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30 Jul 2011 23:04:10
Eds, do you think Juan Mata will move in this window? And if so, where will his most likely destination be? I'd love to see him at United, is there a possibility on this? Thanks.
ags {Ed007's Note - I think he will move but I doubt it will be to Utd, he is a fantastic player and I would love to be wrong though.}
30 Jul 2011 22:39:58
rob kearney (irish rugby player) uploaded pic of him with sneidjer earlier taken yesterday. he just tweeted now that wes hasnt ruled out a move to old trafford. think kearney is a united fan
30 Jul 2011 22:13:27
anyone know the team for tonight?
30 Jul 2011 20:03:39
whys there 's been no apparent interest in marvin martin im bemused i think you could get marvin martin and yann m'villa for 35 million combined they would command less wages than wesley sneijder and playing for smaller clubs would make them more attainable hope united show interest in both in the coming weeks fingers crossed
cjwales82
At last a man with a similar attitude -sod the greedy injury prone Dutchman
Mik
30 Jul 2011 20:03:00
Giuseppi Rossi will rejoin the club either in jauary or most probably next summer, he'll replace the out going berbatov and owen. Macheda will step up to be berbatov's replacment. EJ
You are joking - Macheda will never make it at OT, he's got no pace. Nor has Berbatov but he's got skills that Macheda will never have. Berbatov is World class, Macheda won't make it in the top division of any major league. Now Will Keane is a different matter - maybe
Idiot macheda is better than berbatov his got a way better shot his got no pace.
pace is not everything but macheda good control kind same player as rooney but not on the same level yet
Rossi may return to United next season as they put a stipulation in his contract when he left. Stating that if he was ever available to buy United would have first choice, Personally i think he will come back to United when Berba and Owen leave, I doubt Macheda will make it tho. He has some good qualities but when he was on loan at sampadoria he failed to score once. If he had any quality he surely would have managed to get 1, given the decrease in standard in the Italian leagues in recent years.
Sorry, I think you are joking. Macheda has shown he will definately make it in a top division in a major league, scoring important goals and hes only 19. What have you seen of Will Keane to suggest that? Don't get me wrong hes a very good prospect but hasn't made a premier leauge or cup appearance yet.
I just think it's outrageous you would write off someone who has actually played in our first team but hype up someone you know next to nothing about.
Sanshine
Neymar is 19, Goetze's 19, Lucas is 18, these are top players already. Wazza was in the Everton first team at 16 and in ours at 18, Giggs was a regular at17, What you see is Macheda just isn't there. To liken him to Rooney is plain silly. Wayne is far quicker, has better control, can play anywhere on the pitch and is easily the best player we have. Look at the goals scored ans assists made by Macheda in the 1st team I think it's 3 goals and 1 assist. He looks alright in the reserves as does Keane.I just haven't seem Keane at top level, but he is quicker, more skillful and less ragged than Macheda. I also don't think SAF will pay £35m+ for Rossi. He is good not not exceptional. One last thing about Macheda, Wellbeck has had other teams ask about his availability £10m+ was mentioned. Who has asked for Macheda this season except lower division teams and that was for a loan. He's worth £4-£5m tops. He'll be playing for Leicester at best or the Italian equivalent in a season or two
Mik
Goetze yeah is good bbut neymar and lucas are in brazil league dosent mean anything yet still have to prove them selves
30 Jul 2011 19:53:51
Hey guys. What about a cheeky bid for Niko krancjar (spelling). Spurs paid £2 million back in 2009. I think he is a quality player and could be probably bought for 4-5 million. I know spurs apparently want 12 but Redknap knows full well it won't happen. I think the player also would push the move through. Thoughts?
Mac
No chance not having a go or anything but what makes you think a player that is not good enough to get in the spurs team is good enough to play for manchester united im not sayin he ain't as good as the likes of gibson obertan but surely there are a lot better players out there who we could attract
I think I'd rather have Niko than no new midfielder at all. He's a better player than he's painted to be and would be a good addition if other targets aren't available.
Probably quite cheap as well.
Unless you watch Spurs reserve games (god forbid) you can of only of seen him like twice in 2 years. Sorry mate that's a lot of old fanny
Mik
30 Jul 2011 19:34:34
Redknapp has stated that he is interested in signing Juan Mata. Now, arsenal really want him too so it may turn into a bidding war.
Using that rational do you think that modric now may be available to help sanction that move? Eds?
Ussoldier77 {Ed002's Note - No.}
Yes i do - personally i think old trafford is the only place for modric. Dont think spurs will sell to a london club, and we are on good terms with spurs (berbatov, carrick)
Spurs and united on good terms for the Carrick and Berbatov transfers? Are you having a laugh? Both these transfer's were long drawn out affairs with a lot of anomosity between the two clubs. And i think im right in remembering that during the Berbatov transfer Spurs reported United for an illegal approach (which was later withdrew on completion of the transfer)
30 Jul 2011 19:15:03
Anyone got a good net link for the game tonight (as long as ed ok to post this..) and can someone please confirm the time?
Ollie
If you type in p2p on google then click sports then football on the top and scroll down making sure you change the time on the page the is loads of links also game is at midnight. hope this helped
30 Jul 2011 19:01:52
Anyone know what channel the united vs barca games on?
It's on MUTV, will probably just find a feed online (myp2p.eu?).
Mutv if you have it and it also starts at midnight (uk time)
30 Jul 2011 18:54:35
bastian schweistinger (spelling) hes the man we should be looking at.. got a great engine.. good with the ball.. can drop a tackle aswel.. as in diarra i think thats a waste of money we could get a good young player in instead of him
He's not for sale, everybody knows he's a great player but Bayern will not sell.
If we have this new found "cash cow" then I believe we will get Sneijder in this window, then maybe in January we can tempt Scheinsteiger *spelling from Bayern, that would be the ideal midfield with our speedy combination of Nani, Young, Valencia, Hernandez and Rooney we could even put the fear into Barca, dare I say.
Mitch {Ed036's Note - Wouldn't he then be cup-tied for the Champions League?}
Ed036, That my friend is why i'm not the manager of the worlds greatest football club (damn you) haha, a flaw in my plan of world domination. But if and a big "IF" Bayern are out of the Champions league by January would it be out of the realms of reality to get him for the remainder of the prem, f.a. cup, league cup for 2011/2012 and give him time to integrate and be ready for 2012/2013. {Ed007's Note - Yes.}
30 Jul 2011 17:13:23
if barcalona sign fabregas then we should sign xavi as barca cannot play xavi, inesta, fabregas together coz they play 4 4 2 there midfield would probably look like this pedro inesta fabregas messi(know hes a winger but plays more of a midfield role) he would be a great addition to the sqaud and add that specialty we lack in midfield and the youngsters could pick up a few things from him and when he retires we will have pogba morrison and that young norweigan midfielder coming trough the ranks so he would be a good signing and i know we nearly signed him last year so lets get him no one else will want him coz of his age and he wud do well in the prem can the eds or syd confirm that we were looking at xavi last year and is their a possibility of signing him
THE HEMMINATOR
Xavi will finish his career at Barcelona, he has a problem with his achilles and they could give way anytime. Besides you can easily fit them all into one team. You could play Iniesta on the left (His original position) or you could leave out Busquets.
Sydney!
Xavi won't leave Barca. And I don't think the signing of Fabregas will really affect Xavi, Iniesta or Busquets. Barca were close to being caught out last season, they've gotten away with using a thin squad for the last two years but now it's time to fill it out a bit. That's why Sanchez and Fabregas are joining. And there's no reason why Cesc, Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets can't all play together against weaker teams.
Matthew...
Couldnt agree more Matthew they are just adding extra depth to an allready worldclass midfield, they were looking out on there feet towards the end of season un fortunate for us they won the league with time to spare and got a chance to rest players before the final.
jred
They play a 4-3-3 system when they have the ball and a 4-5-1 when they don't with whoever happens to be on the wing (the front three consistently change) dropping back to help cover so they would struggle to play Cesc, but he is a replacement for Xavi for when he retires and as others have said, he adds depth to a very thin squad. Plus Xavi leave Barcelona? Are you mad
It's more like a 3-8-0 that they play. Wing-backs get forward, Busquets stays back with the Centre-backs. And they play with a packed midfield and no striker.
Sydney!
There's a lot of talk of them switching to a 3-4-3 against the lesser teams this season. Which would allow Fabregas to join Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets in the middle. Of course, they wouldn't dream of playing this formation against the likes of Madrid, Valencia, Villareal and whoever they meet in the Champions League.
Matthew...
Ok fair enough well we should dign a experianced midfielder near or in their 30s same thing about xavi just different player how about cambiasso? parker? (i know not exactly a big signing but still a good player) mascherano? xabi alonso? toulalan? lucho gonzalesz?
THE HEMMINATOR
We need creativity not a defensive player.. Sneijder, Nasri, Modric, Goetze, Kagwara, Hamsik etc are needed
Hemminator
i think if fegy is confidant that the likes of pogba morrison are going to make it to the very top then a good experienced player as a sort of stop gap would be a good idea , why pay big money for a young player if we allready have them at the club.
jred
30 Jul 2011 16:35:01
Gill: "We are not afraid to spend big money on players of a certain age."
Source: bbc.co.uk
Very interesting statement for me.
Is he hinting at Sneijder, trying to justify a potentially large price tag and wage packet?
You decide.
Does he mean united would only spend big money on a young player with a large potental (pastore) and re-sale value or does he mean they would only spend big money on a proven worldclass player (sneijder).
what certain age does he mean
jred
I don't know that's why I posted to see what people think.
No he means we dont mind spending big money on young players and well you know it, people should stop spouting B.S.
30 Jul 2011 16:00:39
why havent we made a renewed bid for steven defour?
30 Jul 2011 15:45:24
Premier League target Steven Defour was left out of the Standard Li ge squad for their Champions League qualifier against FC Zurich - paving the way for a move to Sporting Lisbon.
I thought he had moved to somewhere in Russia?? Maybe worth a look.... HERBIE
30 Jul 2011 15:16:38
Has the match with Barca tonight been postponed?
DB-Red
It does say so on Sky Sports Centre but nothing on Man Utd.com
I thought KO was 10pm but now it says 1am
, On the United website the countdown clock is still counting down ??
As I understand the game was set for 12 Midnight UK time, and from what I'm told thats still the case. Can't guarantee though, expect a statement on either Man Utd or Barcelona website if anything has changed.
Im watching the free view on mutv and there is no mention of anything being postponed the only thing i can think of if the kick off time as been delayed is the weather as america is having a bad heat wave at the minute so it might be cooler later on or it could be transport problems
30 Jul 2011 14:22:16
ed007, have u heard anything on Berbatov Departure from Old Trafford.??
Wat do u reckon, will he stay or will he be forced to move.??
His presence this season at united looks in danger, ..and if he is sold do u think we will sign someone or just go with
Rooney, Hernandez, Owen, Welbeck, Mecheda.
DC_9 {Ed007's Note - As I have said before, there are 4 teams are interested in Berbatov, Juventus, Bayer Leverkusen, Valencia and PSG (that might have cooled now). If a suitable offer comes in I think he could leave. As for who will replacing him, I think that depends on if he leaves.}
30 Jul 2011 14:20:33
Utd are interested in Hamsik and are ready to put in an offer for him around the 30 mill mark Reliable Source
Would that be HP or tomato sauce??? £80 million buy out clause fella.... HERBIE
Fergie would not spend that amount on hamsik, if those funds were available i am sure he would look at nasri, sneijder etc.
Ste_woo
Marek Hamsik price tag = 100 million euros. He will not be coming to United.
30 Jul 2011 14:06:23
Chelsea target Javier Pastore has agreed a 43million deal at Paris St Germain, according to Palermo chief Maurizio Zamparini.
Ed002 - Any truth in this.?
DC_9 {Ed007's Note - Yes.}
That means Chelsea will definitely go for Modric then.
Wat say Ed007??
Is ed002 on holiday today.??
DC_9 {Ed002's Note - I am not on holiday, I am milling around aimlessly thinking about doing some work or going to the pub with my wives.}
Ed002 - You cannot beat pub, probably the best idea ever. Polygamy isn't a too shabby idea either.
Sydney! {Ed002's Note - I am only ever married to one of them at a time. But Mrs Ed002-2 is visiting with us right now.}
Ed002 - Be careful they don't gang-up onto you, talking about your bad habits and all that.
Sydney!
Ed 002.... You're a legend, give us tips on how to get away with it.... HERBIE
30 Jul 2011 13:51:05
*BREAKING NEWS* From inside OT rooney to leave at the end of the campaign for Real Madrid united to get Higuain and £30 for him good deal I think from a very reliable source.
how many times no hes not he sayed he would be over the moon to stay at manchester united and finish his career and even if it was true it would be 60 million plus higuian ok, stop posting alot of lies that will never be spoke of again
I dont think that true cause i dont think real be able mach his wages unless they going of load few of their top players
Yeah like thats going to happen ... pure bulls**t
If you're going to post such "BREAKING NEWS" at least have the "ONIONS" to add your name so we know not take notice of your posts.... Utter waffle.
Mitch
Rooneys far too fair skinned a true anglo he s never gonna a do a hot country stint, maybe cidy or chelski but not abroad {Ed007's Note - I think you will find that Rooney is of Irish/Celtic (keltic) descent.}
Good call ed 007.
He also qualified to play for Ireland due to his grandparents.
Ryan {Ed007's Note - Yeah Ryan, you're right there too.}
30 Jul 2011 13:40:05
David Gill on Sneijder, Modric & Nasri:
"They are all dead at the moment. But things change quickly. Somebody may become available & we can then say we are interested."
That proves we are looking for a central midfielder, and Gill is right things do change quickly. Don't give up hope that one of these will be a United player come September.
Sydney!
Gill said about right age . No sneider then
We can't afford anyone we just want young on lower wages
Obviously things change quickly in football and I still believe it will be one of these 3 who we sign. Equally things could stay the same and these deals continue to be very difficult. However, even if none of these 3 are signed I still think we will sign another CM. I just wish the day when we do sign them would hurry up and get here lol.
Rjmanutd
Hey Sydney, PGS signed Pastore, now chelsea will go with all their force for Modric.
We will get Sneijder this season and Nasri next season for 130K/week.
Anderson will be sold next season if he fail to perform this season.
DC_9
Would be great if that happened but even if we got Sneijder then Nasri I think Anderson would stay because he has youth on his side.... HERBIE
I think if SAF is going to spend he will do it before the premier league starts
Ste_woo
I hope we don't get the overpriced, injury prone Dutchman, the Arsenal winger (we've already got bagfuls), or the Chelsea smitten Croat. It's time to use our imaginations and not bang on about the same old same old.
Hamsek is a better player than any of the above 3. Ganso looks really special as does Lucas.(not the Liverpool waste of space one of course). We could go for buying 2 Martin & Sossoko, or even McCarthy and De Rossi. Then there's Banagra & M'vila. We want value and quality I like the idea of getting 2 top midfielders, even if they may not be considered marque players. Please not the crass, greedy Dutchman with a fame addicted WAG stuck on his arm. He is valued By SAF and David Gill at £24 million (according to a couple of websites and newspapers) and is worth £100,000 per week. He didn't cut it at Real, he's only had one good season at Inter. He was good in the small unimpressive Dutch league. He HAS been good for the Dutch national side. He is usually only good for 20-30 matches per season. The only reason he would be bought above Hamsik, Ganso or Martin is that it would give the lesser discerning fans the player they have heard of. Give them bragging rights, so they can say " we've bought a marque player". Leave all the overpriced nonsense to sh--y and Real and other teams that don't win their leagues. Having said all that, we really need a midfielder or two. We are Manchester United, lets do it with youth, insight, attacking football ---lets be bold--lets try the 3 Brazilian route - Ganso - Lucus and Adryan. If that's to bold give us Hamsik or De Rossi and Martin. Give us our 20th league, our 4th European and keep the legend of Manchester United alive. One more thing- why doesn't the Labour party make Sir Alex Into Lord Alex
Mik
Nasri prefers to play in the centre and is better there so we wouldnt be getting a new winger if we got him
Woffsta
Nasri may like playing centre mid, but for nearly all of his playing career he's played wide - a winger. Plus he's not World class, he worth £20m if he had 3 years left on his contract.
30 Jul 2011 13:00:54
The figure of money available to fergie for this world class centre mid is up to 45m if necessary I've been told by a reliable source. Personally, I think the player signed will be a complete shock i.e a name that hasn't been banded about this site every 10 mins Enough of the guessing games lads, sit back and allow the master to bring the right player in. In saf we trust
What source, (no made up ones allowed), is this. Please no it's more then his jobs worth, or I know someone who works somewhere near OT. Just give us a hint. I think (no source not even ketchup), I think we'd like to sell a couple of players, ( Machada, Evens, Obertan, Well beck) to raise a bit more. As it stands I doubt we've more than £25m unless we've got an Arab fairy god father.
30 Jul 2011 12:41:02
when it comes to our midfield department i cant help but wish giggs was a couple of years younger, last year i feel he was our best central midfielder in that position creatively. if you look at the big games such as the Chelsea fixtures and even in the final vs Barcelona he looked like the only player who could create something out of nothing. I think i am the only person who does not want to see sneijder at manchester united. i think it is looking more likely that we will buy a less creative midfielder in the form or lass diarra or de rossi which will enable us to give more freedom to thje likes of anderson carrick and giggs used sparingly. theese types of midfielders are far more cheaper than creatrive midfielders such as sneijder. what do you guys think.
Giggs's mind will not be on football this season I think he still has to sort his personal life out and if ur telling me that's done already u want to think again. Be was rubbish in the final against Barcelona as was most of the team. If we are relying on a 37 year old in central midfield this year we are in trouble I hope Anderson steps up to the plate and hopefully we can sign a world class midfielder somebody who can win the ball and get forward like mean used to do. Please can we sell carrick not utd class never was never will b
Sorry folks that's should read keane not mean in my earlier post
Giggs is a legend but mate in the final against Barca he went missing big time.... HERBIE
I don't want Sneijder, but I don't want Diarra either. De Rossi and Martin would cost less than the greedy Dutchman between them.
Giggs may have been the best central midfielder when he played last year,
but all that does is emphasise how bad the rest are, gibson and fletcher between them couldn t catch my gran, and shes been dead 20 years.
30 Jul 2011 12:35:28
Alrighton won't leave Villa for at least two seasons. I was at the Villa vs Walsall friendly on the 20th July with a friend who is a Villa fan. They expect big things from him this season and with losing Young & Downing, they won't let a 3rd winger go. Personally i'd love to see Sneijder or Modric (both would be amazing) at United. I wouldn't be unhappy if we signed any of the following: Valbuena, De Rossi, G etze, Alc ntara, Ganso, Hamsik. These are some of my preferences What do you all think?
30 Jul 2011 11:45:45
*BREAKING NEWS* From inside OT rooney to leave at the end of the campaign for Real Madrid united to get Higuain and £30 for him good deal I think from a very reliable source.
If Andy Carroll's worth £35m, we should be getting atleast £45m with Higuain worth around £20m
£30 wont go very far. is that for the taxi to the airport?
Grow up man or more likely boy. Stop making up things with your limited brain. Go back to the Pool or S---y or whatever
30 Jul 2011 11:37:57
Sneijder told city he'd rather join utd.
Utd value him @ 24 mill because of his wages
Gill said we've got enough money for a marquee signing.
Fergie... Just sign him up.
P-Dizzle
Couldn't agree more, we need quality an saf has said i will only buy if it is an upgrade to wot we have already got hmm sneijder or gibson not to difficult.tonight will be the acid test against barca
30 Jul 2011 11:06:55
BREAKING NEWS:Source Ashley Young
Ashley Young has hinted former Villa team mate Marc Albrighton could be joining Manchester United after the wages for Wesley Sneijder are too high.Despite Sneijder wanting to move to Manchester United they will go for Marc Albrighton as he is another home-grown player to be in their 25 man squad.
Young said when asked about how he is getting on he mentioned the club are looking at 1 more player."I'm looking forward to this season because the squad is so good and positive and I have settle in quick because of this.I believe the club want one or two more but its whether they can afford them or not if not they will look at other replacements".
Never heard so much guff in all of my life. Sneijder is a Central midfielder, Albrighton is a winger. We have more than enough wingers and we also have more than enough homegrown players. What a load of old tosh.
Sydney!
How is that a hint Marc albrighton will be joining? Daler-t
£35m of greedy Dutchman taking up all the space in the injury room. Lets get someone fit, younger, less greedy.
Great--no CMF but dozens of wingers and centre-backs. Of course he won't sign -- nor should we have boughtYoung, he is ordinary and not United class
30 Jul 2011 10:15:53
Wesley Sneijder tells Manchester City he wants to join United but wage demands force Old Trafford club to drop offer to £24m
30 Jul 2011 08:41:58
i realy hope sneijder isnt part of that deal tween city and inter for tevez.id crack up if sneijder went to citythey wud make a laughing stock of us and i think that is why SAF wont admit he is persuing him
Eto'o is the player City are trying to sign from Inter, perhaps Dzeko or Balotelli could be off?
Sydney!
There is logic in that first post I agree could all be a cover up
30 Jul 2011 08:04:01
According to Gil, the deals for Nasri & Sniejder are dead. If we don't buy the dutch midfielder then manchester city will probably land him with there huge financial clout.
30 Jul 2011 03:32:16
what do you lads think of hamsik? not united quality in my opinion, hope were not interested in him.
also if arsenal sign mata ill be very pissed off, the guy is a genius.
i think fergie should bid 40-45m for schweinstieger, i doubt bayern could refuse that, thats what spurs want for modric, inter want 35-40m for sniejder, and schwein is the best of the three. what do u think?
marlow
Mata's another winger -we don't need any more. Hamsik scored more goals and has more assists than WS this season. He isn't so greedy and is younger. i would much rather him then WS
miv
I d rather have lassie than what weve got at the moment, we all see how useless our center mid is, well i say WE ALL but herr fergison doesn t see this.
30 Jul 2011 01:26:22
David Gill has said tonight that, for now, potential #MUFC deals for new midfielder - Nasri, Sneijder, Modric - look 'dead'
Also,
David Gill also said Javier Hernandez & Antonio Valencia are getting new contracts (but not Berbatov).
Both taken from Daniel Taylor on twitter.
29 Jul 2011 23:57:12
sorry but what about a takeover ?
29 Jul 2011 23:48:10
Have been speaking to a reliable source this evening, who has given me some good bits of info in the past. He says Manchester United have made a bid for Nigel De Jong to replace Owen Hargreaves. United have been approached by De Jongs agent after De Jong became frustrated with contract talks & the amount of money "lesser players" are earning in comparison to what he has been offered. Bit of a random one I know & I doubt it would happen, but an interesting one none the less, so thought i'd share....
Cheers
Owen hargreaves doesnt need replacing considering he was injured for the best part of 3 seasons, we have got along just fine without him, which is a shame because he was a decent player.