Manchester United Rumours Archive July 28 2011

28 Jul 2011 21:58:17
Anyone see Galatasary's 3rd goal against Liverpool today? Johan Elmander, Good goal, check it on youtube... Also just seen on ssn that arsenal lookin to tie up a deal 4 mata before the weekend, Looks a good player, i was hoping we would make a move for him, Hopefully sneijder or McCarthy coming in

A.S.H.W.I

Are you talking about Mick McCarthy ? cos I don't reckon he come out of retirement for us, although he'd be frothing at the mouth to get a game at citeh

28 Jul 2011 21:47:05
Nothing is going to happen till the team is back from USA. All these rumours are unfounded. There might be enquiries here and there. Any enquiry means nothing. A club can make 10 or more enquiries in a season and bid for none. As it is we are holding our cards to our chest. No bids yet guys. The only thing I can say is wait till the USA tour is over and most probably after the Charity shield. Mark my words.

28 Jul 2011 20:03:36
Ed's quick question is there any intrest in ibriam affley spurs are ment to be interested surely he would prefer a move to united over spurs
Loki {Ed007's Note - Not that I am aware of.}

28 Jul 2011 17:53:29
david gill says we are after on more signing, dear mr gill we need at least 2 more not one tell me if this makes good reading. Not including keeper.

Young
Jones
one other

To me this would be a disappointing window, your guaranteed city and chelsea will be buying better quality, just lets see how good we have done come sept 1st.

The one thing that we tend to forget, and I include myself in this is that United's current squad is without doubt one of the best group of players in world football. It is incredibly difficult to find available players that will massively improve on out squad. That is why SAF takes potential in Smalling and Jones for example and will develop them into United quality players. And I'm going out on a limb here, but both Smalling and Jones will be world class defensive players, mark my words

And who have chelsea bought so far?

And City? Some guy wenger turned down, one of the worst left backs in the league and an over rated over hyped bloke who will be gone in 2 seasons

Poster is right we r short
Need 2 but since when could gill count

Im happy with the signings we have made not 2 sure about young 2bh but i trust alex de gea and jones were bargins all we need now is 2 sign 2 cm a cheap 1 with experiance and a marquee signing i reckon the cheap one should be either barton or parker and the marquee signing should be 1 of the following: hamsik, moderic, scjender, diego, schweinstiger, nasri, cambiasso
THE HEMMINATOR

If your not happy with our signings then tough how many trophies have you won?
I agree with the previous guy we have a very competitive squad all at a good age
Chelsea have at leat 6 players over 30 so I think one top midfielder is all we require come opn yoy reds
ARB

Everyone knows that one player United want is Sneijder. I do hope we get him as he is a great player. I'm sure he would fit right into our squad at the minute.

I can also see another "younger" signing aswell come August 31st.

Manchester United should have 2 of the best centre mids in the world. Forget catching Barcelona, we need to stay ahead of the rest. To do that we need 2 centre mids, one holding midfielder and one with creative. You say trust in fergie but even he admitted it was our weak area. Carrick at best should be a squad player. Fletcher can be good but had a terrible season and Anderson just doesn't look after himself well enough to fill that role - plus he gets injured a lot when he has a run in the side.

28 Jul 2011 17:37:02
what Scholes say is true, for the past few years scholes actualy didnt really do much or score much, so there's actualy no need for him to be replaced, all the big games he wasnt even being used. whats the fuzz with all this transfer rumours?

Nonsense, Scholesy is a legend as appreciated by his peers.I lost count especially early last season of the number of passes he made when nobody in the ground saw one on apart from the ginger prince.His interview in the men is typical Scholesy playing down his contribution

I agree with the original poster to a degree - scholes has not been pivotal in the last 2 to 3 years of Man Utd's success. As for example, Giggs HAS. However, I strongly think we need to strengthen CM with one top class player as its the one position that has let us down since scholesy stopped being the main man a couple of years ago. We would easily have been more succesful had either Keane or Scholes been replaced long term IMO. So...bring on modric or nasri (preferrably) or sneider (last choice due to enormous wage demands) before the end of the window please SAF Then we will win the league (again) and hopefully get close to the likes of Barca in Europe : )

Yeah but we have all known for a while that we need a midfielder-at least three years because carrick, anderson and fletcher arnt the classy type of player we need in midfield. Its just now SAF has realised we need a midfielder.

28 Jul 2011 16:45:06
Seeing that we are linked with lucas from sao paulo again, didnt they slap some euromillions price tag on him though?

1redarmy {Ed002's Note - The United link was from before Christmas when a number of clubs enquired and were to $130M. One bid has been made and rejected for the player, and that was not from Manchester United. I don't expect him to leave in the short term.}

28 Jul 2011 15:09:07
If the reports are to be true that Pastore will be heading to Chelsea, then we can test Tottenhams resolve for Modric by bidding cash + Berbatov. They are in real need for strikers and so far are not successfull in market for filling that postion.

Sammy_THE RED DEVIL {Ed036's Note - Didn't he largely burn his bridges before he left for us though?}

Plus what is wrong with everyone, he was our top scorer last season why are we getting rid of him

Sanshine

Also spur Will NOT let Modric to leave this season

PB MUFC

Dont want berba to leave. The thing is is berba not performing to the best of his ability even tho he miss some sitters because of the quality of service he's getting. Should our midfield improve then we should see a better striker in him. We can argue that how can little pea do so well? Imo he runs more and he also gets himself into areas. Then I would say berba is of a bigger frame less agile, not so quick therefore dont get into positions as fast as chica wud. Look at his past with spurs, he was able to perform because of the support he had from his midfielders. Hope he stays, pay 10 mil + gibson an diouf for modric and lure in nasri for 22 mil. diego

I dunno about that, the one on ones he misses is solely down to his ability. I just think when everyone believed in him he began to look like the player we bought from Spurs. Hernandez just kept scoring and everyone hopped off the Berba bandwagon.

Diouf, gibson and 10m for Modric? I don't mean to sound condesending but come on man get real, spurs are trying to go forward

Sanshine

Fa cup city when he missed that open net, all his goals have been easy apart from the overhead, to inconsistant imagine if hernandes had dplayed all 38 games, how many goals he would have got

Ha..... I know right? In reality they are but i'm only concerned about MU. After my post I thought it was a bit harsh, 15mil + gibson and diouf. diego

Ha mate, if they went for it though, id come and shine your shoes and say sorry along with being over the moon

I'd see them asking for straight cash as I'm sure they've got their own targets.

Sanshine

28 Jul 2011 15:01:02
Hey all, just heard on grapevine that Daniel Levy has confirmed with his management/ director team that if united bid 35 for Modric we can have him as long as its done in next 7 days, Apaarently and Im not pretending to be on the payroll he will only sell him to Chelsea for 45 minimum and even then he wont let him go till the end of the window to cheese them both off. Allthough you probably know all this from the press its possibly good news. However personally i thought all the mercenaries go to Sh*tty. So not sure im pleased about it as hes not strong enough on the ball for my liking.


SHARPY SHUFFLE

Well hold on a minute, for what reason would they sell modric to us for 10 million cheaper than chelsea? did you not think that was a little odd considering loosing out on 10 mil isn't exactly 'good' business..

Hi there, in fairness it was not a case of thinking what I was told. It was knowing So I thank you for your comments however. Mod is determined to leave and yes they want as much money as possible however its the same old take Chelski for as stupid amount but they dont want to do business with them for may reasons. Hes spelt that out quite clearly recently my young friend .

Why are you calling him your 'young friend' like your a boss or something? Pipe down pal.

28 Jul 2011 14:00:33
Macheda just posted on twitter that Chicharito is okay so it looks like he won't be out for 3 weeks good news

28 Jul 2011 13:36:52
I think its getting a little obvious that Utd have a big interest in Luka Modric. Rio, Smalling, Scholes have all mentionted in recent interviews about how they rate him. I think they've been instructed to do so, to get a reaction from Modric about a potential move to Utd.

Hobbes

Firstly, I can't understand why he spoke like he did lately about going to Chelsea - why not just say he wanted to go to a bigger club which wouldn't have committed him to anyone specific. And secondly, why have all the papers dropped their speculation about the move when they all seemed positive it was going to happen? Strange - maybe your right.

J Bones

I dont think united go for a player who prefers to play for the other places end of

SAF said modric was the best in the league at end of season. He wants him for sure. chelsea talk was maybe misleading.

28 Jul 2011 12:26:12
OK guys to the new season-Predictions please-

Charity Shield -3-1 Us of course.

P/League top 4- 1 -Us
2-Chelsea
3-City
4-L/Pool.

Dont shout at number 4 just being realistic. {Ed007's Note - We are planning on having a page where people can post their predictions for the season, so please don't start sending them in yet.}

28 Jul 2011 11:48:38
Is today my birthday?

Two of my favourite things/players been linked together....United and Diego

I hope to god this has legs, okay he's no Sneijder but he's not £30 Million worse.

The Moon.

28 Jul 2011 10:41:29
Eds. Is Ravel Morrison injured? He played in the first pre-season game for the reserves but hasn't played since.

The Word {Ed007's Note - I may be wrong but I think he is having some "personal" problems. I'm sure someone else will know better than me.}

I suspect you're right Ed. That confirms what I've heard What's this guys problem. Talented footballer but........
The Word {Ed007's Note - It does seem a waste from the way guys like Sydney etc talk about his ability. Hopefully he can get sorted out and concentrate on football and learn to appreciate the chance he has been given.}

As you say Ed, I heard from the newspapers earlier this week he was indeed having some personal problems, can't remember the details but I believe he may have a court case coming up...

Syd, you normally have a better idea then most, can you enlighten us?

RedDub

There's no court case coming up, he went to the Police station, he wasn't charged and no further action is to be taken. Not sure if the club have punished him themselves though?

Sydney!

Cheers Syd, either the papers getting the wrong end of the stick or I misread it, probably a bit of both

RedDub

28 Jul 2011 10:38:52
Inter Milan chief executive Ernesto Paolillo suggests the club could be ready to sell midfielder Wesley Sneijder, but says Manchester United have not made any contact regarding the player. "Is Wesley definitely not for sale? I don't think there's anything that can't be sold, it all depends on the price. You never say no if a big opportunity comes your way, but it does have to be a real opportunity, " Paolillo told Sky Sport Italia.

Gino