Manchester United Rumours Archive July 25 2014

25 Jul 2014 14:11:51
Di Maria is set to make a decision within next 24 hours on to join united or psg

25 Jul 2014 14:26:15
I wonder which he'll choose.

Saw this on Facebook and Twitter so no legs in it. Plus he is a mercenary he will go with te money

I have a feeling he will choose PSG. however if he does join us how do we think he will fit into the current system?
Not sure he is a wing back, could be used in a front 2 or the Mata role but may not be a natural fit this year. Good player that he is

Is he coming from spain in the same car as mirrande

There is no room for him in the system Van Gaal plays. Would be very surprised if Utd are in for him at all

If he does join I wonder who drops out, Mata or Rooney.

Has mirandas flight got delayed though? you said he was flying to manchester for a medical and that was 4 weeks ago.

Has Miranda arrived in manchester yet. It's been almost a month since he was 'on his way'. Surely he's close now even if he was walking.

Di Maria is interested in 2 things:

(1) Loads and loads of Wonga!

(2) Champions League Footie

. We can't match PSG on either front and even though I am a born and bred Manc who loves the place Manchester doesn't compare to Paris.

I wonder which club he will choose?

There's something Slimy about Di Maria, he has those Lizard like features that just seem creepy. I hope he goes to PSG, over priced, over hyped and overly Reptilian.

I hope Nani goes for similar reasons.

25 Jul 2014 19:17:01
I never understand why people think Paris is so great.

My impression everytime I go there is that it's dirty, it has an exceptionally high concentration of rude and unpleasant people, and I've never had as many people try to rob me in broad daylight on a crowded street in one day as I have on several different occasions in Paris.

I can see why places like Barcelona, Rome or Naples would attract a player to want to live there, but not Paris.

{Ed002's Note - Rome is the absolute pits.}

Haha inside info newsdesk is back

Paris, when they can sort out a way around FFP.

Dont understand peoples hatred of di maria the games isaw last year some of them he was unplayable.he is a quality player don't know wether its just the media, but if he signed for us he would massively improve the team.

Did maria is off to psg if all the pics on the internet are to go by. psg shirts di maria 11.

same as suarez leaked shirts couple of days before he signed.

ild rather not waste the money on him we have adnan imo can be a hell of a lot better

Di Maria to PSG could be the move that triggers a few big moves mainly because of ffp and also psg looking to offload . Would like to miss out on Di Maria and jump straight in for Moura who could become available

25 Jul 2014 09:21:43
If anyone has any REAL info on the Vidal situation it would be much appreciated!

Gutted to read his comments about not coming to Utd, hope it's a smokescreen to deflect attention but doesn't sound like it is.

Would be devastated if he ended up at Liverpool and it would make us look a right laughing stock.

Right now I get a grim feeling we might not make any more signings. Don't know why but I can see Ed 'the equalizer' Woodward saying were happy with our squad and looking forward to the new season!

Read around it quite a bit and from what I have seen he has said he is not flying to Manchester, he is flying to Juve and that he doesn't know what will happen in the future but he is happy - a pretty standard answer really.

The quotes have since been changed as the video was verified. He was asked at a Chilean airport whether he was going to Manchester, he replied. "No, no."

That was it. But Sky Italia who turned it into "Vidal will not sign for Manchester United" have backtracked due to the video being public. Very funny really.

Liverpool have zero chance of signing Vidal. There isn't even any interest, it's an invention by the Daily Fail. Vidal is out of their league. They have Joe Allen.

And Ronaldo was "very happy" at United. Money talks.

Totally agree with the posters comments/worries. It is becoming a bit drawn out with the vidal on/off transfer . still think the figures quoted are a lot to pay on the back of, ok a good performance in the world cup but still 27 year old with reducing value and his style of play is a bit worrying with respect to getting injured- would prefer to see pogba coming back even if it takes a bit more cash

Yeah Twitter has exploded saying the move is still on and that the interview was twisted and that it was all said to prevent upsetting Juve fans. Everyone is saying this will hot up from Monday and one Twitter 'agent' says the deal is 100% happening. indeed I guess :/

King Eric the only real info I have is that you need to lighten up and man up.

Cookyman? A few good performances at the World Cup. You clearly haven't watched much football over the last 2-3 seasons Vidal has been one of the top all round midfielders in the world and any change on £40 mill would still be good business.

Hasn't Vidal himself said that his future will be sorted once he is back from his holiday? Therefore there was zero chance of anything happening over the last couple of weeks. And if everyone hasn't learnt not to trust what is said on the internet they need to take themselves into the corner of the room their in and have a little word with themselves. The only reason it seems drawn out is because the papers keep making out they know what's going on.

You can look at it another way. He was asked, Are you going to Manchester? and said "No, no, no". Then said jokingly "I'm going to Lazio".

Which if he was being sarcastic, implies, "Of course i'm going to Manchester, do you think i'm going to Lazio or something?"

You can look at things many ways. The media twist everything to get readers. Be patient, i'm confident he will come to Utd :)

Syd's right, italian media just made a mountain out of a molehill with what vidal said and dailyfail over here have just done the same. I doubt no one will know till a few days in to a transfer agreement the detail will start pouring out. expect it to be all identical reports from everyone.

Come on. I think its clear we will not get Vidal. This is Snider all over again

Get a grip and face facts.

Seriously Getting Bored of People stating he Said he is not coming here. He Simply stated he was not flying to Manchester. A statement has been taken out of Context and so many people are Eating it up like Candy.

I am not stating he is coming but His Response and Body Language did not by any means rule it out.

Ive heard from a member of staff from football side of things at ot that it a done deal. Just need vidal back from hols and juve to sign replacement

I can 100 per cent guarantee I heard direct from staff member n don't see why he would lie

Yes Bakes, exactly the same as Snider!

King Eric
I would be VERY surprised if we do not sign anyone!
Do not take he lack of activity to heart, LVG is new to the club, has new ideas and his own formations etc. He has to see what we have and then decide what we need.
We have players at the squad who may work wonders with how he wants to play. Buying every top player doesn't mean you will win everything, its down to the system that you play.
You never know, maybe one of our younger players may be able to provide something that we need.
Be patient, we don't want to panic buy just for the hell of it like last season.

Ryan 12- I have probably seen as much football as most and I didn't say he wasnt a good player but his value and prominance has risen with the transfer talk to man utd and the world cup. if he was that great why hasn't he been snapped up in the last 2-3 seasons? at the end of the day facts are facts, and he ain't getting younger and with his style of football, imo, he is prone to injury and at his age although far from finished I think we could get a better deal for a longer period by going for someone else-chill man:)

25 Jul 2014 13:01:37
My view on this is don't believe what you read in the press positive or negative. If we believe them then we have signed and sealed Vidal about 50 times this summer already but have lost out on him just as many times.

The most viable "source" I'd imagine anyone on this site has is the information provided by Ed002. The Ed is asked probably 10-15 times per day who we are signing so if there are any updates they will say so however, this isn't football manager and deals can be very complicated. From the information the Ed has given us we are very interested, have either made a bid or are about to make a further bid.

25 Jul 2014 14:13:40
No, we have one LB and 3 CB, and one of the bosses favourite systems uses all of them at once. We can't rely entirely on youth players for backup, so we will still sign cover for Shaw and another CB at minimum this window.

We don't want to disrupt the team with too many signings at once, so attacking signings may wait for now, but we will get the essentials.

Who's Snider baked? i'm sure we tried to sign someone called Schnyder a few years back?, hm must be mistaken :/

For gods sake he will either sign or he won't! if not we will look at someone else.
As for Liverpool getting him I think there's more chance of signing 1970's Pele. He would not even be on their radar nor they on his.

so many drama queens and still 6 weeks of the window to go :(

Must of missed that one Mxtionless because I know we were after Wesley Sneijder, Fergie must have kepy Schnyder well under wraps

Cookyman I honestly don't see how the worldcup has raised his value he was good but not the standard he has been for juve. My head says sign a deeper cm but my heart wants us to sign him.

. 9Matt2. Ronaldo was very happy at United, it was his boyhood dream 2 play 4 Madrid, we all knew he was going 2 Madrid, we got an extra year out of him because he loved United/FERGIE he left United 'very happy' but sad cause he was leaving, it had NOTHING 2 do with money, United did the honourable thing & let him go, u make it sound like we got rid of him 4 the money(money talks u said) if Madrid offered United the 80million they offered & Ronaldo didn't want 2 leave trust me United wouldn't of sold him. so b4 knocking Ronaldo let's get the facts right fella, otherwise u look a bit of a Charlie. Tonguer10

I'm a huge united fan but to be honest all the talk about being the biggest club in world doesn't wash.
We can't attract the players we need, look at Madrid, Ronaldo, Bale and Rod (spelling) identified who they wanted and they got there men.
We are trying to do it again on the cheap, go and get what we need because at the moment we are no way strong enough for top 4 and we all konw it.
The last four or five transfer windows have been very frustrating and this is going the same way.
Why do LVH and DM need that much time to look at the squad when we all can see where we need players and they will have to pay for it, so go for it and stop messing around.
I agree wit a lot of the posts in that I really worry where we will be com e the kick off.
If we honesty believe we are the biggest club in the world then act like it and get what we need, or this year will be very much like last year.

Andy

. Andy25. being the biggest club in the world is not determined by how much money u spend each season fella. if u were a United fan you'd know why there the biggest club in the world, u my friend sound like a chitty fan, buy, buy, buy & not give English or any youth a chance. with your attitude England will never win another World Cup. just saying. Tonguer10

Well said Tonguer.

Utd buy the right player, not the biggest name, always have.

Sometimes the right player costs a lot, sometimes they don't, either way it's about what qualities the player brings, how they play and how they fit into the team, never about how well known they are.

Utd don't usually go for "marquee" signings, apart from RVP (who wasn't exactly a big money deal) the last one was probably Veron.

That's not doing it on the cheap, it's doing it the way Utd have done it all through our successful period.

Real don't "identify their man" they just pick the biggest name they think they can get, and throw money at the owning club.

Utd DO identify their man. They figure out what the weaknesses in the team are, what attributes to look for in a player to fix the weaknesses, then they find out which players have the right attributes, and whether they are available. If there's no-one available, they won't panic buy and get the wrong player (Fellaini aside), they wait until the right player is available.

Compare our success over the last 15 year's or so against Real Madrid's, that should tell you that the "Galactico" strategy of just buying the best players regardless of how they fit togther, doesn't work as well as our way.

Tonguer10, you missed the point I was making (even if badly), not a city fan, but if we want Vidal and we believe he is what we need then we need to go and get him, not hold back.
I'm not saying we should spend the most money far from ii, but if you believe what we have now is enough to finish above city and Chelsea you are mistaken.
We do need investment (some would argue that we have for years) in a lot of areas, The point about Madrid, is they go and do it, ours drag and drag and we often don't get our man.
Hope that makes it clearer and I hope I'm wrong and the players come in.

Andy25 - What makes you so sure Vidal is what we need?
He is great, but we just bought Herrera to play the same role, what we NEED now is at least one central defender, cover for left back, and ideally a young defensive midfielder as short term cover and long term replacement for Carrick.

Vidal is a luxury. It would be nice to get him, because he is one of the best in the world, but we certainly don't NEED him.

How can one of the best midfielders on the planet be a luxury when our squad features Fellani, cleverly, carrick, Anderson. Unbelievable.

Because Vidal wouldn't replace any of them. He'd be taking Herrera's place, because Herrera and Vidal play the same role.

That is why we need a more defensive midfielder. Not another box-to-box midfielder.

I think Herrera can play number 6 or 8 and I don't thin the same 11 play the same formation every week

Yes, he can play that role, but he isn't that good at it, and it's going to be a real shame if we paid that much for a player that good and then stick him in his 3rd or 4th best position, when we already have Carrick, Fletcher and even Jones who can all do that role better than him.

We need someone who is actually good in the no 6 role.

That's why Vidal would be a luxury.