Manchester United Rumours Archive January 30 2012

30 Jan 2012 23:14:04
Anyone read the new andresred blog on why united have no money it's quite good
Jred

Link?

Yes, Andy comes to the conclusion that there is cash available, but don't know if the Glazers will use it. We knew this anyway though.

Sydney!

31 Jan 2012 09:36:43
Here's the link:
Why Manchester United doesn't have any money

andersred. /2012/01/why-englands-richest-club-doesnt-have.html

30 Jan 2012 22:41:31
ravel morrison joining west ham tommorow, such a shame couldnt get his head together .Thing is i cant see it happening for him down there with the bright lights
of london ,look wat happened to gazza!.give it a year or 2 and i think he will be on the soccer scrapheap.

In my opinion it will end his career. London will be the worse place for Ravel to go. Bright Lights n all that.

United Till I Die 1987 {Ed001's Note - that was my thought when I heard it. But then maybe it will be the making of him, perhaps going somewhere he can't be the big man but has plenty to keep him from being bored could make him?}

30 Jan 2012 22:21:25
A lot of doom n gloom merchants on today. We may end up with no silverware this season, we may be a weaker squad then previous years, hell, we may not have any money available for transfers.... But We'll always be MANCHESTER UNITED.... HERBIE

There's doom and gloom for a reason HERBIE. Becuase of the Glazer parasite that own's our club we are in this 'financial position'. If it wasn't for them we would be able to sign any player we wanted.

United Till I Die 1987

Oh, that's alright then.

Have to agree with Herbie, at least we get to watch the team we love play week in week out, people are getting a little bit too caught up in the buy or die mentality of the January transfer market. Been a very quiet month for most teams. Running out an old cliche, but feel that young and cleverly will be like new signings when they get back. Would be nice for Pogba to actually get some game time also

What good is it being 'United' when we're battling for 10th spot every season? Coz if a decline begins, it's going to be close to impossible to stop - big0name players will not join a struggling team; talented youngsters will fly the nest to win silverware and get bigger salaries.

The doom and gloom is very much for a reason, the atmosphere surrounding United is far different from any other season - from SAF's mood, to our style of play, to results.

RED_SKY

30 Jan 2012 20:07:58
No doubt SAF has an interest in Kovacic and Barkley, but who will make way for them? Anderson maybe if they came in?

RedDevil19

SAF has an interest in many players, Kovacic & Barkley are two of them. They are two very good talents. I think there is room for both of them if Anderson is sold.

Sydney!

Anderson will NOT be sold. He is a key figure in SAF's squad plans.

This Sydney guy is a muppet as well.

Josh Knight

30 Jan 2012 13:26:39
does anyone follow french football? Couple of players i think we should be interested in. Zouma of st etienne. Sanogo of auxerre. And nangis of i think caen. Not saying we are just that should have a look see if their good enough. Anyone else seen anything of these guys?

Mbaye Niang is more of a Prospect than Nangis mate, but apparently we've been linked with Zouma and Nangis previously. Zouma has made a good impression, scored two goals for the first team and looks to have a bright future, bit early though to tell anything yet. (I support Saint-Etienne).

Sanogo and Nangis have a goal to their name from 4 app it seems, but Mbaye Niang is the bigger prospect, having played 8 games for the first team and I think hes only 16 (given only one goal in that but Caen and Auxerre are 17th and 18th respectively)

Hope that helps!

Sanshine

Sanogo and Niang are both outstanding prospects. Would love to see them at United.

30 Jan 2012 11:47:57
Could Hazard be a genuine target for us? Its between him and Gaitan for me in that advanced attacking midfield role/winger. I think either would be great business and i'd welcome either. although Hazard would be my first choice.

Hearing mumblings that the Clyne and Barkley deals have been rubber stamped for Summer also. I expect more action than just three players to come in however.

RedDevil19

Will you stop going on about players like clyne etc they will not improve our reserve team never mind 1st team squad.

I think Erikson of Ajax would be my first choice, then Gaitan. Not seen much of Hazard but heard good things obviously.

RedDevil19

I expect less than 3 players to come in personally.
I'm already preparing myself for an infuriating summer window - IMO, we'll sign either Barkley or Rodwell for about £15-18million and an 18-20yr old striker for somewhere who costs about £1.5million, dubbed 'the new Hernandez'.

Also, maybe £3million on Clyne. Giggs and Scholes will remain, and we'll be told that's sufficient improveement of the squad. Which will not be true.

RED_SKY

I expect to see another £50m spent next summer to almost complete our transition.

Sydney!

Wish this Barkley thing would stop. I posted in Sept about Everton guy going Chelsea as head of youth development and very top of there list was Barkley on his recommendation. Chelsea apparantly offered £10+million and offered Lukaka on loan but Lukaka could not go as it would have been the third club he would have played for in year, so deal was non starter. Chelsea will be big favs to get Barkley im afraid.
SC

Person with no name, Nathaniel Clyne isn't a bad player he's in fact a realistic target. Whereas Hazard on the other hand is highly unlikely.. We don't necessarily buy players that can come in and instantly improve the first team, more that we buy players with potential to improve the first team in a while, or at least give us strength in depth which is vital. Now i'd like to take this small space to say 'get real'..

Ozwald

He isnt a bad player in the league and team he plays, not good enough for us by a mile , when was the last time we bought a championship player?

30 Jan 2012 09:49:47
Im not suggesting anything there, but what do you guys think of Sessegnon(S'Land)? Attacking midfielder, still young & in good form..!

IBleedBlue

No thanks.
not bashing the idea as such, but I really think we all know we are not flush with money and should first tie down the talent we have before spending huge (in relation) amounts of money to recruit outside talent.

I think the way to go is Barcelona's, a lot of home grown players complemented by few world class players from outside.
Considering Pep's track record in the transfer market leads me to believe SAF could be even more successful with that approach then Barcelona, but we need to stop wasting 5 million or 10 million each on players just filling up numbers and blocking and therefore demotivation our own promising youth

I love Sessegnon from watching the French league and always rated him, but im afraid he isn't young being 27. Very versatile though which I've always enjoyed, still unsure if he would be able to cut it at top top level though. Wouldn't mind if we did get him tbh.

Sanshine

I said this about 2 weeks ago and was shot down by most people, I think he is a great player and would love to have him in the team as he is just what we need without breaking the bank, I think he actually looks better than Valencia did before we signed him aswell.

Flimbo