Manchester United Rumours Archive June 26 2012

26 Jun 2012 22:34:05
Last I heard Gill has announced 2 more signings on the way.

Personally, I'd like to see either Alba or Baines in a united shirt for the first signing as that position is an absoulte must.

The second however, I believe we either should take a creative midfield player, such as Thiago from barca or Modric from spurs as Sidguddson is now on his way there.

Otherwise, Lewandowski from Dortmund would be an excellent choice, as would James Rodriguez with a 30m+ bid being submitted allegedly. Rodriguez looking very likely, he can play CM, CAM and on the wings. Opinions Ed? {Ed007's Note - Who was this announced to?}

Probably Mr Gill told the contract cleaners that look after the upkeep of his office......lol, are you assuming Evra is on his way out, and why??? agreed Siggi goin to the spuds.....but Modric aint arriving, Lewandowski!!!!too many sherbits dude, he's a legend already at Dortmund, cant see us getting him.......Rodriguez to risky right now for that price...remember Bebe!!!

Peter Bolton ed, the guy go's to every united game, home, away, abroad, he go's to every youth and reserve game too unless they clash, he's pretty in the know!

Big Mac

No thanks to Alba. Cheating diving smurf - more suitable for Uefalona.

26 Jun 2012 17:40:12
gylfi sigurdson is apparantley joining spurs after a fee was agreed with hoffenheim so this is a sign that modric could well be on the move. Hopefully the modric rumours will start to get momentum now!!

Leebo

Doesn't he usually play in more of the Van Der Vart role? i.e. attacking mid or 'in the hole' if you like

Gav

It more accurately indicates that Van Der Vaart is going to Schalke

Forilla

He is going to liverpool.

26 Jun 2012 12:57:46
Ed002; not really heard many rumours in the last few days so I was wondering if you could list the players that we have shown interest in recently? I noticed that you'd done it for someone on the Spurs page so it would be highly appreciated, especially after the heart break of last night!

I'm sure it'd keep a lot of other people happy as well, or at least for the time being anyway!

Thanks

rpc {Ed002's Note - Ask tomorrow when I may have more time available.}

Any chance of this being answered today Ed002?

Thanks a lot,

rpc

{Ed002's Note - We are not going to do questions on these and some have moved elsewhere and others it may only have been fleeting interest but my understanding is that, amongst others, Manchester United have considered at one level or another the following players recently: Adryan Tavares, Armero, Asamoah, Azpilicueta, Benatia, Cissokho, Clyne, Corgnet, Debuchy,, Dede, Elm, Eriksen, Fischer, Gaitan, Ganso, Javi Garcia, Giroud, Goetze, Santiago Garcia, Hazard, Kagawa, Konoplyanka, Kovacic, Mateo, Lewandowski, Javi Martinez, Moura, Lucas, Muniain, M'Vila, Ramirez, Powell, James Rodriguez, Sneijder, Strootman, Witsel, Wolfwinkel and Xhaka.

Thanks!

rpc

And of course the obligatory partridge in a pear tree.

Red bear

Santiago Garcia and Corgnet are two interesting players on that list. Striker and a 'box to box' midfielder. Relatively cheap as well and would probably be the ones that blide side us and come in probably.

Sanshine

Good work Ed2, cheers!

Gav

No luka modric in that list ed? joeyored

26 Jun 2012 10:44:43
Peter Bolton has just tweeted his at the old boys golf day for mufc and asked David gill regarding signings he said two hopefully but no names.
JF

Lets all have a guess.. I think baines and rodriguez

Modric an lewandowski

Clyne & Pogba

Cabaye and Baines...but if the Nani situation gets no better I'm hoping we'll get Rodriguez as well.

Kai

"clyne & Pogba"

your on the wrong page Scouser.

Cretins and the Emu.

Worst insult ever callin a manc a scouse.
I hope all this Pogba business will be solved soon. Tunners, Petrucci, Powell, Clevs & Pog could be a dynamic force in midfield for the next 10 seasons.

As for Clyne i'd also snap him up 2m.
if it don't workout you'd get 6m for an English player i'm sure.

Just stating my defence.

In a fifa/pro manager blah blah world which alot of us dream about is yeah.....
1- Modric or Sahin
2- Alba or Baines
These would complete UNITED.

Its modric and rvp just watch this space

If its FIFA world can we have messi and iniesta . Let's not sell ourselves short of we're gonna dream x

Would Think it is Clyne (He can play LB aswell as RB) and finalize the deal for Angelo Henriquez.

Clyne again , I'm so sick of reading his name , rafael and fabio are slated on here but he's a mega star in the making, difference a passport makes eh

Dustbin

26 Jun 2012 10:43:02
David Gill at the old boys golf day has just confirmed hopefully 2 more signings no names.

I think it would be safe to say two from
Baines, Modric, Strootman or Rodriguez. Forget a striker.

We will sign more than two more players. I have no doubt about that. Perhaps he means significant signings or perhaps he is just saying two so fans will be happy when we sign more? RB, LB & CM are three must sign positions. I think a striker isn't out of the question either. Perhaps a LW is no longer on the shortlist and Nani will be kept, much to many's disappointment ;)

Sydney! {Ed004's Note - I still think we need two sign two midfielders. Would love to see a midfield of M'Vila and Modric}

RB is hardly a must sign position, we have Rafael along with Smalling and Jones who can both cover. It's going to end up being a LB (probably Baines) and a CM (Strootman / Garcia). Any other position and it'd be a bonus.

rpc

Rpc, neither Smalling or Jones are RB's so this is probably why we are very interested in Nathaniel Clyne to challenge Rafael. However you are probably right that RB is probably not a 'must sign' position. After missing out on Hazard perhaps the club see Nani as better than the rest that's available? So perhaps our left wing hunt has stopped? We 100% need a midfielder and we 100% need a LB I completely agree with that. We have been heavily linked to Lewandowski so I still think we will see at least three more signings. Time will tell I guess.

Sydney!

Lewandowski would be an odd signing though, we already have Welbeck and Chico as goal poachers it seems strange that we'd spend a lot of money on a striker who's not going to be an automatic starter. Wouldn't surprise me if a more experienced, older striker was brought in though.

Who knows about Nani, for him to truly fulfil his potential he has to play on the right but with Valencia there it's hard to see him ever getting a prolonged run of games. Maybe this is why Fergie think's now is the time to sell for a big sum then replace him with a natural left winger ala Rodriguez.

rpc

I dont understand the aversion to Lewandowski.

Remember we had 4 strikers from 1998 for quite a while (Cole,Yorke,Sheringham,Solskjaer then RVN and Forlan came in when others left)

With Owen leaving and Berba odds on to join him that leaves us Rooney, Welbeck and Chicha. Will Keane would have stepped up but is out for the season and do really expect Macheda to fiannly cut it?

I know he wouldnt be a priority signing (LB and CM first for me) but id love to see him at the club

For the past few weeks, since the Nani/Rodriguez rumors started, I had tried to defend Young for the LM position. But I'll eat my words and say we definitely need a new winger...his play the the Euros was pretty bad, and I think he showed that he can't handle pressure situations (not just the penalty, but in more defensive instances). That being said, I think we need an experienced LB to back up whichever LM we go for, especially if we don't end up getting one at all! Baines has that experience and I think he would really be a great signing for us. I'm not too concerned about RB, I felt Rafael had a good season, sure there were some rough edges but I can see him really coming into himself this season, and Jones can play as a RB...as he did so a few times this season. In terms of midfield, there's only one player we need to look at..Cabaye. He's exactly what we need, both a play maker and someone who can break up an attack. I'd easily offer Newcastle the same money for him that we were apparently going to offer for Modric...he's a more versatile player in my opinion. As for strikers, we need to make up our mind where Rooney is going to play. On the last man with Kagawa behind him? Kagawa in the middle, Rooney deeper and someone else on the last man? If the latter is the case...we need another striker! I'm a big fan of Welbeck but he lacks the flair of other players around. I think we should loan out Hernandez, get him to a team he can score 20/30 goals in a season and get him back in a years time to reap the rewards. Baines, Cabaye and a striker (not sure who, would love Lewandowski but would Dortmund sell their two best players in a few months?). As for LW I have no idea...haven't seen much of Rodriguez! Maybe Kagawa on the left and put Young in a more central attacking role? He played well there in the Euros when Oxlande-Chamberlain was on the left! Anyway, just some thoughts on the current situation!

Andy

Last year, Gill said there would be a big signing after Furgy had blasted the Snijder rumour. Than what?

Lewandowski is a good striker and i respect him

26 Jun 2012 09:56:53
Heaing a bit about Robbens future. Would he fit our needs out on the left. Granted he plays on the right at BM. Would be a cheap option.IMo.
Papers linking him to city but have they not move there attentions to another striker instead of Dzeko now?

Also my last rumour is Erikkson who has been scouted for sometime.

Simon.

Munich hve moved there attention away from dzeko may i edit.

Simon.

May have a reasonable fee but he's on a lot of money at Bayern.

With the players we have moved on and are set to this market im hoping there would be the kinda money he would ask for, been available.

Im sorry but just no, he can be a ball hoger and is argumentative. Wouldn't fit in at United.

Ozwald

SAF didnt think so a few years back.
good value imo.

He is a arrogant 1 dimensional twerp,

would not want him.

Cban

If I remember right wasn't he set for a move to us before joining Chelsea?, I know he had been to Old Trafford on at least 1 occasion and the rumor mill seemed to think it was a done deal, he then opted to move to Chelsea, not sure whether SAF would give him a 2nd opportunity, good player but as already stated, can be disruptive influence by all accounts, be surprised if anything happened on that front, but hey, Fergies surprised us before!

Charla

Indeed pal. I dont know of an other winger that offers as much as him other than ronaldo perhaps.

Cretins and the Emu.

You dont want robben around the club he's a drama queen. I just can't see him and fergie being the perfect match

Huge wages, huge ego and too self-centred for United IMO. No doubt he has bags of talent but he doesn't seem to channel it well. You say he's cheap but if you take into account both wages and transfer fee (which is only sensible) he will be far from cheap

Gav

Steps inside, trys to bend it in top left. sussed yrs ago. one trick pony.

25 Jun 2012 23:37:41
Just wondering about Angelo Henriquez...

Have United signed him/looking to sign him/or all rumours??

Mr.GoodKat

Talks are ongoing but a fee is believed to have been agreed and He may spend next season back on loan at Universidad de Chile to gain more first team experience as he has only played 14 times at senior level for them.