Manchester United Rumours Archive November 25 2012

25 Nov 2012 22:07:15
So Fergie went to meet Mourinho after the City game. He also spoke to Ronaldo. Now Ronaldo is adimmant that no transfer terms were spoken about, but do we believe a word he says when it comes to transfers? I bet any money that Gill and Mendes were at the hotel as well...

Could we be looking at Mourinho & Ronaldo next summer? I hope so. Mourinho is one of the few people that has a big enough personality to take over from SAF, and Ronaldo is just Ronaldo.

Fresh!

I would only want Mourinho if he brings Ronaldo. Otherwise its Pep all the way for me.

Dan

Jose and SAF had tea at the Lowry in Manchester,Mourinho has an offer from PSG in the summer if he deos go it is much more likely Ronaldo will go to PSG then return to us

RED91

Ronaldo didn't say his "only god know" line so they probably ddnt talk about a return

Fergie and Mourinho always had a good relationship as did Fergie and Ronaldo...Id expect people are adding 2+2 and getting 5....its not beyond the realms of possibility that they were just catching up - for the record I do hope I am wrong and both come in the summer!

IrishRed

25 Nov 2012 21:14:48
how can anyone seriously suggest moyes as manager? Nowhere near the level of a united manager. Everton are a totally different kettle of fish. People say o but fergie came from aberdeen. Yes but fergie had won trophies there. Whats moyes won? Also thirty years ago we were a different team practically mid table. Now there's more pressure. I doubt moyes could cope with it.

That's a little bit of an over reaction. Yes moyes isn't proven at a top top club, but he is evidently one of the best managers in the league, and has been for a decade now. Yes he has never had much money to spend, so we don't know what he would be like with a big budget, but then Mourinho and Pep both have more than their fair share of poor dealings (as does fergie let's not forget). He knows how the premier league works, he doesn't come with a massive ego, nor all the fanfare and media attention.
I'm not saying he's my first choice to replace fergie, but to say that moyes isn't anywhere near the level of utd manager is a bit misguided

Jaxer

Also further to this, Moyes has won the old 2nd division with a poor, poor Preston side, then almost got them promoted again the next year, and he has won the LMA manager of the year 3 times, showing that he can handle teams from the 3rd tier of English football to the very top, without inheriting a genius team composed of 3 of the best players ever to play the game (Pep), and without spending millions and millions of pounds whilst simultaneously disrupting most of the rest of the squad (Jose).

Jaxer

(honestly he isn't my 1st choice to replace fergie, but it really annoys me when people dont give him enough credit; he has proved himself at multiple levels of English football, and should be given the chance to show that he can do it on the very highest of stages, but i would prefer Klopp to take over)

Plus when has moyes managed a big game in midweek aswell, rotation is key and he has no expirence of that either

On the budget Moyes has had at Everton, he's done really well. He's not my first choice, but give him the credit he deserves. Pep has no experience outside Barca and they are a well oiled machine, from juniors to first team. Though he's obviously talented, no one knows just how good he'll be away from barca. Mourniho won't be coming to OT unless the Glazer give him a 10m salery and a 200m transfer kitty. Can anyone see that happening? It's more likely then cr7 returning but very unlikely. I have a feeling that it's betweem Blanc and Moyes! Neither are as flamboyent as the Iberian two, but I'll support anyone who comes - as long as it's not the fat waiter or Dalglish. Also I feel that SAF will go the season after next.
Mik

25 Nov 2012 20:57:48
i can't believe some people are still seriously suggesting wesley sneijder as a signing. Our midfield suffers from a lack of pace already with giggs, scholes and carrick so i don't see how sneijder would vastly improve things as he's hardly the fastest. Also we have kagawa and rooney for the advanced role not to mention anderson. And no sneijder couldn't play from deep as has been suggested. Sneijder had his chances to join us and didn't. Firstly when Calderon was at madrid he floated a cash and sneijder deal for ronaldo. Sneijder flatly rejected being a make weight. Then moved to inter. Then after one season in italy he used our name to screw inter for a pay rise to the mega deal he's on now thats causing problems. Then when we did try to sign him from inter two years ago his wage demands broke the deal. So he's had his chances and messed them up so get over it that its very unlikely we'd be interested again.

25 Nov 2012 14:01:37
If Jonny Evans was Spanish or Italian everyone in world football would be raving about him..... If he played for Barcelona everyone would be raving about him.....Just because he is Northern Irish and plays for Man United he gets stick and criticism where there is no faults....He is the most under rated player I have seen in years... He is absolute class and I think he is only getting better.

The best I saw him play was when he played for N. Ireland against Portugal. He was intercepting every ball, winning header after header and drove his team forward from defence. More performances like that and people will take notice.

Covey

I think if we pair him with vidic or smalling and put tough tackling midfielder in there then our defence would improve to a large extent coz i think ferdinand has lost his qualities with age

He started his united career really well but then he had a bad spell and he lost all his confidence but now he is back to his best again

Cooper

Well a couple of seasons back he was so dreadful that I thought Johny English could do a better job than him but the way he has matured and put in some good performances he can be a very good asset to United.

SHAITAN

If we signed Baines and Sandro then had a defensive set up like this:

_____________DDG
Rafael__Smalling_Evans__Baines
____________Sandro

Then i feel we'd have a very solid defence and an excellent platform from which to build on. Then when you consider our attacking players such as Rooney RVP Kagawa Valencia Hernandez Welbeck and Young then we would be a very good team.

Shappy

Evans was as highly thought of as Pique and has just as much ability. Remember he is only 24 as well. He is a top defender and I completely agree with you that he gets slated for no reason. Our conceding goals is nearly always down to our midfield being torn apart.

Totally agree... fought his corner for years, and the fight is getting easier by the week! Would like to see him fill out the way Pique did too

He is starting to become one of the first names on the team sheet.

I agree evans been the best defender for a while he throws himself at all the shoots starting to get a few goals as well only young aswell!

I think he has only given away one free kick aswell. Class for a center half.

He is getting better. He still is not the best reader of the game and he IS too slow.

Because he has scored a couple of goals he is now a great defender? Sorry the guy is very average and gets turned in and aroudn the box all the time, for me he is a slightly better version of Phillip Senderos, and that isnt a good thing! Jones and Smalling are much better defenders for me, squad player maybe pushing for a starting place when Vidic and Rio arent there, I hope not
Invisible STuey

STuey, gotta disagree with you there. I've said it before, Jonny Evans will be 1st choice centre back for years to come with Jones and smalling fighting it out to be along side him. Clarko

Johnny reminds me of Beckenbauer the way he can come out of defense with the ball

He gets caught out of position too much and out muscled by big centre forwards. A good back up for the squad. Reminds you of Beckenbauer, must be Frank long lost cousin of the famous German one Franz!

Dave

Beckenbauer. If anyone reminds you of Beckenbauer surely its Jones? Capello and SAF have compared Jones to Beckenbauer.

25 Nov 2012 02:16:02
the constant moaning is terrible , the reason why ando is not playing regularly is because he always gets injured if played constantly, fergie is keeping him fit for the christmas period and knockout stages of cl.

all these points will be crucial come the end of the season and i think we will win the premier league because both city and chelsea are not that good.

nikz

Oh great.. So u mean to say fergie is foresighter?
He can see when nd how will one ger injured?
Grow up mate... Injury are situations not planned.. Or else he would have saved vidic from getting out again. Come with some decent argument next time.
Rodio17

So all this goes down the drain if Ando gets injured in the first game during the christmas period, doesn't it?

MUMBAI_BOY

So you're saying that our midfield is better than Chelsea's or city's? Yaya, Silva, nasri, Oscar, hazard , mata will walk into our midfield any day.
NoMidfield

All these points will be crucial come the end of the season
you mean like norwich last week
johndenton

Anderson had a terrific affect on the game yesterday, obviously. However, when we start with him, he tends to run out of steam after an hour or so. He has earned the right of a run in the side however, even if he may need to be subbed for the last 20 -30 mins. We have the numbers, but not the quality in midfield, we could do with retireing Scholes and Giggs and playing Rooney further up the pitch. Cleverley just isn't United class to me, we need Wanyama and Eriksen. Alongside Carrick, maybe Anderson,Jones and Wayne if needed whold not only give us quantity, but quality too in our midfield. Kagawa, when recovered from his injury,can play just behing Wayne and RVP
Mik {Ed004's Note - From watching Eriksen he seems to prefer to play further up the pitch. I am not so sure he suits playing in a midfield 2}

Yeah I thought the same Ed, we need someone in the mould of Fabregas IMO because although he plays further up for Barca he can play deeper as well like he did at Arsenal. Cirigliano is who we need IMO, Ed what do you think about him? I think he is a future world class player who could literally play anywhere in midfield and be fantastic.

Dan {Ed004's Note - I haven't seen enough to judge him}

I've not seen a huge amount of him just youtube snippets and a couple of highlights of river matches. The Argentines are holding him in the same breath as Aguero and are already reserving their number 5 shirt for him . In terms of prestige that is right up there with the united number 7 so it shows how highly rated he is!

Dan