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27 Jul 2011 23:43:27
bargain of the window would be afellay for 4m
along with Sneijder/Nasri and De Rossi and we are in business.
i think Evra is the key with Nasri. Things arent over yet in terms of this marquee stella signing we are hoping for. maybe be one or two more signings so things seem positive.
In Fergie we TRUST. United Till I Die
Park 3 Lung
I agree, Ibrahim Afellay could be a stunning player for United's team.
27 Jul 2011 23:25:29
Rafael da silva writes (or some pr Guy) om Fb that United att after vucinic. 15 million pounds.
27 Jul 2011 22:57:18
Pity to see Oliver Gill leaving :( Looked a great talent especially after winning Reserves Player of the Year hope he succeeds wherever he goes and maybe thinking of coming back to football
Yes, I have heard the news that Oliver has turned down a new contract to study at University. I believe the course either to be business studies or finance. I wish him all the best. Good luck to you, and maybe we wish see you back once you graduate
2bh oliver gill was an ok player never going to be anything special and he was only with us because of his dad
THE HEMMINATOR
Only with us because of his dad...but good enough to win youth team player of the year and be offered a new contract?
Think again sunshine.
Oh i must be wrong then if he has won youth team player of the season that means hes a fantastic player(rolls eyes in sarcasm) there have been many young players doing so well in youth teams and didnt make it for example i remember when kevin nolan was comeing through the ranks at bolton and evrey1 was saying hes the next big thing bin voted player of the season true hes a gud player but didnt live up 2 expectations plus gill is 20 and hasnt looked like breaking into the 1st team
THE HEMMINATOR
27 Jul 2011 22:34:37
i bet by this time tomorrow that aguero has said that all the fans in manchester support city. Lol. If i'm proven right then you will know that i am psychic and you can all bow down to my greatness. Lmao.
Shappy
27 Jul 2011 21:59:06
Wow Thiago Alcantra is amazing anyone see him in the Audi cup what a team Barca have they all play the same way they can dominate for years upon years
27 Jul 2011 21:42:47
The Roma player is more than likely vucinic. Don't see the point in buying him when we cud put that money towards buying a midfielder. We've plent of quailty up front and not enough creative flair in midfield. Jason mc
Could it be a double deal maybe.... De Rossi refusing to sign a contract extension.... HERBIE
27 Jul 2011 20:39:35
after watching the audi cup i reckon we should sign schnwinstieger (spelling), that young international player who scored against miln and barca and the international keeper looks gud
THE HEMMINATOR
27 Jul 2011 20:30:02
Aguero to City will trigger Tevez to Inter will trigger Sniedjer to OT. There's a chain. It's like buying a house. Only more expensive and the previous owners aren't trying to hide the dry rot. Although maybe that was what happenned with Hargreaves... Hidden dry rot.
Either that or the fact he was made out of glass.
1redarmy
Why? aguero is an atletico madrid player not inter, so how is that a chain?
City have a replacement so are prepared to sell Tevez. Inter want funds for Tevez and therefore acept offers for WS. It's not a financial chain, more one action triggering another.
27 Jul 2011 20:16:52
Anybody know that Hernandez is in hospical with concussion? wont be seeing him tonight :(
Jwalk
Yep, I imagine him playing against barca at the earliest.
1redarmy
I don't think he was gonna play much on the tour anyway.
27 Jul 2011 19:59:08
jst been told that david gill has ameeting booked with roma officials on 09th august.dont no who about .de rossi?? rumour from old trafford employee utid
It is more likely vukinic if recent rumours are to go by
What an absolute load of garbage do you think David Gill divulges his movements to all and sundrie (I don't think so) unless you are hacking his phone stop inventing stories
ARB
Of course he his anyone can read his diary to see his appointments you complete nob
Of course i seen everything - and football is the real winner
It is 100% true.do you not think that when a meeting is booked people dont have to arrange things i.e catering transport for the guests etc.Sorry i forgot the chief executive of a company the size of utd probably picks them up from the airport in his car n takes them to lou macaris chippy for lunch. think before you doubt it or you just look stupid UTID
27 Jul 2011 19:49:28
I still think modric is the target; would loe to see ganso but he has a 84m release clause;
brendan
The price for Ganso will be around £25M, possibly up to £30M
AC Milan apparantly had a deal in place for 25M but there was European Quota problems? Or something along those lines so Ganso could be available at a reasonable price.
27 Jul 2011 19:20:03
Did you see how many city fans greeted aguero how embarrassing there was only a few more than were at utds victory parade
Who is this fool Aguero will not make it in our league
27 Jul 2011 18:43:31
Anyone know of a free site for Utds next game?
Pardoe
I caught the Chicago Fire game on eyousports.com. Maybe worth a try bud
CRAIGY
Www.atdhenet.tv and www.livetv.ru/en are both good sites to watch games U should try them
NorwegianViking
Myp2p is a good site, just pick one of the links 2 the game, u should b able 2 find a decent link there
I use this site for all sports if they're not on Sky/espn...
livescorehunter.com/
Mr. Good Cat
Try myp2p.eu if you see veetle or sopcast or tvu you have to run or download an exe exe in order to see the game otherwise you can see it without doing anythig {Ed002's Note - soccertvlive.net/}
27 Jul 2011 18:42:48
Looks like Hernandez is out of tonight's game with concussion.
SAF was not playing him any way he only joined the tour late Monday and was always pencilled in for the Barcelona game on the 30th
ARB
27 Jul 2011 18:22:27
If the rumours are true that Valencia want 20 million euros for Mata, I think it's definitely worth going for him. It's a great price for a terrific young creative talent who may help De Gea settle in aswell.
Just my thoughts
Hobbes
I cant see mata wearing a united jersey next season . if he will move it will be the scousers
One more winger not possible dude...there is already lots of winger...
He played through the middle for Spain u21s. I wouldn't consider him a winger
Hobbes
27 Jul 2011 18:21:04
Nice to see on club twitter account Shi**y asking for fans to come to ground and greet Aguero..........a big club me thinks not.
Signing one of the top strikers in the game does seem like a small time club but I suppose you didn't want him as we all know no decent players would go to city he must be another one of those mercenary types you know any player who doesn't go to utd is a mercenary and so on
Haaaaaaaa is that a bitter blue trawling through the MANCHESTER UNITED rumour page?? We all know city fans are closet reds, you know more about united than city....sling it
Salford C
27 Jul 2011 18:14:30
been watching barcas second string in audi cup, they play nothing like the first team, don't pass as good not as good pressing. theres hope for the rest.
27 Jul 2011 18:11:37
Take a look at the squad tonight and Saturday except for Fletcher this will be as close as the starting 11 we will get. DeRossi is odds on favorite of being the mid we pick up. His agent is also in the firm that SAF's buddy Charlie Stilatano works for. Charlie is the guy that is bringing MANUTD to the US each year. The other thing I've heard is that we are close to signing three young Brazilians; Adryan, Lucas (Not the Liverpool flop), and Ganso who is the best of the lot and could be Scholes long term replacement. Lots of competition for the three but inside job being worked on getting the three. Don't forget we still have Morrison and Pogba if Morrison can stay out of jail the future is bright for the lad, just needs to grow up.
I, am in stitches with your morrison comment, he must be a real live wire, lol
27 Jul 2011 17:58:35
lazy berbatovs staying according to his agent, bad news.
I know, how s**t is it that the top scorer in the league last season and our record signing is staying
This site does attract some idiots
The Neviller
The Neviller
Berbatov' style does not match our pattern of play and we have to change to accommodate him every time he comes on. He has 1 year left on his contract, so are we gullible enough to give him a new one to sit on the bench at best, let the old one run out so he can leave for free next summer or , my preferred option, sell him now for what we can get?
Red Man
And sign who? How much would you get for a 30 year old in the last year of his contract, and how much would a player of his class cost to replace him?
The Neviller
Berbatov without a doubt has got the class but I do think the time is right to let him go, his wages are huge and he does'nt deserve to be on the bench, he could offer a lot more to another team.... HERBIE
True his style is languid. However, he is one of the most skillful and talented footballers we have currently who at times drifts past defenders as if they are not there and his touch is second to none.
27 Jul 2011 17:56:24
Mornin all, we are signing a south american, cant say any more as its not 100% clear. However if ya smart enough you will see the signs based on when their league finishes and the timing of the competitions running over their recently gaffer lets em have a holiday ya know .Im not gonna lie there aint nothin on paper yet. I will eat my computer if we sign sjneider, Live on red or you tube, preferring the first of course :) so ya might wanna save ya typing fingers
Wazzup 10
27 Jul 2011 17:27:00
Seeing That Manchester City Are Set To Sign Kun Aguero for a Hefty Sum. I say we buy His Younger Brother Ken Aguero. This rumour was Quite Popular in the Main site this time last year, can't seem to get hold of it anywhere. What do you think Ed(the original Ed of the main site)? Maybe he could be the solution to our age old Central Midfield Troubles.
{Ed036's note - Ah yes, I remember Ken Aguero. What a player... hopefully we can revive our interest in him and get him before City find out we're after him.}
27 Jul 2011 17:20:10
Lucas has had a bid lodged for him, I will be so happy if this is us and we can negotiate a deal for him. I thought this would be dead in the water when we were linked and with the Neymar saga and his buyout clause.
He's a fantastic talent and would be delighted if he came to Manchester United.
Sanshine {Ed002's Note - Manchester United have been amongst several clubs to enquire - Chelsea, Bayern Munich, PSV, Benfica and no doubt many others. The bid for the player was not however placed by Manchester United - and it was in any case rejected.}
Its not the same lucas that agreed to join chelsea or was that just rumours {Ed002's Note - NO, Chelsea have Lucas Piazon arriving in January already.}
27 Jul 2011 17:17:51
as quite a few would loved seen utd quick double deal Schweinsteiger&nasri as believe its more than 1 class midfielder we need if fergie want tha champ league trophy back,
as again with his words hes never totally said no more sighnings he just says as cover, the statement of no imminent signings means to me its the obvious ones&he knows its a waiting game&prob gona b last day quick deal, nasri its wait to see if arsenal really can afford lose 20m&plus potty paddy chipping in at nasri, modric is lets see what chelsea do, if sign diff player&modric still playing face up a last day scramble for deal maybe on sneijder thinks that utd want but inter asking too much now leave for player to force there hand if as reports says he wants to play for utd
27 Jul 2011 17:12:47
berb's agent has confirmed he will see out his contract at man united
jred
If this is the case we better offer him an extention, dont want him to walk out for nothing.
1redarmy
'jred'
It's nothing to do with his agent bud, the club will decided whether or not to keep him, I would be amazed if Berbatov is a United player come September.
Sydney!
Syd
the players have the power now if he wants to run down his contracted whats to stop him, he wont be the first to do it.
also who going to pay a transfer fee and give him the wages his on now , if stops one more year and leaves next year for nothing his must have a better chance of getting good wages.
jred
'1redarmy & jred'
Berbatov's contract runs out June 30th 2012, but United have the choice to extend his contract to June 2013. Berbatov has no say in the matter, it's a condition built into his contract.
I imagine Sneijder would have a similar condition built into his contract if he signs. It's pretty clever really.
Sydney!
Syd if you rember i posted the same thing last week not sure how it works do they have to offer him improved terms or just continue on the contract that his on , or is it just a clever way of stopping him walking away for nothing.
I would keep him not sure we would get anyone any better for the money we would get for him , and we dont need another young striker as we got plenty
jred
27 Jul 2011 16:48:54
Does anyone else think city have just signed one quality striker who is gonna give them the edge over a lot of prem teams
No doubt he is a quality striker but will not harry and chase around like Tevez
and another massive outlay a reputed 38
transfer fee and 250k per week over 5 years making it a grand total of 98 million
WOW
ARB
Maybe but they are also losing one who did give them the edge over most teams.
1redarmy
They've signed a quality player not sure if he will give them any more than tevez , but looking forward to seeing him play in the premiership
jred
Depends if they keep Tevez or not, Aguero is not as good as Tevez and can go missing in games. But both of them together would be slightly worrying.
Sydney!
Got a feeling city will have tevez, s services till january
I'm a bit concern that we practically have the same middle as we did last season. The middle is weak, no stability, no real creative threat, no one that dictates the game ( slow it down, speed it up, link defense to midfield, midfield to forwards, or midfield to goal etc). The necessity is overwhelming and it seems as if we aren't getting it done. Go ahead break the bank, deal with the important things. a car is as fast as the capabilities of the engine. Get it done SAF. diego
He is no better then tevez also he may struggle to settle in..
Was gonna say pretty much what syd said, Aguero is a great player no doubt about that, but he isn't better than tevez (IMO tevez is the second best striker in the EPL behind rooney) but if tevez stays, which i think he will atleast for a bit considering his international teammate has just turned up, the pair of them WILL be deadly
Yup they will. that is y i am concern.... Our midfield is little above average, aint good enough. Get nasri and ganso and diarra. solid..
27 Jul 2011 16:44:08
just a thought.. instead of spending 35+ mil on sneijder. why not buy de rossi who is in last year of contract for around 15 mil maybe. and then get nasri for 20 mil. much better business if you ask me. will make our midfield solid.
Those two would really complete our midfield, certainly good immediate fixes for sure and would give us a lot of tactical flexibility. But i think its 1 midfielder and maybe a striker (possibly in january) for us.
REDFAITH
Spot on.... tho i like the idea of sneijder at OT by the start of the season, what you say has some logic to it and sound feasible. very economic imho. If only the staff at OT read the forums and the comments on some of these and news sites then they could hear our views as fans and see if what we say has any sense to it. diego
Also, get rid of Gibson and get in Lass Diarra, along with de rossi and nasri, Solid middle imo. diego
Yeh and are you gonna tell david gill this and nasri and de rossi's agents? better tell arsenal and roma too.
Its all easy to say. Not easy to do. Nice idea though.
1redarmy
I think if we sign sneijder or nasri they will have to be complemented with an aggressive ball winning midfielder like de rossi.a combo of sneijder or nasri with carrick would be an absolute disaster.we would be over run in the centre of the park just like the champ league final and fa cup semi v s**tty.
Thanks, i get the feeling we wont be getting a striker until next summer. fergie has said hes a wide choice of strikers available and with berba looking like hes staying for another year i cant see it. but it is an area in need of improvement but midfield is 1st on the list and the 2 players iv said will be ideal.
We dnt really need a striker right now as we already got rooney, little pea, macheda, owen, berba, nani, young who is all capable of scoring goals. Our problem is having a solid and consistent midfield who is providing our forwards and strikers with goal scoring opportunity. my thought tho..... diego
27 Jul 2011 16:19:49
please someone take the following - obertan, welbeck, evans, carrick, berbatov, anderson they aint good enough, i can see it, and so can everyone else, united got away with it last season, due to chelsea having a mid life crisis, and their team being past it, arsenal and their stubborn manager, man city being full of mercenaries and a negative manager, liverpool having a squad full of average players, spurs having no 1 to score goals, i cant see them getting away with it again.
Why dont you stop worrying about what other teams are doing and try supporting utd, best team always wins the league and utd were the best, time and time again 'fans' like you are proved wrong by fergie, dont you think he deserves a bit more credit than your showing? phil
Its spot on if you ask me, thought about it many a time when we struggle away to so called inferior teams
Whilst I agree with the players you have mentioned not being good enough, chelsea still have an ageing team, arsenal still have a stubborn manager, city are still full of mercenaries with a negative manager in charge and Liverpool have bought more average players.
I think we have replaced the goalkeeper. G.nev was embarrassing in his last few performances and we now have enough defensive cover for Raphael with Jones in. Scholes knew he wasn't at his best, or he wouldn't have gone, and young gives us more options and allows others to play in different positions. Add to this the fact that pogba is an absolute class apart and I think things are looking pretty bright.
Dingle.
It was a weird season last season. All teams seemed to have belief at home. Luckily for all the moaners we had the most belief at home.
1redarmy
Let me guess u want sneijder pastore aguero messi ronaldo, anderson is class proved it when he was fit last year and carrick is mr consistent j evans will be a great center back remember a year ago he marked drogba out of the match in both games obertan still unproven but at times has shown signs of genius like against wolfsberg last season/season before fergie will sign one more player who it is i got no idea but it wont be de rossi cos hes nothin like scholes or schweinstiger cos he just signed a new contract an would cost too much maybe sneijder with nike helping with his wages and maybe nasri depending on how desperate gunners get for money or if they hold strong on him so jus chill our midfied is just short 1 atm but we may buy 2 we have pleanty of quality already
Keep Welbeck and definitely Anderson. But get Carrick as far away from the club as possible
I would say add bebe to that list as well obertans better then him and thats saying something but i wouldent get rid of anderson
The only one to get rid of is Carrick. The rest are either not being given enough play time or are still very early in their careers, don't worry
Its impossible to let go the bunch of players you listed, although i agree with you.
Here's my opinion-
Berbatov- i dont mind him being at United. He has world class technique except that he is usually a one-match wonder. Just require consistence from him.
Carrick- I cannot understand how he is usually in the starting-11. he doesn't have the attitude (attacking), not a good passer (creater of chances) and doesn't have United style of play-how many times have he killed counter attacks?
As for others (Obertan, Evans, Anderson and i include Gibson as well), they are proven fringe players and will always be fringe players.
Welbeck deserves a chance.
GoEzManUnited
I only agree with you on carrick...hes a turnover machine and hasnt been the same since the first Barca final. as for the others youre way off base...all useful or young enough to progress further
27 Jul 2011 15:59:06
Hulks agent claims porto have rejected a 80 mill bid for him from an undisclosed club...
Ok he's good but 80 mill euros, that too rejected
bah..
I cant understand this world anymore
DJ
His agent is just trying to drum up interest in the player, no way would any team offer that much money for Hulk
BONEYJOE69
Thats obviously a lie as it would mean he is nearly going for a similar price as ronaldo and he is no where near as good as ronaldo prob just agent making it up
This is true, i can't understand why teams weren't more interested in hulk before he signed a new contract with an 80 mil buyout clause, but now it looks as if he definitely will stay put. I reckon he'd be a great addition to united as he is a similar build to rooney which is good for EPL and buckets of skill. think it's because his stats from seasons before the previous one weren't too good, only in the last season he has blossomed but i think teams think he's too much of a risk for the price they'd (porto) demand
27 Jul 2011 15:32:09
I've been looking around but who thinks we should be having a closer look at Miralem Pjanic? the man's a goal threat, creative and has a wealth of experience. Not overly impressive assist rate or goals, but has played 2 seasons at Lyon who are now not the force they once were.
He's young and versatile lets not forget, and I think he would be available for a lot less than Lyon usually ransom their players for I think Manchester United would be a perfect place to further his career and improve the squad. What are people's thoughts on here?
Sanshine
I admire him he has an eye for goal very good passing and is practically two footed could do well with us
Good call Sanshine, I think he would be a good player for us, he is just 20 too.
Sydney!
Exactly, a 20 year old creative mid who's had 3 full seasons with 2 french clubs. I think he will make the step up pretty soon, but I bet we will see him go to another premier league club like Tottenham. If I were Lyon though, I would keep him over Gourcuff any day
Sanshine
27 Jul 2011 15:02:43
Just read that United have been in contact with Roma over Vucinic, Now i'm assuming this is just a precaution for if Berbatov leaves, so what's everybody's opinions?
Vucinic for £15 Million? or Berbatov?
Personally I'd rather have Berbatov but i'm a huge admirer of the lad.
The Moon.
Was talking about this earlier, i reckon vucinic would be a more reliable back up striker than berba, however i think berba has something special about him and don't really want him to go. He's just having bad form of late just like what wayne went through...
You gotta be one of the few that do, hes lazy and not a player utd want or need, sooner he goes the better
I mentioned this a few days back but with De Rossi thrown into the equation - Berbatov + £20 million for De Rossi and Vucinic.... HERBIE
27 Jul 2011 14:30:52
I'd be delighted if sneijder is at united next year, but i doubt it..
Im saying De rossi could be our main target.
27 Jul 2011 14:05:21
Gill has told mutv the spending will for one or two signings but he doubts it will be before the community shield...... maybe a double swoop de rossi and sneijder ? would love to see it happen
I think that could work nicely if it could be pulled off.... HERBIE
27 Jul 2011 13:57:07
Just looking at some stats from Europe Ozil had 25 assists last year the most in europe so gutted we didnt snap him up he is a special talent
PRR8
He wouldve been THE perfect replacement for Scholes but sadly it just wasnt to be.
TK-Red
I think we went for him but he dint wanna join us .. he wanted madrid
27 Jul 2011 13:36:19
what about a move to van der vaart. he is a long term target and i think that the midfielder we need because he is cretive and score goals
How is he a long term target? We turned him down last summer
Woffsta
If i remember right we did'nt turn him down, he was offered to us for a stupid ammount of money simply because we are called MANCHESTER UNITED, then when we said no he was offered to Tottenham for a third of the price £8 million.... HERBIE
So technically we turned him down then
Woffsta
27 Jul 2011 13:34:17
i would love man utd to sign a new right back. after o shea and brown departure i think that we need a right back. what about a move for a young full back? maybe adriano of barcelona?
We don't need a right-back, it's a left-back we need if possible. Rafael & Fabio are our right-backs.
Sydney!
Fabio is left and if rafael is injured man utd need to play that position ouf of position players and that is the worst thing to to in a team
Fabio is now a right-back along with Rafael, SAF played Evans at Left-back ahead of Fabio in the last game. Fabio & Rafael will be our right-backs for next season mate, Smalling with play on occasions. It's left-back that we are a little short in. Evra cannot keep playing 50 games a season.
Sydney!
Adriano...young.....hardly a rafael or fabio is he
I don't think adriano would ever come to united mate unfortunately
27 Jul 2011 13:29:23
Photo of dimitar beratov smoking a cigarette
www.manchesterunitedrumours.co.uk/ar_39.php
What's your point, Berbatov has always been a smoker.
Sydney!
He looks exactly like andy garcia in this pic
27 Jul 2011 13:26:39
Hey guys, what time are united in tonight? bst. ta
fatfugazi
27 Jul 2011 13:13:28
We still got about £50+ money left £25m C Ron cash and about £30m+ from the transfer kitty so why don't we try and sign Toni Kroos or Schwienstiger and if we sell Berba we would have enough for another mid or maybe a striker
Man Utd 19
27 Jul 2011 12:54:50
Manchester United are planning a triple Brazilian swoop, with the signings of Flamengo forward Adryan, Sao Paulo midfielder Lucas and Santos playmaker Ganso.
Caught offside rumour. Really wouldn't trust those guys....would be amazing, but a triple swoop for some of the biggest Brazilian rising stars.....no chance.
Salford C
Lucas alone has an £81m buy out clause so even at 40m you'd struggle to buy him
Pardoe
27 Jul 2011 12:51:00
David Gill is just trying to increase ticket sales ready for the new season. Fergie is right we wont be signing anybody else. We have no money
And how do you know this nugget of information? that we have no money
Not a single penny? Nothing in the club's bank account at all? we're bankrupt then?
Since we're now bankrupt, would the last person out of Old Trafford turn the light off on their way out, don't want the administrators having a massive electricity bill to sort out
Some idiots in here
The Neviller
SAF never said we won't be signing anymore players, that is all in your head lad. He said we won't sign anyone before the Community shield game on the 7th August. There is still more than three weeks left after this date to bring in a central midfielder.
Gill confirmed exactly what SAF said, that they want a player but he is not available at the moment. Doesn't mean he won't be before September. It's all about negotiation and a deal should be done the closer it gets to deadline day.
Sydney!
You honestly think Gill would do that to increase ticket sales? ..yeah don't think so myself.
it's pretty simple to understand what they're saying which is that they're trying to bring in someone to improve our midfield (everyone knows it's a midfielder) but they're not sure if it will happen for many reasons, but they are trying..
Whoever sent this in is a complete tool - no money? wheres the £65m come from tht we spent on young, jones and de gea come from then?
and if the world class midfielder we obviously need is available then the £25m+ would be made available
wish I was as skint as that
THE MUFFIN MAN
How can we increase ticket sales when there is a waiting list for season tickets for the next 4 or 5 years. If theres one thing that united is good at(other than football) then it is selling out. Guarantee you united have the highest average attendance of any premier league team.
MUFC Till I Die
What the F..K do you know? absolutely nothing David Gill may work for the Glazer family but he is not a liar just wait and watch
in the mean time get back on your own site you know all
ARB
27 Jul 2011 12:47:48
Just seen this on Talksport
Manchester United and Barcelona have made moves for Flamengo teenager Adryan.
United have been long-term admirers of the 16-year-old, and even attempted to take him to Manchester for a trial last April.
That move fell through, but Old Trafford representatives watched him again at the recent Under-17 World Cup in Mexico, and have now joined Bar a in making contact with agent Rodrigo Pitta.
Pitta has confirmed talks have taken place, but warned interested parties must first agree a fee with Flamengo before more serious negotiations can begin. That appears to be easier said than done, however, with the Rio based outfit hopeful of keeping the exciting playmaker, who's contract expires in 2014.
Rumours in the Brazilian media this week suggested Flamengo may be prepared to negotiate on their £10million asking price if the player is signed and paid for now, but then allowed to stay with the Brazilian club until his 18th birthday before completing a move to Europe.
Gino
27 Jul 2011 12:25:05
Has anyone got sir alex's mobile number? i wanna call him and tell him about a player called keisuke honda...
OzWald
I think we all know what he will say to you about that
Thats ok I texted him and passed on your info.... much appreciated lolol
Pardoe
27 Jul 2011 11:40:41
man utd to sign vucinic for 15 mil. i don't knw wjy we are buying an other striker. a young fulback or midfielder would be simply better, in fergie we believe
Hope this is a loada tosh, much rather keep berba.
yeah he was a bit of a flop in the previous season but then again he was the joint top goal scorer in the league, and without him we may not of won. If you watch hundreds of videos of berbatov you'd notice he has this insane ball control and his every touch of the ball is perfect, he's just lacking confidence atm and fitness too i believe. Not joking but think i saw a picture of him smoking a rollie too :
So signing Vucinic (which would surely be Fergie's idea) is a bad idea, as signing a fullback or a midfielder is a better idea? Meaning you know better than Fergie? But in Fergie we believe?
Make your mind up
The Neviller
27 Jul 2011 11:07:46
after gills comments i think theres only 1 of 2 people were interested in and thats sneijder or nasri.
tbh i would take schweinsteiger ova both.
expect the last player signed no more than 2 days b4 the window closes.
gavlar1982
How do those comments lead you to that conclusion?
Invisible STuey
27 Jul 2011 11:02:08
Its getting really boring reading that Schweinsteiger is the replacement for Paul Scholes.... he's not, he's a completely different player Schweinsteiger breaks up play and recycles possession. Would Roy Keane ever be asked to play a Paul Scholes role? Or De Jong play the David Silva role? NO. Schweinsteiger is not the solution to a lack of creativity I think we should look at Stevan Jovetic, the guy has talent in abundance, is only 21 and would be a LOT cheaper than most others. Yes, he was injured the whole of last season but that was due to a damaged cruciate ligament in his right knee. So it's not like he's injury prone either
Bastian used to play on the wing, then moved more infield to a CM/CAM role, he's only played a more defensive role in the latter stages of his career because he can and was needed too, he is a top top player so maybe he isn't exactly like paul scholes so what? he'd be better than or on the same level as anyone we've been linked to.
an incredibly valuable player to any team, Bayern know he is the heart of their team and its starting to go that way with the german nation team as well
I agree with you about jovetic but he is a winger now your being hypocritical saying would you ask de jong to play in silvas postion now your saying lets bring in a winger 2 replace scholes thats like saying c ronaldo 2 replace scholes, i know lets buy buffon 2 replace scholes your quaoting the wrong players postion wise so i will 2, if we wanna replace scholes lets buy xavi coz when re retires pogba n morrison will be there 2 take over
THE HEMMINATOR
Buy Xavi... I dont think Barca would sell him tbf. Oh and btw Jovetic can play on the wing, but he is more of a CAM so I agree with this guys comments :) but personally we should look at Pjanic, Muller (very unlikely) or Pastore (very expensive)
27 Jul 2011 10:51:56
Wouldn't it be great if we snatched aguero after he came over to sign for city. Quite happily sell berbatov and get him
27 Jul 2011 10:45:59
Not heard or seen this guys name for a while, but I still think we should sign Xerdhan Shaqiri, looks great already and could be nurtured into a world class player for a year or 2 in the reserves. For anything under £10 mill I think that'd be a bargain.
DB-Red
27 Jul 2011 08:39:16
Why don't we go for Ibrahim Affelay? He would be great value at 3-5 mill.
Would be a good fix for the central midfield area, if we can't get Sneijder.
What are your thoughts Ed?
He will cost closer to £10m, perhaps more. Barcelona only paid a pittance because he had six months left on his contract. I hear Spurs are interested, but maybe offered to Arsenal as part of the Cesc deal?
Sydney!
Personally if we were to go for Affelay then I would want someone else brought in aswell. He would be a good squad player but imo isn't the fix we need in centre mid. Also we don't want to start buying players from other top sides who cannot get in their starting 11 because that is not going to improve us.
Rjmanutd
Been thinking about this quite a bit over the last day or two and i'm starting to warm to the idea, hasn't really excelled at barca because of the pressure of getting into the first team and just the fact there isn't really any room.
for the price i'd agree with syd, they wouldn't sell him for 4 mil, 10 is more realistic which is still cheap for someone of his age and he does get quite a bit of playing time with barca so he can defintely play at the highest level, think he would get better once he leaves barca
27 Jul 2011 06:19:40
World class, available and can play AM
Modric
Nasri
Sweinsteiger
Xavi
Sneijder
Villa
Either one will do
Villa is too slow to be an AM'er, Schweinsteiger & Xavi are not available. Modric and Sneijder could be too expensive and Nasri looks like he will either run down his contract at Arsenal and leave for free, or he will sign for City in the next few weeks. Out of them, Sneijder is probably the most likely, followed by Mods and then Nasri. Forget about the rest mate.
Sydney!
Yeah half of these aren't really "available" some would be easier than others, villa? fairly sure he is a forward, not a mid besides he's too much and too old
Schweinsteiger is not an AM an there is no chance he would come, be a cold day in hell when that happens
As much as I think Sneijder is a great player he certainly doesn't represent any value. The figure of £80 million is being spoken about including 4 years wages and then there is no resale value. If he arrives we have ourselves and excellent player playing at the peak of his game but I hope we get someone in who is younger, cheaper and full of potential, someone who we can get at least 6 years out of. Who that may be, I don't know.
You know, resale value or not, sneijder is exactly what this team needs right now, at 27 years of age he's got atleast 4-5 years of playing at the peak, during that time players like pogba, morrison etc. will already be playing regular football, not to mention the biggest factor players lose with age is speed, and altho sneijder's definetely not slow, speed is definetely not his greatest asset...look at scholes & giggs, playing at such a high level at the age of 36 & 37, meaning sneijder could last 10 years...otherwise if we don't get sneijder I would love Nasri to come and join us, seeing as he's also 3 years younger and proven in the EPL (altho atm Sneijder is a better player IMO)
27 Jul 2011 04:01:22
Vucivic will be signed by Alex Ferguson as a direct replacement for Owen Hargreaves as the treatment table hasn't been busy enough recently. Ferguson is hoping Vucivic and Michael Owen will make the table their own this season.
27 Jul 2011 02:10:57
Toni Kroos to replace Scholes?
Anyone seen this guy? this goal sort of reminds of Scholesy's volley against Aston Villa.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXYa21xPLxE
Or does SAF not sign germans?
27 Jul 2011 01:52:28
sneijder is fantastic but his missus is even better lolId love to see even one of these 2 top players at UTD , bastian sweinsteiger or wesley sneijder, or even both even tho I think we need 1 holding and 1 attacking midfielder, and possibly a new striker coz i dn think berba owen are good enough at the mo.i dnt think itl happen, evenso i think those two are the only world class players that wud suit utd and would guaratee brilliant job
27 Jul 2011 00:49:52
guys just a thought....as it has been stated by David Gill today we are going for 1 more 'world class' signing. It seems it will be one of either Sneijder (32m), Nasri (20m), Modric (30m or 20m+Berbatov) however cant see Modric coming and Fergie seems content on keeping Berba and he is committed like anything. He really does love being at the club and its great to see. Other possibilities could be De Rossi (15m) and Schweinsteiger (35-40m). Now i am not going to speculate who it will be but i would personally love to see De rossi and Sneijder if Nasri goes to City and cant see Bastian coming United but he would be perfect such an outstanding player. If he were to leave i believe United is his preferred destination. Now what are your thoughts on Ibrahim Afellay of Barca ? Heard that Barca are willing to offload him for a mere 4m as Sanchez has joined. Imo the bargain of the century i know spurs are interested but i think he would be a very good buy. He would be amazing at 4m seeing as tho sunderland spent 13m on unproven yet talented Connor Wickham and wolves spent 5m on Jamie O'Hara. Thoughts eds ?
Park 3 Lung
I agree with de rossi and would love to see affellay here as he used to brilliant at psv but just hope his confdence and talent havent faded and i know he hasnt been there long but it cant be good for him being so far down the pecking order.
red paddy
The problem i see with signing from barca, is that the player will just want to rejoin in a few seasons.
Definitely worth a punt on Afellay he is quality & better than Bebe & Obertan, problem is he would probably have the problems @ OT with Nani, Valencia & Young ahead of him.
I wouldn't worry about him wanting back to Barca though as mentioned above, it's not like he's a local lad & been through their youth system like Pique or Fabregas, I don't think he's even been there a year has he?
ajk
I've said it before, I'll say it again. De Rossi isn't as good as what we already have. He is a horribly over-rated player and would struggle to cope with the pace of the Premier League. Schweinsteiger is quality but a) won't leave Munich and b) has a huge ego and would be difficult to manage. I wouldn't consider him for that reason. Fergie doesn't like his footballers to be celebrities and Schweinsteiger likes to be a celebrity.
Afellay is nowhere near the standard of what we already have in Valencia, Nani, Young and Park.
DarkLard08
I disagree. Only players signed as a teenager will want to go back at some point. Someone like Affellay would leave Barca and probably see that he has wasted a few months of his career. And by wasted I mean wasted playing time. Obviously he'd be happy with the medals he has been handed.
TK-Red
27 Jul 2011 00:20:40
eljero elia to sign as a back up winger
We don't need 'a back up winger' when we have Young, Park, Nani, Valencia, Welbeck, Obertan and if the Vucinic rumours have anything behind them (which I doubt) he can also play on the wing.
27 Jul 2011 00:12:43
Does anyone think that if iniesta or xavi got injured barca are totally beatable?strength in depth?
Barca are beatable full stop. Arsenal beat them at the emirates. Yes the outplayed us in the final and were the best team last year but that doesnt mean they cant be beaten even with Xavi and Iniesta. They outplayed an uninspiring United midfield last season but with the right signings we can get back on par.
TK-Red
Barcelona are well beatable I can't remember myself but before that final when was the last time they beat an English side in England arsenal, Chelsea and united beat them... They were the better side on the night there were very few mistakes by united that night... If xavi and inesta are out of that side there weaker but every player who has trained with barc including fabergas play the same style get the ball back quick hold it and calm short quick passing
Agree with the post before mine.. for example Thiago Alcantara who they've just re-signed, is like a young xavi just without as good vision and lack of experience but none the less good enough to plug in the gap if either xavi/iniestathediver got injured
but if anyone can beat them this year, united can
27 Jul 2011 00:07:15
It will go to the wire for our big signing. There's no way we won't sign a big midfielder and the 3 we've got aren't for the position. It's safs last hurrah and Im sure he willsort it. In saf we trust