Manchester United Rumours Archive July 02 2012

 

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02 Jul 2012 19:20:11
Is there any truth to the rumour that we are after Moutinho? Personally he would be my first choice midfield signing, would form a terrific midfield with Carrick sitting just in behind Kagawa.

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Make sure to put 20m aside for the signing of Baines. Jack

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Hope so.
He'd be a much better option than Modric.
Dynamic and talented player. And like you say, would be the type of player that could bring the best out of Carrick.

Bob

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U forgot about scholes

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Not really, Scholesy is retiring at the end of the season. Players like Moutinho or, god forbid, Modric are being discussed for the long term.

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02 Jul 2012 18:59:02
Any recent interest in fischer from ajax great younger player?

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02 Jul 2012 18:33:31
My source has been on holiday for a couple of weeks but i spoke to him on saturday and he had some interesting news. Modric deal is still expected to happen Daniel Levy has complicated things as he wants more money than was initially discussed. Real Madrids interest is real but their financial position is weak compared to previous years. As I have said before this saga will play out until the end of the summer but Modric has made it clear to Fergie and Gill that he is prepared to join Man Utd.
Leighton Baines will join within the nehxt 10 days. Work is going on behind the scenes but Everton are holding out for a large sum. Baines is desperate for the deal to happen and he will be playing in Man Utds pre season tour.
Nani will not be leaving. He wants to stay and the club want to keep him. Rodriguez will not join this season unless another club moves for him in which case Utd will ensure he signs.
Most interestingly is that Man Utd have made it known that they will consider offers for Ashley Young. Berbatov will leave and Gill is talking to various clubs trying to negotiate a sale. Macheda will leave within the next fortnight and Anderson could also be on the move if a reasonable offer comes in. INTHEKNOWATOT

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Looks like a copy of jennys info.

TRUMORS

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Rumours rumours rumours, they drive me mad, that said hope the bit about Anderson leaving turns out to be true.... what a complete waste of time he is.

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I could see why you think that about Young, but I can almost guarantee Fergie will not sell him this summer, he would almost certainly make a loss if he did and he gives every player a chance

fearny

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Marca says Real madrid are trying to organise a shirt number for Modric and that a deal is almost done.

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So if we sold young do you not then see us going for ROD??

why wait.... buy and loan him back if fergie thinks another season playing where he is know will help him to progress faster..... or is it just a case of available cash?

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United would make a healthy profit if they sold Young. We only paid in the region of 14m for him as he was in the last year of his contract. I never wanted him in the first place and he's inferior to Nani and Antonio by a country mile. For some mysterious reason he is rated and teams would pay 20m for him. Trouble is the rumour sounds like a load of old Fanny, a players has a terrible Euros and he's off. It's the same as if a player does well, everyone and their dog says,"all the top teams want them for 50m and will pay them 10m per season". Hope the Moutinho and/or Witsel rumours have legs though.
Mik

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Marca is in Madrids back pocket and has been for years, I wouldn't believe a word they say!

Chris!

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Only recently Fergie was saying what a good first season Young has had and how he will be a big player for this coming season.
I think the Young rumour is a load of crap! I hope that the Anderson rumour is true, get his fat nappy arse off the payroll.

Simmo

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Your source obviously isn't that great if he is saying that we would sell Young, there's no chance of that happening.

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I have said before that Madrid are skint, just like Spain and the Spanish Banks. Don't believe that they will go on a huge transfer spree like previous seasons. It aint gonna happen. They'll only buy Modrid if they can ship a few players out first to raise funds. Modric worth no more than 22 mill in this market.

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Young is going nowhere. Not most consistent but surely a better option than Nani!

We paid just under £16m from him and his market value according to Transfermark.co.uk is currently £22m so yes we could amke a profit quickly but cant see Fergie 'giving up' on a player after only 2 season.


Halesini

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Macheda is also going nowhere, fergie is giving him one more season to prove himself, if he fails, hes off next summer 2013/14, this isnt new information as im sure many of you know.

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02 Jul 2012 17:19:22
Fabio completes loan move to QPR for the season, best of luck, and please come back a top player :)

U.T.I.D

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I don't like that he's gone there would have preferred a Swansea or Sunderland where they try to play football. Gonna be a test but not sure the right one .DISNEY

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It's good news, he can get the experience he needs there. I expect him too get plenty of first team action next season and come back stronger.

RedDevil7

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Here here U.T.I.D totally agree
Good day at Matchtech

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He could come back and be evra's long term replacement

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02 Jul 2012 17:14:44
Fabio has completed a season long loan to Q.P.R.... good news as he will get some game time but this also give me some hope to a new LB coming, give evra some competition. Baines 12 million, a bit dear compaired to alba 14 million

Fullback

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You cant compare the two

Alba - Wnated to go to Barca and only Barcaand was in the last year of his contract

Baines - Everton do not need to sell or want to sell hes not in his last year so therefore isnt cheap

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Baines will cost at least 15m-20m (can actually defend unlike Alba), and that's if he even comes. Doubt he will but great player.

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Would of much ratherd alba

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Actually Alba went for around £11million. Absolute bargain imo {Ed004's Note - But am not sure he could have coped in the physical premier league.}

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Yeah I don't think he would have done either. Barca's playing style, and the spanish league in general are much more suited to him. But for them to get him for that price is still a bargain I think!

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02 Jul 2012 15:57:28
Fabio has just signed a season's long loan with QPR, does that mean we have just agreed a fee for Baines or Willems?

Sydney!

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You would think that we have someone basically signed otherwise if we don't we have no cover. I would expect it to be Baines. I think probably the person we are in talks with at PSV is Strootman as a back up to Modric.

RedDevil19

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Lets hope so Syd! I know your not a huge fan of Baines because of his speed but i think he makes up for that as he is quite solid and his set pieces and crossing ability are the reason we are targeting him i think as we are lacking from corners and free kicks and that is his main attraction i believe but on the other hand we have Willems who is undoubtedly a superb prospect hes very quick and very strong but very naive defensively i believe

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The latter hopefully.

Pip

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I would much prefer willems. I know he isnt the best but he is quality for his age, and he could learn a little from evra. However I would still be happy with baines.

Daniel

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Lets hope we are not wasting £10 million plus on someone like Baines, who is not as good as what we already have. Would prefer to see a bid for Albada from B Munich who is different class and young, although I doubt they would sell. Alternatively the potential in Willems giving him game time against lesser sides, FA Cup, League cup etc
SC

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Strrotman and Modric are too very different players! I wouldn't say Strootman would be a back up, in fact I doubt we're strongly looking at him at all . I honestly think its Cabaye or Moutinho that will be at OT next season.

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I am hearing we have agreed a 12mil offer with baines- may go upto 15 on add-ons

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Willems would block Blackett though and i'd rather have Blackett personally.

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Still think we should of just put fabio at left back with Evra as back up and when we need that experience in big games

I rate fabio and IMO he's looked better than rafa when he's played

Baines for me is over priced because es English.


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02 Jul 2012 15:31:46
Rafael da Silva has signed a new 4 year deal. Glad to hear this, as I believe he has immense potential! Really hope he flourishes over the next year or two into a quality wing back (that's of course pending those constant injuries he appears to pick up all too often!).

Iam told that a CM, a LB and possibly a striker are all that's targeted for this window. We are not in the market for a DM, so all these M'Villa and Strootman rumours won't come to anything. Fergie is happy with Carrick, and Fletch is believed to make a return before October if all goes to plan.

I'm not a fan of those who list a stack on names saying we're after them all, but I will be a slight hypocite with the few names below who I believe to be on Man Utd's radar for said positions:

DL position
Baines (This WILL happen, Evra has shown defensive inconsitencies for too long now, and Fergie really wants more English players in the squad. Gill to stand firm at highest upfront fee of £12.5m, rising to 14-15m if necessary via add-ons)
CM position
Modric (no.1 priority I'm told)
Cabaye (backup to Modric. Won't be much difference in price from Modric as he is now valued at 18-20m, plus Newcastle will hold out for a bit more as they don't want to sell)
Moutinho (backup to Modric. Fergie was looking at him 2/3 years ago before his move to Porto).
Striker position
This is much lower priorty, and not much money would be spent if someone were to be brought in.

This is the info I have to date, I shall continue to post developments of the above info, and of course any new info I receive.

Sydney's Mother!

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Your right Sydney Baines will happen for 20m and no crappy add ons. Jack

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Cannot believe rafael signed for further 4 yrs...this is the guy that lost us european match with Bayern..being sent off couple of yrs ago...and was at fault for 3 goals v everton ..lost us the title.. fergie lost the plot completely ! stockport red...

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Stockport red,
people like you don't deserve to call yourself a Manchester United supporter.
The culture of our club is all about supporting and nourturing young players not berrating them for making mistakes. I think people forget the Rafael was a wide midfield player when he came to the club and he's still learning how to become a defender, yes he's made mistakes but i'll get more pleasure watching him develop into a top player than i would from the club buying someone like Maicon for £25 million. So if you don't like the fact Rafael has signed for 4 years get yourself off to City's council house for the next 4 years!

Andy B

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Spot on Andy B, i do not undestand how can ppl be slating our players. I would like to see how would other 21year old do. once twins mature a bit they will be world class and all these hateres will sing theirs name

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02 Jul 2012 15:21:30
Just saw that apparently Macheda is off to Besiktas on a season long loan with an option to buy.

Hobbes

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But according to others on here he will be United's 4th choice next season ;)

Sydney!

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Hope that's true...hope he stays fit, gets picked and impresses so that they want to buy him! Good luck to him

Gav

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Hope he just vanishes, 2 good goals is all he's ever done. 21 now and still can't trap a ball, poor passer, no pace, he's a waste of wages. Sell him to Barnsley for a million or something and buy in Henriquez for 4m or so.
Mik

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Syd...i was quite happy this morning until i read your post about him being the 4th choice striker. God help us!

Simmo

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Simmo, I am almost certain Kiko will be sold. It's finding a buyer that United are struggling with. I was being sarcastic with my first post.

A couple weeks ago I was trashed for saying Kiko will not be our 4th choice striker next season.

Sydney!

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Maceada is not good enough for utd hes been here long enough had his 2 moments of glory and never improved since.
johndenton

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02 Jul 2012 15:10:48
Anyone know of any interest in Luuk De Jong?
Newcastle have had a £8m bid rejected and was wondering if he'd be worth spending £12m on and bringing him to OT

MG

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02 Jul 2012 14:49:16
Tom Thorpe is going out on loan to Wolverhampton wonderers next season.
Q

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Great for his development big season for him captaining the under 19's and playing regular first team football
G-Rav

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02 Jul 2012 11:07:25
Reports in todays papers suggest that Arsenal pull out of possible move for M'vila.

Do you EDs have any info to confirm or deny this?

Cban {Ed002's Note - Is this a sifferent story to last week?}

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God knows, sorry if it is, was on the skysports 'in the papers today' feature.

Also any new info on Marouane Fellaini? is he likely to leave or stay?

Cban

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Arsenal are pulling out but I would prefer moutinho

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02 Jul 2012 14:09:58
Rafael has signed new 4 year deal. At 21 years old, he can only get better. Experience is what he lacks for me.

GALWAY RED

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How long has fabio got left on his contract
Jred

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Amazing decision on rafael... should be on his way not offered 4 yrs.... fergie losing the plot... 70 yrs old and on his way...

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02 Jul 2012 14:06:19
Rafael pens new deal.

"Rafael has signed a new four-year deal which will see the Brazilian full-back stay at Old Trafford until the end of the 2015/16 season."

Steffen

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I have my reservations about Rafael. I think he's still making elementary mistakes, lapses of concentration and he's too excitable. His lapses in concentration were badly exposed at crucial moments last season, particularly against Everton. I think he has everything to be a great full back in time but I thought he would have gotten there sooner.

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02 Jul 2012 11:49:27
Vidic has begun his pre-season training and will be ready for the first game of the season, I am truely happy to hear this!

-JakeW

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He'll be like having a £25M new signing. Brilliant news.
Redchad

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If true i will be very happy with this, solely missed last season especially towards the end of season when we let things slip. i very much doubt would have happened with his experience and leadership at the back.
jenny

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Welcome back to the man-machine-beast that is Vidic! I really hope he can get back to his best

Gav

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Heard on the news that PSG and Bay Munich are sniffing around Vid - with 20 million + being mentioned.

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Great player

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02 Jul 2012 11:47:13
Following on from information i received few weeks back. The 2 players gill was referring too, are Modric and Baines. No other players so am told. Modric wants the united move. he is happy with the terms on offer and like i said few weeks back the fee is the only stumbling block. modric will issue a transfer request if need be. Levy is playing hard ball at the moment as he thought he would get the fee from RM. RM dont have the money at present, funded majority by the bank and incase thats escaped notice the spainish banks dont have that cash. Valencia are being forced to sell players due to there crippling bank debts and the banks insisting on money back. Alba to barca prime example, Barca knew that Valencia had to accept there very nominal offer.

anymore info i get i will pass on, but at present these are the 2 players
jenny

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I don't see the Modric deal going through Jenny. I appreciate Levy will push a hard bargain and wont be worried about whether this gets signed off on 31st August at 11:59pm. I also acknowledge that talk of a £45m valuation may also be wide of the mark. Personally I just done see us paying £30m + for a 27yo. Especially when we are haggling with Everton who want £20m for a left back of the same age.

Unlike many of 'The Wise' on here I have no contacts. Just a United fan with a gut feeling.

I would like us to explore other options such as Cabaye or Moutinho for the central midfield berth rather than relying on another potential Sneijdergate.

We've already had Hazardgate this transfer window so Modricgate would be too much to bare!


Halesini

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Cabaye is way out of the question. if you think levy drives a hard bargain, then newcastle are worse. the figure for cabaye would be andy carroll money.
moutinho would be a fantastic buy, but nothing concrete from anyone on this just paper talk at present.

baines is not worth 20 million and i expect the deal to be around the 12-15 million mark.
modric will drag on through the summer slightly different to the sniejder saga last summer as we didnt even get past the terms stage, as we wouldnt pay what the player wanted. Modric wants the united move and i expect him to line up in a united shirt next season
jenny

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But madrid are a profitable club they made the following amounts 2007 44 million, 2008 51 million, 2009 25 million and 2010 31 million. That works out to over 150 million of profit in just four seasons.
they make more money than us so its not just banks.
jred

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If Jenny expects it, then so do I!

Fast becoming the most reliable poster on the MUFC rumour page!

MDJ

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Jenny do you know if the arrival of Baines would spell the end of Evra? I can't see the 2 of them competing for a place, given both their ages and Baines' price tag. Surely Evra would leave and Fryers would be blooded into the first team seeing as Fabio has gone on loan to QPR.

cmb

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Agree with MDJ

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Unless you know Modric personally then you have no way of telling if he wants the Utd move. He was hell bent on Chelsea last year.

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I'm liking Jenny's rumours too - just hope they come true now as I think we'd be sorted with Baines and Modric

It is strange how the Clyne rumour has died down though isn't it? We could really do with some competition for Rafael and Clyne is a great, cheap, English option

I've been quietly hoping all along that we get Modric, Baines and Clyne on top of Kagawa and Powell. But that adds up to 3 more signings not 2, so my wish may not come true sadly! Perhaps SAF wants to make use of Jones at RB next season to ensure he gets plenty of games?

Gav

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02 Jul 2012 11:36:01
but i thought pogba and fryers deals have now expired so isn't it you are either released or you sign a new contract I'm confused someone please explain!
G-Rav

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Both players contracts came to an end with United. They are free agents.

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United have released Owen, Kuszczak, Coll & Jacob. Pogba, Norwood and Fryers were not released they have come to the end of their contracts, but United will get compensation for each of them.

Sydney!

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Manchester United released a statement today to confirm that Owen, Kuszack, and two other young GK's have been released. Would've thought this means that we're waiting to hear if Paul Pogba and Zeki Fryers are to sign their contracts. Would United still be entitled to compensation for these two, given that they are now free agents? Does the compensation rule only apply to players who sign a contract with another club whilst in the last 6 months of their existing contract?

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Then why has united announced only 4 players as released?
G-Rav

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It has been reported that Juventus don't feel that they have to pay anything for pogba as his out of contract but I'm 99% sure they do
Jred

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02 Jul 2012 23:44:34
Look at this quote from Fergie in feb 2012:

"We have an option on his contract that takes us into a year-and-a-half away, so in that respect there's not a great emergency about it. But we'd like the boy to sign a contract"

Haven't heard anything on this in weeks. Surely if Juve had completed the signing they would have announced it now the transfer window is open? Can anyone verify Fergie's comment, or was he mistaken or misquoted? Ed? {Ed001's Note - from what I can find out, the issue holding up his move is that clause. I am not 100% on this, it comes from someone new who works closely with his agent, so I don't know how reliable they are. Anyway, the claim is that Pogba's camp feel that the clause is not applicable and that United can't evoke it without his agreement. United think they can. Only time will tell if that info is correct, but it would explain why it is taking so long for him to do something either way!}

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02 Jul 2012 11:33:15
Baines and Moutinho will sign.

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Ohh yeah

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02 Jul 2012 11:32:50
Breaking news!! Liorente 32.5m bid accepted!! Muniain to follow...

M.G

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Is this on your FM game.
jenny

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I will quite happily eat my hat if this is true but sadly me thinketh not....


Halesini

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Are you talking about FIFA 12?

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Maybe, but the bid won't be from United.

Bob

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Either FIFA12 talk or you meant to post this on the Barca site perhaps? ; )

Gav

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Load of rubbish

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02 Jul 2012 11:06:13
Just an interesting one fellas, on the manutd.com, clubs official website, they have released a statement that 4 players have left the club as their contracts have expired, Kuszczak, Owen, Liam Jacob and Joe Coll!

No mention of Pogba or Fryers?

Ports

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Pogba, Fryers, Berbatov, Norwood etc have not been released.

Sydney!

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That's because Fryers and Pogba will generate a fee - the others have been let go for free

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Berbatov hasnt been released as he still has a year on his contract.
Norwood has already left and signed elsewhere.
As for Pogba and Fryers? Not sure. Their contracts have expired which should make them free agents

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Berbatov and Norwood haven't as they are still under contract. It's widely reported that Pogba's contract was up on July 1st though so if true then he would also have been released, whether this means he may still sign a new contract or not I do not know.

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Pogba will sign for Juventus any day soon. Norwood has signed for Huddersfield. Fryers and Berbatov are looking at options. Four players have been released incl Coll, Michael Owen and Jacobs. Kuszczak signed for Brighton over a week ago.

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Pogba & Fryers will not be released until compo is agreed with their new clubs.

Sydney!

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02 Jul 2012 08:50:16
Barcelona sign alba for 14 million euros,surely if we sign Baines then it should be no more than 5million.What a bargain for barca.

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Alba cost £12M because he was in the last year of his contract plus he only wanted a Barca move. Valencia are not the sort of club that can afford for players to run down their contracts and Alba would have stayed put for a year to get his Barca move.

Baines has 3 years on his contract and Everton dont want or need to sell and he hasnt asked to move. Thats why the proposed fee is so high.

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^well said, also people are gettin too carried away with alba, going forward he's very impressive as seen for valencia all season where he has played left wing for the majority as he is nowhere near as good at defending.

Dont think he'd have cut it in the prem at full back but will look good for barca as they have so much of the ball their full backs are judged primarily on their attackign exploits.

Baines for 12 and im happy.

Gpot7

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But Baines is not half as good as Alba.
Surely the quality of the player in question should have some bearing on his value/price? Or do you believe a players worth is only caluculated using length of contract and desire of the selling club to sell?

Bob

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Alba's fee:

1 - last year of contract
2 - Valencia desperate for cash
3 - player probably only wanted Barca following their interest

That all puts Barca in a pretty good bargaining position don't you think?

With regards Baines, he is half way through his contract and Everton do not want to sell - sadly that puts United in a relatively poor position to barter

Gav

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02 Jul 2012 08:46:43
O' jogo reports claims that Joao moutinho has been linked with man united after his impressive performance at the Euros and man united is ready to meet his asking price of 30m considering tottenham's 45m valuation for Luka Modric.
Chidubest

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02 Jul 2012 07:51:16
Both Man Utd and Real Madrid have pulled out of a deal for Modric because of Daniel Levy's valuation of the player at £45 million. The club has now turned its attention to Joao Moutinho of Porto who in my eyes was up there with Ronaldo as one of the best players at Euro 2012. A deal can be struck for around £30 million as Porto need to re-coup money back in to the club from the lack of a sale of Hulk to Chelsea.

Expect an offer of Moutinho to go in through the coming week as Fergie will want it done before he heads off to South Africa. Also Baines is now the Number 1 target as a deal for Jordi Alba fell through since he joined Barcelona, Man Utd have said to be willing to offer £12 million growing to £15 through appearances( and all that stuff).

fearny

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Is this a cut and paste? Are you not just repeating everything that is in the papers today? United missed out on Alba weeks ago, he agreed to join Barcelona a couple months ago mate.

Sydney!

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Spend that money on felliani, be a much better investment

Cban

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Yeah we knew about 2-3 months ago Alba said he wanted to stay in spain which basically meant "I'm joining Barca". I don't even want to comment on what I think will happen in the LB department.

Levy will not get £45m for Mods, after handing in a transfer request he'll go for around £25-35m just expect it to drag out.

As for our midfield, i'd be delighted to see either Joao Moutinho or Yohan Cabaye to come in, both similar players. Porto always have high valuation of their players while NUFC are desperate to keep hold of Cabaye.

Ozwald

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Fearny if its true we are signing Moutinho I want to have your babies lol.

Top player. But .... Hulk, Moutinho and Rodriguez all play for Porto. And we have bid for Rodriguez too seemingly.


Halesini

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02 Jul 2012 00:56:21
Does anyone think a double swoop for Joao Moutinho and James Rodriguez may be on the cards like 40-50million and Anderson with also a few loan players like Fabio and Macheda

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01 Jul 2012 18:45:05
all this talk about nani leaving/staying leaves me thinking, who would snap him up if he were to leave? i know there was once interest from Juve but has anybody else shown any interest? eds? syd?

Foozeball

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Much will depend on whether we bring in a replacement first I guess. Hazard was first choice, now it's Rodriguez and then I expect it's Gaitan so hope we seal the Rodriguez move.

Sydney!

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Syd, could it be that we are looking at replacements as we have had an acceptable offer tabled for Nani? And that it will be rejected if we cannot secure a replacement?

Also I was wondering if PSG would be interested?

Foozeball

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I Imagine that Nani would have no shortage of takers if it looked like we we're ready to sell. Given that there are currently contract negotiations taking place, it doesn't look too much like we are trying to sell.
But if it came to selling him, why wouldn't he be wanted? He's shown he can cut it in the Prem and that he has an abundance of quality. He was one of the better players at Euro's. He can be irratic, but so can most top players. Plenty of big names under performed at the Euros but you can bet their valuations/sellability won't be affected becasue of a few weak performances.
Nani is a top class player and coming to his peak. We'd be daft to sell him, but if we did, he'd find a new home no problem.

Bob

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That's a good question...

I don't particularly want to see Nani leave but if he does I can only really see him going to Juve or perhaps one of the Milan clubs. I don't see Real or Barca needing him and I don't think any of the other Spanish clubs can afford to splash £25m+ with their current economic situation. I could see PSG going for him but would he really want to play in the French Lge? Not sure he'd be ready to go to Russia for cash at this stae in his career either

Italy is the only viable option I can see

Just my opinion

Gav

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