Manchester United Rumours Archive July 25 2012

25 Jul 2012 20:21:21
Is there any word of Rio having a testemional? Dont seem to have any matches in OT before the league starts?

I heard it will be moved either later in the season or next summer, with the olympics on it was impossible to fit his testimonial in this summer.

fearny

Why would he? He isnt retired?
Q {Ed007's Note - You don't need to be retired to get a testimonial. It is widely recognised that player's can have one after 10 years at a club.}

Erm that's because of the olympics bring played there.

Cant stand the gobby person

Ah my bad edd.... I thought it was only when a player was finished with tbh.... A last game if you will.
Cheers though.
Q

Not until he retires

25 Jul 2012 17:27:27
we should sell hernandez the boy looks beyond repair and his replacement should be the very talented young serbian striker from partizan belgrade lazar markovic
i think he is 18 and would cost us 7 million euros

No way we should give him his chance. He's a real poacher. Chicha is like Ole. Best when used as an impact substitute, not a starter.

Stop spouting rubbish he is a poacher there to finish 23 goals in 50 odd games isnt bad
go away

Come on Bro..just 1 season his not performing & you want to sell him? Give him a chance...I believe Chicha will be better this season...

Markovic is going to be better than hernandez ever will be/was if not already he is a similar player to herndez but is much more technical and comfortable with the ball at his feet he will have fellow serbian vidic with him to help him. and at 7 million euros bargain.

and he is also a serbian international at 18

Two words bro ... fernando torres

7 million euros is a steal

who says no value in the market

I think he should be used as a sub only not as starter in any case.. bad touch, bad passing, cant hold the ball. but is a good at scoring ( well lately i have marked blunders in that also, but anyway bad spell comes to every1). after 70 min whn defenders r tiered and not playing offsides properly he can be deadly with his runs. not a bad member to have on squad and/or bench. but definatly not stater. welback is far far batter than him.

rodio17

Why do people think all of our squad members must be consistently world-class in every game? Hernandez is a quality fox in the box/impact player. Lets not get on his back as goals will come.

Sydney!

Hernandez is world class! He's had injures this season! When he's fully fit he's top class

So i'm guessing your name is Lazar, then? ;)

MPez

Hernandez guarantees us 15-20 goals a season when he is fit. That isn't a player we should sell. Even if he is used as an impact player this season he will score goals. He isn't in the team to be a creator and there is nobody in the squad I would rather a chance would fall to.

Rjmanutd

See now theres some guff spouted Hernandes scored, I believe 12 goals from 33 matches most as sub, bet he still scored more than Welbeck
Not including injuries which he seemed to have all the time bet 75% of prem strikers dont beat 12 goals a season

Pardoe

I've been one of his critics saying he has to improve other parts of his game in addition to his goal poaching, but to say he's beyond repair is taking it a little too far. I wish one of the "journalists" would ask SAF about his seemingly stalled development. If everyone here can see how bad he is anywhere but the 6-yard box, certainly SAF and Co. must be aware of this glaring absence in his game. -KG

'Beyond Repair' LOL I never knew he was broken... Chicharito's gnna be a ledge, stop hating!

BBR

Author of this thread is quite correct. The player is nothing but a flash in the pan - cannot play in open field, falls over like Park (rip), and however lethal he was on arrival he is simply detumenscent in front of goal. Time to face reality chappies!

JS Bach

Plus also, what exactly has markovic done to warrant this praise? I'm pretty sure he's not in his national squad and if he has hasn't scored many. Look up Hernandez's record mate.

Sanshine

Cop on you toolbag. Chicha is quality. He works his socks off for the team and is a massive favourite with all the staff at OT.

He's looking pretty distant and unhappy recently not the same smiley player we knew. Still give him another season any day.

Tomr

Sanshine

not saying we should sack off Chich, but I'm half serbian, and try to watch as many red star games as possible, and as much as it pains me to say this, Markovic does look like he could be excellent.
Also he made his national team debut when he was still 17 (i think) and no matter what country you play for, that is a remarkably young age

Jaxer

Why is every body is saying sell young,Chicha,Nani..whats your problem mate..

Oh my days bruv u chattin pure s##t well sell Chico that boy wit Rooney up front is a killer even at start of games only prob I c is gettin welbeck on the pitch too as his quality an really y sell nani ppl given young stick too we need players wit pace not donkeys I'm saying if we get moura then we will b winning things in season coming

Wow amazing you should replace saf immediately, think maybe quite a few should leave before chico

Jaxer

Agreed he's a talent, but why would we sell someone who has guarenteed us goals, important goals at that for an untested youngster who actually wants to go to Chelsea? My national team comment was merely a comment on scoring not age.

Sanshine

Little pea was too tired last season to much trav will be alot more fitter this season 2o + goals

My opinion is Chicharito has had ''Second Season Syndrome'', He'll be back to himself i predict!
- Newton Heath 1878

2 words Ljajic.....Tosic!!

25 Jul 2012 17:15:15
My mate who works in setting up press conferences at OT just text me saying there's a press conference being set for weds 1pm, his name is Peter winfoeld. Don't care if no one believes me just thought I would update u all

Next Wednesday?

Wednesday next week, month or year ?

Which player

Good info if true.. guess something to do with flotation or signing??
rodio17

It's a pxxs take look at the name

Would it not just be a press conference for the next bit of the tour?

fearny

Am I missing something....what you on about look at the name? I might just be being a bit slow on the uptake

Who is that guy?

Fearny, why would they go back to OT to do a press conference then go back to Norway? Think before you say in future..

Jake F

They defo head from china back to Manchester and then off again

Wednesday. As in Wednesday 1st August. As in the day we supposedly have to get the Moura deal wrapped up by. Could be interesting...

Scrud101

WHATEVER

25 Jul 2012 14:18:47
Hi ed002 is there anything new on witsel? Following your comments last week? I read roma and ac milan were seriously interested. Thanks tom17 {Ed002's Note - Certainly Roma are. Thgat is really all that is new.}

Wow! Witzel / de Rossi midfield combo. I'd love that at OT.

Andrew B

Would roma be able to pay the price benfica want for witsel? Also ed002 if you are about, do you know if witsel would consider manchester united or would he be more inclined for a warmer climate? tom17 {Ed002's Note - I don't know what the price would be for Witsel but Roma and Milan are interested, as are MU. I have no idea what the player wants.}

25 Jul 2012 12:24:37
santi cazorla will not be going to arsenal because he is to old for them

So?

RedDevil19

They bought Podolski at the same age.

Um Arteta?

25 Jul 2012 11:28:01
Lucas Moura's agent says he has been instructed to keep 'negotiating' with
Manchester United by the midfielder, but the Brazil international would also be happy to stay at Sao Paulo.
United have been strongly linked with a move for Moura and Sir Alex Ferguson
confirmed on Monday that talks have been held regarding a deal for the 19-year-old.

"The player is my boss, I always talk to him," Ribeiro told Radio Globo.
"He determines what I do, my objectives. If he says that he doesn't want to leave Sao Paulo, I won't even listen to the offer.
"He told me to keep negotiating when I talked about Manchester United's interest.
"It's a great offer. If it was an irrecusable one, he would leave, but he is happy at Sao Paulo too. If he stays there, life goes on."

-Sky Sports


RamoN 19

I hope united bid once more, but we shouldn't be held to randsom, but ild
Pay 30 milliOn he's young and under the greatest manager in history he would flurish.

MUFC1990

25 Jul 2012 09:40:28
Can i ask, why Manchester City hasn't bought any players yet? thought they would have bought some top signings and spending loads by now! But anyways, lets hope the Lucas will joing United soon! Can't wait till 2012/2013 season start!

HV

I think their main priority is trying to rid themselves of their leeches (Ade, Bridge etc.)

In my opinion city have spent big over the last few years an now have a team full of superstars wit an average wage of 100 grand a week due to FFP coming in an there profits not being Wat they should be they will have to sell no doubt about it I expect them to sell maybe 3-5 players an bring in maybe 1-2 players how they can pay 20 mil for a player one season an sell him for less a year later is beyond me but they will have to to reduce there overall bill. United have had the FFP in mind for a while now an are building on it not over spending but spending smartly plus our net profits are really good . Plus Lucas says he wants us then we will have him silly agent could have blew it don't be surprised if he is sacked by the boy an his father .

They are probably waiting to Gazump United. Last minute bid for Lucas Moura

Simmo

They need to ship players out before they can spend...

The likes of:
Santa Cruz
Tevez
Adebayor
De Jong etc.

All on high wages and all are just rotting in the squad

fearny

European governing body Uefa’s Financial Fair Play regulations mean all clubs must restrict their losses between 2013 and 2015 to just �38m. To put the size of that task into context City lost a staggering, record-breaking �194.9m in 2011.

They had a wage bill of �174m at that time and have since added more expensive players. The average weekly wage is now said to be �85,000.

When those results were announced last autumn, City’s chief operating officer Graham Wallace said: “Our losses which, we predicted as part of our accelerated investment programme, will not be repeated on this scale in future”

Who cares!

PBMUFC

Regarding Lucas's agent it is his father so cant see him sacking his self {Ed002's Note - Just going back a couple of posts somehow someone has let through a post about the FFP rules which is incorrect - just ignore it.}

Them winning the title has given them a false idea that their team is better than everyone elses if they lost last year they would go on a spending spree buying everyone eg. they would have already snapped up modric, rvp, etc. i actually am happy they won because now they get to keep their clown of a coach and we realise we need to improve our squad

Who cares?...this is a United forum not bitter blues.....

They won the league so their squad is better than everyone elses, the table never lies but i hvae no doubt we'll bring it back home next season

They won the league with the same amount of points as united everyone always seams to forget that

Put simply money is not the big factor now . It is meeting the FFP regs . City are in big danger of being the one UEFA will pick on when they don't meet the criteria . Make no mistake Uefa are not fond of English clubs doing well in European competions . Utd are well placed to be an even bigger success now that Real , Barca , City and Chelski can't buy all the worlds top talent without having to watch their books very carefully.

25 Jul 2012 22:31:11
Eds', the people in this lil thread are under serious impression that the forthcoming FFP regulations will be hard hitting on clubs and that the richer clubs (if they dont get thier books in check) will be suffer immensely, however i do remember one of the ed's explaining that this may not be the case as their is some serious loop holes and that regulations may not be lead with a hard approach. can you u maybe indulge once again. {Ed002's Note - I don't know which Ed said about loop holes but those hit the hardest will be the high spending low income clubs.}

25 Jul 2012 09:04:51
I see what Ed002 meant about Moura's agent being a bit tricky!

#ags

Where are his coming regarding mouras agent at? i used the search function and couldnt find them. post a link maybe?

25 Jul 2012 07:53:33
surprised to notice that all the hype about goetze has dropped. the last I read about him on this site was that we clause on his contract saying that if anyone made a bid for him, dortmund have to let us make a similar bid before accepting it. is this true? and do eds have any updates?
nov00

Goetze isn't available my friend.

Sydney!

Sydney!
why not? who has signed him?
nov00

They're not going to sell him and Kagawa in the same window. Not a chance.