Manchester United Rumours Archive March 22 2011

22 Mar 2011 18:38:30
With reports of £104m losses coming out, will we be hit really hard by the fair play rules when they come in (if the Glazers don't go)? Or is it not that straight forward?

22 Mar 2011 16:47:07
Galatasaray believe they are closing in on Manchester United goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak - but Zenit St Petersburg are also interested.

Polish goalkeeper Kuszczak will leave Old Trafford in the summer, with Sir Alex Ferguson eager to sign a new goalkeeper to replace the retiring Edwin Van Der Sar.

Anders Lindegaard has already been signed but is seen as a second-choice goalkeeper, with United ready to land a successor to the retiring Dutchman.

It leaves Kuszczak, who has made just 27 league starts in five years at the club, ready to move on and Turkish side Galatasaray are in pole position to land him.

The club are currently languishing in 11th in the Turkish League and want to overhaul their squad this summer - but Russian side Zenit are eager to approach United for Kuszczak as well.

22 Mar 2011 15:45:51
It looks likely that the CM whos deal is almost done is Ganso doesn't it?

Please don't anyone think that this is correct just yet.}

@Ed, we know Chelsea are interested in Ganso but do you know of any strong interest by United? Rumour has it that we inquired about him whilst Possebon went the other way, but got knocked back. Can you tell us any info on Ganso?

Sydney!

{Ed002's Note - It is an issue surrounding his "buy out" clause that is causing a problem. It was set high as a trade off for higher wages based on an expectation of higher advertising revenue to pay for it. Santos did the same with Neymar previously. Chelsea have switched their attentions more in the direction of Neymar as Ganso has a significant nuisance factor associated with him. The real interest is from Inter Milan but they are baulking at the price. Ganso has declared his affection for Inter (as he has done for a number of clubs) and I think he could well end up there. Manchester United do not seem to be high-profile in this matter at this time. This could well be another prolonged transfer process.}

22 Mar 2011 13:59:18
Hopefully its Adler. Neuer altho good but imo not as good as Adler. Plus Adler putting the clause in only for us was a big signal to our management that this is where he wants his future to be.

Lets hope we make it so!

Jono!

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Neuer is by far the best keeper in Germany for the last 2 years. Every expert rates him a lot higher than Adler.

He is more modern in the way he plays and his ability to start counter attacks with his long throws is very unique. He has exceptional reflexes and is decent at crosses (only area where he needs to improve/ / but Adler is a lot worse in that area too).

I even asked a Leverkusen Fan what he thinks about that comparison and he also thought that Neuer is the better keeper. Adler was the next big thing in Germany as a goalkeeper 2 years ago but since he didn't develop at all and Neuer improves massively.

I always hear that Adler would have done the same for the german national team if he wouldn't have been injured for the world cup but you just have to look at his performances for Germany. In most of the games he had 1-2 big errors which cost or could have cost the team a goal.

I don't want to put Adler down. He is a decent/ good keeper but Neuer is on another level at the moment in comparison to him and represents much better value, because they would probably cost around the same fee.

And if we want a decent/ good keeper like Adler we could also just buy Stekelenburg who would be a lot cheaper.

22 Mar 2011 09:32:39
The reason behind GK coach learning spanish was that SAF made his mind on buying David De Gea. Players I want to see coming to MAN U: De Gea, Sneijder, Rodwell, Coentrao, Sanchez, A.Rooney, T.Silva. Outs: Owen, VDS(r), Scholes(r), Giggs(r), B b , Gibson, Carrick, Evans, Berbatov(£40m). Deependra

22 Mar 2011 08:44:06
This Coentrao debate is interesting. If he was signed he could play left wing and he is young enough to replace Evra at left back when he goes (probably in the next 2-3 years) Evra is 29 so even though he has got another few years at the top I can't see him being here at 33 or 34. So if Coentrao is bought he could play on the left wing for a couple of years then when Evra leaves replace him and we can either sign a left winger or hopefully give Ravel Morrison a starting 11 place.

Rjmanutd

22 Mar 2011 00:15:38
21 Mar 2011 23:28:14
So. Eric Steele was at Bayer Leverkusen vs Shalke yesterday.

Does that mean Neuer or Adler are top of the list :/

I don't know, but hopefully this is true and we are aiming for a Good Goalkeeper, not am Average Maarten Stekelenburg.

MPez

P.S - Sorry for all the spelling mistakes tonight, don't know what i'm at.!


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Hopefully its Adler. Neuer altho good but imo not as good as Adler. Plus Adler putting the clause in only for us was a big signal to our management that this is where he wants his future to be.

Lets hope we make it so!

Jono!