba scenarios on our hands - it sends out the completely wrong message and he certainly isn't going to strengthen what we have.

Sween

22 Apr 2013 09:15:13
There is talk in some of the papers today about a young French player at Sevilla - Geoffrey Kondogbia. He is supposed to be likened to a young Patrick Vieira (or, dare one say it, another Paul Pogba). Does anyone know anything more about him, and are MUFC interested in any way in getting him?
Mike B {Ed002's Note - Kondogbia only moved last summer but Juventus would like to take him in the summer and Begiristain has said he is interested in the player and feels that the club can work with him to be a long term replacement for Yaya Torre.}

I remember watching him in the U19 Euros last summer. He, Pogba and Lucas Digne were the stand out players for France. Don't know how he's got on since his move, but he didn't look out of place playing alongside Pogba last summer.