Manchester United Rumours Archive July 26 2013

26 Jul 2013 11:45:23
Ed (s) have you by any chance heard of Marco Verratti handing in a transfer request? Also, do you think he is the kind of player we need? I've only heard good things about him but I've never seen him play

cnk {Ed004's Note - It seems he is trying to get a better contract}

He's on a criminally low wage compared to the rest of the team there IIRC. WOuld be a great buy if we could get him but I still don't see it happening. If he moves it will probably be to Juve or elsewhere in Serie A.

Dan

26 Jul 2013 16:20:18
Bale is off, this could start something very interesting in a transfer merry go round sense.

Paul

It's all over the web that Marca have been quoting a meeting between Bale and Levy with Bale demanding he wants to sign for Madrid. Marca are about as reliable as the Sunday Sport.

That's unfair to the Sunday Sport!

Marca have used the exact same fabricated quotes they used for the Modric deal, and changed the name to Bale lol

Can we just pretend Marca doesn't exist, or at least treat it as it is which is Perez' propaganda. Real are interested, Levy doesn't want to sell that's as far as it is and I think that's how it will stay until next season. He'll only be allowed to go to Madrid so whether we're interested or not is irrelevant.

Dan

26 Jul 2013 13:02:45
marco verrati wants to leave psg? any chance of a bid from us? be a great addition! imagine him and fab - be awesome!

I would rather Verrati than Fabregas and that is saying something. I think he is a gem of a player and would be at the top level for years. He is a great deeper lying playmaker with the vision and passing like a Pirlo or Scholes. He is still very young but would instantly improve our starting eleven. Not sure on how much he would go for though maybe £15-20m?

When will people realise no one I repeat no one wants to sign for Moyes. He has done naff all for anyone to comprehend signing for him. Two targets gone. Mcfc wanted four players they now have four new signings. WHY. Because their manager has done it all before. We won't get anyone big now the options are getting slimmer and slimmer. We will end up with a no hoper just like the manager and new chief exec. Mid table and laughing stocks here we come. Rock the fed up red.

Amazing talent and if its true I would hope dm would atleast attempt to bring him here
Sweets

Apparently PSG rejected a 'monstrous bid' from Napoli for him the other day. Don't know how much exactly, but would guess more than 15-20m. Let's see who Moyes looks at next seeing as the new Barca boss has today said he doesn't want Fabregas to leave.

TV reporting Verratti has handed in a transfer request. Moyes needs to strike quick on this or will end up losing to a Serie A team.

We cannot attract a world class midfielder, we need to develop and this could be the kid.

Jobby

To no name further up the page. "when will people realise no one wants to sign for Moyes". check Gerardo Martino's long list of pretty non-existant achievements before Barca brought him over. i'm sure he'll attract top transfer targets due to the club he now manages, i'm red through and thriough and this is Manchester United FC not David Moyes FC. Maybe you should be wearing blue!
Red Staffie

I suspect he is wearing blue.

Veratti would cost £30/£40m, not £15/£20m. (Just saying).

He is probably going to cost 25 million given the current state of the market. He is got a combination of de rossi and marchisio in him and would be great buy that will only get better.

Shahram

26 Jul 2013 12:22:06
Manchester evening news reporting Cristiano Ronaldo has re emerged as utd's top transfer target.
Please Please Please Ronnie, come home to where your truly loved.
Tookers.

The Manchester Evening News used to be a fact based paper, but not any more, now locally known as the Manchester City Evening News, the paper has now got a sports editor with a very vivid immagination and is now no more believable than the rest of the daily rags.
Raffa

It is now called the Eastland Comic.

26 Jul 2013 00:25:47
Interesting article in the Mail, 'Fabregas has told friends in English football' he wants to move to us.

I know it's the Mail, but the article is written by Ian Ladyman who is out in Japan with the team.

He won't come. I think he will go back to Arsenal. Its funny how Arsenal have stayed quiet on this one because they know if barca accept a bid from us Arsenal get first refusal on Cesc for just £25 mill. And don't forget Arsene and Cesc talk on the phone to each other alot, so they are obvious in the know. I say we go for gundogan!

I doubt many of Fabregas's friends are on tour with United in Japan though.

Irish Red

Arsenal do not get to buy Cesc for £25m.

They get a percentage of any profit, if sold at profit to any club but Arsenal, or they can match any bid that is accepted by Barcelona and it has to be accepted also.

I can think of at 1 at least, RVP.

It’s the same as the Suarez situation. The clause will be the minimum amount where discussions can start with Arsenal…it doesn’t have to be accepted. And if something higher comes in, Barca can reject or ask them to match it.

And why would he go back to Arsenal? No trophies, no marquee signings (lost Higuian), no ambition. I like Arsenal but they just aren’t doing enough for themselves.

As for friends, RVP? Does he know De Gea? Or the boot cleaner?

SB

I wish people would stop saying Arsenal buy back, it's a load of crap.

How many times does a player go back to a clu!. And as Van Persie proved by moving away, you have a better chance of winning elsewhere. If he came back it wouldn't be to Arsenal. For starters, he would be on £200k at our place, they won't pay that!

I think it's pretty clear that Cesc has been making encouraging noises about a move to us for some time. If we keep pushing then he'll come and that's the first part of the jigsaw in place. We then need an enforcer in midfield and a wide man with Rooney, Nani and hopefully Anderson on their way.

Paulo, we don't need to sign a winger. If we do then that will hinder the progress of Adnan. He's young, hungry and from what I have seen, he's going to set the prem on fire in the next year.

Forgetting Zaha as well! An inform Valencia down the right and Zaha down the left would be something special. I'd like to see a lot of Januzaj in the PL too this year.

Ozwald

I thought Adnan was a midfielder not a wide man. He's clearly one for the future and Zaha may need a while to develop. If Nani and Rooney both leave then that will give us the option of playing a different formation butIthink we'll still need one player to pose a threat down the flanks. Maybe it means a reprieve for Evra for one season if Everton continue to insist on silly money for Baines. Maybe Valencia will find his form again.

Apart from the fact that Adnan isn't a winger try paying attention when you watch the games!

Stew4d

Adnan is a right midfielder. He moght not be a winger but he likes to cut inside from the right. At least know what you're talking about before trying to insult someone.

Adnan plays through the middle. A winger wouldn't hinder his progress & the kid is going to be special. I think he'll be knocking on the door this year regardless of who we sign.

Adnan is part of the modern breed of attacking midfielder, think Mata, Silva, Kagawa, those that play anywhere across the line behind the striker, and will drift wherever they feel they like they can take advantage.

No need to get on your high horse Stew4d, Adnan has spent more than enough time on the wing. He's 18 and there obv still trying to find out his best position. Any big signing on the wing would hinder his progress, he needs game time. Your probally ones of those people that go on about youth not being given a chance, get back in your box son:-)

Yeah I suppose you're right I only work at moss lane so hardly get to see him in action and would have no idea where he looks best. Sorry won't let it happen again.

Stew4d

Adnan just brought on as sub to play on the wing, oh no wait a minute he is playing through the middle behind Welbeck

You can't stamp a default position on Januzaj he's a player that can play anywhere, as a forward, out wide. he likes to drift inside and drop deep, he's good enough to play anywhere. If he puts on a bit of weight there's no reason he can't play as a CM as long as he's accompanied by a more defensive midfielder.

Ozwald

Well said Ozwald, hey stew4d. Working behind the burger bar at moss lane is nothing to shout about:-)

Please can all these rumours now stop about fabregas, the manager and the president of barca have said not for sale, there are more realistic signings out there like baines, felaini, defour and others why not go for them


UNITEDFORLIFE75

Deluded isn't the word. Arsenal have first refusal on cesc, FACT! It is not set at 25 mill but barca owe arsenal money on fab and song so it wouldn't cost them that much to match any bid. Cesc is not friends with RVP. Cesc loves Arsenal and wenger, he would not play for moyes who at the moment cannot attract any top players to united. Sorry to burst your deluded bubble lads but if Cesc leaves barca, it won't be for the red of Man united.