Manchester United Rumours Archive August 31 2012

31 Aug 2012 22:40:34
so Matija Nastasic has signed for the blue side ot Citeh for a reported 12 million & Savic going the other way....

we could have really done with him as defensive cover IF its true that he Will be better than Fellow Countryman Nemanja Vidic

Reddevilfan

31 Aug 2012 22:16:17
newcastle confirm rumours are NOT true

31 Aug 2012 21:38:05
Hi Guys
Rumours gathering pace that NUFC have accepted a bid from United for Cabaye

Bazza The Red

Yes thats all it is, A RUMOUR:)

Can't see this happening at all. SAF has said no deals today bar Berbatov but did say we had another week for loan deals to be completed.

01 Sep 2012 00:26:15
All this Cabaye rubbish was started by a fake account on twitter

31 Aug 2012 21:00:00
Yohan Cabaye to Manchester United... watch this deal unfurl

Surely a load of rubbish,not enough time to complete it.

phil

I have been waiting for 40 mins and I heard a whisper of this anywhere.

Sp93

31 Aug 2012 20:33:32
fergie looking at essien on loan as chelsea said he can go

I think you're putting two and two together and getting 5 mate, he's not allowed to go to arsenal, he'd hardly be allowed to go to man united!!

Even if he is abit injury prone he is definitely worth a shout

He will be looking a long way then.


he is going to MADRID

31 Aug 2012 18:22:27
Ed-007 who do think we could sign and could we sneak in and get moutinho? {Ed007's Note - I can't see it, sorry.}

Get the message no one is signing the great old man has deemed this squad good enough to win trophies. If he fails again he should be sacked

Mate, if you're going to post such nonsense, leave a name.

AJH

Should be sacked are you seriours ya need ya head testing or your on acid the greatest ever manager to grace the game and you would sack him the man who turned this club around and gave us the supports somthing to cheer about the greatest moments of watching football have been while sir alex has been in charge we always bounce back and you would sack him you my friend are a fool

The man is a dinosaur he has failed for three years to change the style of play look at all the managers at the big clubs and they are all fairly young and play creative passing football. Then look at Fergie united 4 4 2 where the midfield is overrun

You mean the young managers who never win anything are constantly getting sacked. Shahram

Sacked,you clearly know nothing about football,only lost the title on goal difference to a side that keeps spending in excess of 100m each season? dinosaur? the best manager ever to be in the game. sorry but shut the fu(k up both of you n go n support city,pair of pr1cks!! united till i die.

Andyred

31 Aug 2012 18:38:05
Lets just get everything into context. Liverpool paid £35 million for a forward who they have now let join another premiership side for a year. Agent Dalgleash you did a brilliant job and we will miss you. Do you remember those ridiculous tee shirts backing the racist. Now ok it is accepted that liverpool have never had any class but he dragged them just a little bit lower with that. This time last year that professional scouser Blaire Maine was telling us all how King Kenny would lead Liverpool to the title. Either our editors are doing a great job in keeping them off the site or they are mighty quiet at the moment.

So my brothers just take a minute and when you are getting all sad about our lack of a world class holding midfielder . Think about Liverpool and a big grin will come to your face. King Kenny we salute you . I AM KLOOT

Let's not forgot out about Adams, who is now off to Stoke for 4m. Henderson and Downing cant get a game, might be the worst buys for any team ever.

What has that got to do with our season?

RebelRed

You blind, you paid over 30 million for berbatov yet he's been sold for 4 million. person

Berbatov got the golden boot 2010/11 season and helped win 2 premiership trophies.... how many did Carroll, Henderson, Adam and Downing help to win?
Flyhalf(Mitch)

God bless you I AM KLOOT :):):)

Why does anyone give a toss about Liverpool? Worry about our own club and leave them to fight their way out of mediocrity.

Matt

You should get trendy and rename yourself Kloot.I.Am

AJH

Still obsessed with liverpool.

B O H

Everyone always forgets they spunked that money on the Uruguayan Defender Coates about £8mil. Keep that list going. Scousers are a delightful reminder of what can happen if you think your history will win things, we need to keep on top of the game and keep improving properly!

Sween

Any self respecting united fan should always make time to laugh at liverpool! I salute you i am kloot

cantona's legal team

B O H

Says the one on the United page.

G.A.G.U.S

Go on "i am kloot" v funny!!

Andyred

Any self respecting united fan should always make time to laugh at liverpool!

That post is nearly worthy of being a tattoo Lmao

31 Aug 2012 17:59:59
Honestly people. The only midfielder we should be looking at that is united quality and available, is Witsel. Him and Modric were the only midfielders we are/were interested in and rightly so. I would love to see Witsel come in but I think it highly unlikely now as we have been priced out of a move. Next summer could be an opportunity for him though!

Dan

So when Dembele dominates our midfield it's because our current midfield sucks. So, that means our current midfield isn't United quality, because he tore them apart.

Is Witsel available now though? Javi Garcia and Saviola have both left Benfica. So is he still available? Think its too late now.

No, its because:
1. Scholes wasnt playing.
2. Carrick was in defense.
2. Ando will improve as he gets games under his belt.
3. Clevs and Ando together need time to refind there partnership from early last season when we beat Arsenal 8-2 and dominated their midfield.

You watch one game where Dembele does better than our midfield and suddenly he is better than all our midfield players. I bet you didn't even know what he looked like before we were linked with him.

Dan

31 Aug 2012 17:33:52
Moutinho to tottenham. Talks break down! Hopefully our doing? Fingers crossed. Doubt it though, love deadline day just wish we was more active


GD

I 100% hope so he is a brilliant player, just have to hope the break down of talks is of you doing lol!

Aaronaldo7

Would be sweet if utd got in there to snatch him but very doubtful...thats all we need is one cm and we will have a near perfect squad of players to really make a go of it on all fronts....if we dont sign a cm we will again be caught short in midfield

Soz was supposed to be our. LOL

Aaronaldo7

Broke down because of his wages

Broke down due to wages ,how much a week rooney, v p .cannot afford him,city will pay him.not noisy neighbours,money where thier mouth neighbours.utd no longer the big lads in the transfer window.yanks made sure of that.you will be like gooners soon

31 Aug 2012 17:20:19
"manchester united in talks to sign sergio busquets for 18 million, this comes as alex song arrives from arsenal"

Wouldn't have the dirty git anyway!

Where the hell did your quotation marks come from? person.

DanB

That wont happen as essien is set to come to old trafford as we have fought of intrest from arsenal

31 Aug 2012 17:14:07
Moutinho deal at spurs might be doomed, love to see Utd sneak in

31 Aug 2012 17:01:51
I see the green eyed monster has hit the glory hunters hard this summer!
All slagging SAF off saying he's lost the plot not and this and that about the club. Well i think Sir Alex is showing amazing restraint and loyalty to not buy some of the second rate CM's that you are all pining for and quite frankly you should be ashamed of yourselves. To come on here and state that Fletcher, Anderson and Cleverley are not good enough? Fletch has been and will continue to be a great servant for our club, it is natural for him to drop into a deeper role and will cover our already added to very good attacking players.
Ando has not overwhelmed any of us but as Sir Alex said it is a make or break season for him. I find the Cleverley slaters the most bemusing he started last season really well and got injured, he was one of players in the Olympic team to be praised by all, if he stays fit, he will be a player for us this season. Oh i forgot about the Carrick doubters, its like deja vu, players from all other teams always say what a good player he is, Iniesta being one of them, so who are we to say he's sh1te. You need to grow up, get behind the team and what will be will be.

Dishforth Red.

Agree with all that plus people aren't counting kagawa as a midfielder either

Dustbin

You are full of sh*t mate!
Your one of these fans who live in a bubble and think that all is well at the club.
Make or break season for Anderson are you serious. This is his 6th season now...yes his 6th season.
Scholes is 39, Giggs is 40 and Cleverley is completely unproven and Carrick is edging towards the wrong side of 35.
Your the one who is deluded mate if you think thatn these players can compete at the top level in Europe.
Unbelievable!

Simmo

Here is a proper united fan if I don't know one

Wonderful post bro

Fletcher, Anderson and Cleverly are not world class. If you're happy with United no longer having world class players - good for you.

I know we all believe that we need to revamp our midfield but I am also with you on this as never seen anything like it as every portuguese or spanish midfielder seems to be suddenly world class, which I do not buy into. I actually believe saf when he said if a certain player was available he would make a move, which leads me to believe none of the guys who have been signed by other clubs in the last 48 hours is what he wanted. Your guess is as good as mine who he might be referring to? I do not believe it is a money thing as the Lucas Moura money was never spent.

I agree with all of this but westill need to recognise that against the better teams we will be overwhelmed in midfield. SAF is right not to buy what's on offer but we do need to play Jones as a CDM this season otherwise he'll become a wasted jack of all trades, master of none, like the unfortunate O'Shea.

Simmo (lol) good old SIMMO. You a glory hunter or do you follow fergies vision of who we should buy and keep in our squad. You can always support Chelsea, city, or Psg if ya wanna follow a team who spend fortunes constantly to buy trophies . Were maintaining a legacy of trophy winning under saf. stick with us or go elsewhere SHANDY

Cleverly is great but what happens when he gets injured, which he probably will?
We have the right to say it because we watch him every week and carrick is a 6/10 CM at best. And to compete with the best you need better than that.
How many champs league finals and manc derbies must we lose for you to see that?

Another sanctimonious fan complaining that fans who spend thousands of £s a year to watch their team and then spend more buying shirts and lets not forget the overpriced foodstuffs inside the ground, we should all pay loads and shut our mouths. Sorry mate but you are a clueless hack who has obviously never paid extortionate parking prices and tickets prices to see your team. I pay a huge amount of money that goes in to players pockets and the managers pocket who are simply out of touch with the real world and you think we should shut up. Go home

If you think there good enough mate you have no idea scholes is too old and so is giggs we need a powerfull cm to run the show

I'm not saying it isn't needed all I'm saying is that I trust Sir Alex. There are many things that need changing at the club MP is one of them but I am a fan, I don't know what SIr Alex wants and I don't buy into a this paper talk that seems to be all that's talked about. Hate getting beat in Derbies, hurt like sh1t being beaten twice by arguably the best team ever but I am proud to be a Red and always will and cannot stand the bitching about the club. Dishforth Red

Carrick and scholes are not great as both lack pace and neither ca cover or the other one and scholes is not big enough and can't tackle to play a holding role. i like everything about cleverly and carrick as a more holding midfielder and kagawa in the hole will be as good as anything in the league, the only issue is where is the cover if they are injured. shahram

You are deluded mate FLETCHER has nether nor will he ever be good enough for Man United cant pass a ball technicaly bad headless chicken comes to mind. If you are a great player other teams come in for you nobody has ever tried to sign Fletcher that says it all Fergiws love child

Shandy good old Shandy. You carry on in your little bubble and let's speak in May. I hold a season ticket and have followed Man United for 30 years now. Stop with the silly posts saying go and support another team. Fans like you drive me mad. Of course it's all ok and after that Champions League run last year we are more than capable of competeing in Europe. Lol your hilarious!

Couldnt agree more with the original poster. NEXT season is the season to sign a midfielder if Fletcher/ANderson/Cleverly dont prove themselves fitness or form wise. And Simmo, deary me! Anderson is in his 6th season and he is still only about 23 and was excellent for the first 18 months, this is his make or break season.
PS You got all of the players ages wrong Carrick especially is 31, not that I am a fan of his but still. Who should we have signed in central midfield then, which flabour of the week decent/average midfielder was your pick?
Invisible Stuey

31 Aug 2012 16:47:53
We won't buy anyone today.

We will buy Aston Villa CB Clarke 5m in January if Rio struggles this season. We've been interested before. Can play CB, FB, DM.

It'll be a cheap buy to cover all areas. Clarke will be like John O'Shea that we have missed last 2 seasons with Valencia having to cover RB & Carrick CB.

NEXT SUMMER EARLY MOVES.
Fergie is looking to move Nani 20m (maybe lower as he'll be on last yr of contract) out as he wants a left footer on the left wing either Gaitan 20m or James Rodriguez 27m.

Gotze 40m is the number one target to replace Scholes.
If we can't budge him with that offer it'll be a double swoop for Eriksen 20m & Fischer 10m (30m).

This Ajax deal has already been proposed and approved.

You can't suggest any of these deals because any of the above players having amazing seasons would change completely...

RedKnight

Personally I think we will sign Hector Herrera in January and perhaps sign Zouma and loan him back to St Etienne. Then in the summer Eriksen will come in to replace Scholes and perhaps one of Muniain or Jamie Rodriguez.

RedDevil19

Where you getting this from? Shahram

31 Aug 2012 16:35:03
There could be a hitch in Tottenham's bid to sign Joao Moutinho, with a website understanding there has been a problem in agreeing personal terms with the Porto midfielder.

also liverpool interested in signing yossi benayoun on loan from chelsea, hilarious

31 Aug 2012 16:19:21
Happy with the business that's done this summer but at the same time fairly disappointed that we haven'y landed a CM. To top it off majority of players we've been even remotely interested in have moved or are close to moving such as Martinez , Dembele , Garcia , Moutinho , Modric etc. I know it won't happen but i'd love to see us have a go at Fellaini or Nzonzi who won't play for Blackburn again or even jump in ahead of Spurs for Moutinho.

AVO

Javi Garcia, 16 million, no value in the market. Haha

Ive thought Nzonzi, not a bad shout.

RedDevil19

31 Aug 2012 16:12:08
We won't get Witsel because Benfica want to even the books out and selling Javi Garcia to City means we won't get Witsel. We lost Dembele to tottenham and Moutinho has gone to tottenham so it's been disappointing finding a centre midfielder since the top 3 linked ones have gone and then after being linked with Baines and Williems we get Buttner all in all Im not impressed with our progress in them positions.

Liam

We have not lost dembele and moutinho, we haven't bid for them

Mad Hatter

We bid for Dembele it just wasn't enough

Liam

31 Aug 2012 15:40:38
To be honest I would love us to go in for Micah Richards now they have Maicon and with him being a United fan maybe he could push through the deal..... I think Rafael is quality but he does have the tendancy to get sent off and injured but I have to admit Micah is an absolute beast and should of been in the england set up as a regular a while ago....

GG93

I'm pretty sure as just about Citys only academy product of note that he is a die hard city fan.... Why on earth would you think he is a united fan?

Dan

Im pretty sure richards was a product of oldhams accademy actually and they still have a 20% sell on clause

I went to uni with someone who grew up with Micah in Bradford area while he was at Leeds and he is actually an Arsenal fan

31 Aug 2012 15:14:56
henriquez deal to be completed by 11 pm as paperwork is holding up the deal as so many clubs doing bussiness on deadline day

31 Aug 2012 15:07:45
Hi all,a question does anybody think genuinly we will address the midfield issue that i believe we all agree exists at our club? i think with fletch starting to play games again and getting back to fitness i think a loan player until jan or the season would be fantasic! personally i think fletch is quite as good as any of the players we have been linked with and will be over the moon to see him back!!

Dean
ps... sorry for the long post:)

Dean
dont be sorry dean if you think that post is long you should see some of Shappy,s there like a novel lol
Onecut
ps Still like the posts though shapps

Fletcher is not and never has been good enough at the very top level. Good squad player and engine but nowhere near good enough on the ball.I like him and hope he comes back but if he is in your first choice midfield you are in trouble compared to the other top teams.

I disagree mate he played that role fantastically well when fit,however i do believe it will be difficult for him to regain that standard and i do think it is an area that will be addressed next summer i just think there are a lot in the last chance saloon this season and to be perfectly honest we dont know how any of these guys will perform in our league its a different kettle of fish to the italian,spanish and portugeuse leagues.

dean

31 Aug 2012 15:04:15
i think transfer deadline day is most annoying for our fans , every other club seem to have an exciting day. :(

Should fergie make a last minute panic buy or two just to entertain us fans?
Sucks to support United,eh?

RedMist

Grow up! Supporting a team is just that, it's not a computer game.

J - Stand

31 Aug 2012 14:44:47
Man city spending more than us on better players than we've brought, why aren't we in for maicon and javi Garcia they are what we need Rafael is terrible. Surprise we didn't get Witsel or dembele. Actually no surprise at all. City have done better business within the space a day than what we have done in months. Scott Sinclair will be a good signing I said it ages ago we should bid for him. Very very disappointed when will we start competing again ? Will be lucky to finish in top four. I'm sure of that. Even rotten ham have done better business than us and beaten us to anther one of our targets. Just to clarify we've missed out on Lucas moura dembele last season it was nasri. Haven't even heard us mentioned yet on this transfer deadline day. Absolute disgrace.
Bp

Maicon? are you serious, do you not remember Bale terrorizing him in both games... and can I just say I have never seen Bale do that to anyone in the EPL so Maicon isn't that good.

RedKnight

That speech is an absolute disgrace.

Gar

Geez peace

CM84

Ed please show him the man city page. he's lost.

Over reaction of the century, is it that time of the month mate?

CnM

I should have stop reading this nonsense after you said 'Rafeal is terrible'. Unfortunately I continued...

APC

I despair.

City have NO WAY had a better transgfer period than us! We have done very very well in this window. We bought a young England midfielder who everyuone and their mother wpould have been after following his Wembley antics. We have arguably the most undervalued creative midfielder in the world and a striker who is capable of winning games single handidly.

What have city got?

If they are so great, why dont you lend them your so called support.

MDJ

I hope when you read back your post you're embarrassed.

Absolute moron.

Mega Amazing Man

You are joking right?

Rodwell- good youngster but his development has been more and more hampered by injury over the last two years. Could still do really well in time, but just as likely to flop.

Maicon - getting on and been injured a lot.

Garcia - pretty good signing, likely to do well.

Sinclair - Meh. Good, but good enough for the very top? uncertain.

Basically they've made one really good signing and 3 50/50 flop/successes.

Compare that to:

RVP - 'Nuff said

Kagawa - exactly what we needed. Scrappy, energetic and skillful attacking midfielder with goals and assists aplenty.

The rest are youngsters, very promising, low price so little risk.

OK, a CM would have been really good (I would have taken one over RVP any day of the week as we need them more), but with Fletch seemingly not far of a return, the main problem with our midfield looks like a temporary one.

It's not really that bad by a long stretch, so stop with the "disgrace" bit and take a proper look at how the big teams have strengthened. Spurs are the only big team to have strenghtened as much as us so far (Chelsea may have got Hazard but they lost Drog).

Thorne

Robin van Persie>? kagawa? powelll? henriquez? buttner? mate id say they are great signings, buttner can play left wing as well as LB. van persie, nothing needs to be said he's world class. and as for kagawa he links our play tremendously and can only get better. powell and henriqez, i honestly dont know much about them apart from youtube but they do look like good players and in a year or twos time everyone wil be like where'd that guy powell come from? i think too many of us are expecting huge deals for good players, in fergie we trust

Ur a disgrace man united would do better with out fans like u if u so concerned about city then support them instead

Kent red

Bp go and support city what a miserable fan you are. Shall we just sack fergie replace him with Mancini and spunk a load of money we don't have. Have faith in sir Alex.

I agree with Gar..a disgrace.

Hang your head in shame OP.

Citeh have had a pretty quiet transfer period. Rodwell and Sinclair...how often will they play? Maicon...past his best certainly, bordering on rubbish at times!
Garcia, yes he's very good.

But so are Kagawa and RVP. Powell and Henriquez will surprise many, rather those two than Rodwell and Sinclair.

You should get signed up for Fantasy Football mate, you sound like a natural.

RedMist

MDJ thankyou for speaking some sense. I hate to say it but some of my fellow united fans on here seem spoiled. I mean Kagawa and RVP in one window, that's brilliant if you ask me. Yes I reckon we may need to bulk up in the midfield a bit, but I think fergie is waiting to see if fletcher is OK, and if not, Man United may actually buy someone in January for once

Up_the_DEVILS

OMG who says those city players will do well anyway sinclair couldn't cut it at cheslea and they just sold adam johnson who couldn't get in there team johnson is better than sinclair! Garcia played in the portugese league WOW! top four? there is the january window you know if we doing so badly I'm sure we will sign a couple of players! why does everyone care what city do there plastic! we have RVP Kagawa Rooney Valencia Vidic, Fletcher to come back! Utd will be fine Moutinho and dembele arn't utd class In my opinion! GLORY GLORY MAN UTD!!

31 Aug 2012 14:30:46
Hi All,

Seems once again, hopefully not, but seems this way, no CM in the mould of Robson, Ince or Keane again!

Seriously, who is making these decisions at Utd? Wish we had some assistant next to SAF with courage of commitment to give an opposing view, the ability to change tactics & also see the obvious!

How many years have we needed a powerful CM & once again do not get one:(

I despair, will always support UTD, but look how even Fulham domineered us in the centre of the park.

I do not care if they are a big name player or a gifted youth, just someone who can fill a void we have had for WAY TOO MANY YEARS!!!

EBL

EBL

The game's changed. They are very few, if any, such players left around.

DarkLard08

Everyone has been complaining about needing a Roy Keane character for CM. The funny thing is that the season after Keane left, United won the league and it started one of the most successful periods in the clubs history with 4 Leagues and 3 Champions League Finals in 6 years. And all that was done with people like Fletcher, Carrick, Anderson, an injured Hargreaves and an Aging Paul Scholes. So im sure the manager knows what he is doing. You on the other hand im not so sure...
Phoenix Smith

I understand what you mean about the cm but how did fulham dominate us? We had 60% possession?

Would these be the years in which we were winnig the champions ;league and dominating Europe? We didn;t have a player like that then. Well, we did, we had Hargreaves, but we all know the story there.

With that said, seeing Spurs take Moutinho and Dembele does hurt. I don;t neccesarily believe we need an 'enforcer' or even a first team starter. I do believe we need more solidity in our squad when it comes to CM.

Perhaps Fletcher is closer to a return than we are being made aware?

MDJ

It is either SAF or money making the decisions. I for a long while thought it was money now i think it is the stubborness of SAF. I we get all this "no value in the market" cr*p over the weekend, bearing mind some of the transfers that have taken place over this window, I for one will lose faith in SAF, his credibility will be tarnished!

Dave

EBL

This will be Fergie's last year - I'd put money on it, if it wasn't a negative. That's like betting on United to lose and I've never done that either.

He's lost his way a little and has been too stubborn - SAF knows best, but when every single footy fan and pundit can see out shortcomings, it's an issue.

We won't win anything this year, perhaps the FA Cup actually. But the gap will too big to bridge in one season, and SAF will step down in May. That's my prediction anyway.

RED_SKY

Great point on the assistant manager. Phelan is a clueless yes man. Bring back Queiroz.

Fulham were not in the game for an hour and dembele only came into it after we gave them their second goal,surely we need someone who is gonna boss a game from the start

Yes, we've had an issue for years. Especially in '07, '08, 09, 11. Wait, hang on...

31 Aug 2012 13:38:36
Spurs have agreed a £22million deal for Moutinho, if we offer a better deal now we could still get him, fingers crossed but at this stage it is a very slim hope.

31 Aug 2012 12:32:05
did say yesterday, i think berbatov will end up at spurs,

let this all unravel!


TRUMORS

The way he's going, I wouldn't be surprised to see him at McDonald's.

DarkLard08

What did you say trumors lol

31 Aug 2012 11:40:02
Why hasn't henriquez deal been announced?

Caolán.

31 Aug 2012 11:18:55
i'd love us to sign fabregas just to annoy arsenal fans who seem to think he'll one day return to them. However its extremely unlikely. There's more chance of me going on a date this weekend with katy perry.

Defo no chance in that matey cus shes out with me all weekend! GGMU

If either of you kiss the girl, can you let me know if she liked it.. Thanks.

MDJ

31 Aug 2012 11:01:02
look guys dont shoot the messenger but rumour is that we have had a bid accepted for barcelona midfielder sergio roberto.

Another attacking mid-fielder...

just what we need... LOL

Playing too much football manager there mate lol

31 Aug 2012 10:25:24
Just seen Gill speaking on sky sorts saying that we are not looking at bringing anybody else in and no one else leaving apart from Berbatov and maybe loans going out but he did have a big smirk on his face whilst saying this i really hope they pull something out of the bag in regards to a cm

Gill always has a big smug smirk on his face though.

Paul

31 Aug 2012 09:58:42
Where did the Fabregas rumour come from ? He would be a sensational coup but it will never happen.

31 Aug 2012 09:07:53
The henrequez ( spelling ) will be our last buy story has gone from the main page of man utd.com may be interesting?

Salford red

30 Aug 2012 23:29:48
I've heard a strong rumour from same person that told me bout jones last yr and van Persie this year that united have been offered fabregas on loan with view to buying him next summer.

Unbelievable, even if we did. Where would he play? We have Kagawa who does the same thing and imo will turn out to be world class.

-Def3 {Ed004's Note - Can't Fabregas play in a deep role?}

Doubt this is true - However I don't see Fabregas & Kagawa as being even slightly similar. Cesc is a central midfielder & Shinji is an attacking midfielder surely?

Doubt its true -maybe we will sign wenger aswell in 2013?

I posted here in the week about fabregas being told he wasn't wanted

Pardoe

I heard this too. From my friend in spain.

Caolán.

We definitely need a midfielder in and saw a rumour the other day we were after a midfielder from barca but that report thought it was Sergio busqets but fabrgas could be the real target lets hope hey guys as either player would strengthen our team. Mattyboi.

Heard we'll sign wenger for assistant manager.

Dream on. This is the one player Arsenal would break the bank to bring back.

If this is true ill swim across the irish sea, run to dover, through the tunnel, take a french taxi driver hostage instructing him to take me to barcelona, pick cesc up, throw the taxi driver out giving him enough money to buy him a spanish omellete and a bus trip home, leave the taxi back at the taxi drivers house or taxi depot (leaving a note saying sorry but thanks), throw cesc over my shoulder, sprint back down the channel tunnel and then hijack a helicopter and drop him off straight outside old trafford, then will have to take the rap off the cops and probably do 20 years in a cell........but hey it'll be worth it.....................

Robbo

No mission

Doubt it, but would be quality if true. Not the ball winner we hoped for, but he can dominate the midfield in other ways. He could do nicely alongside Carrick or Clevs behind Kagawa.

Prior relationship with RVP might also work well.

But don't Arsenal have first option on him? i would have thought Wenger would want to bring him back to appease the fans so couldn't see him passing up the opportunity, i do realise the player would have to agree.
Andy B

If Fabregas was to turn up at United, then I would put a large amount of money at Rooney ending up at Barca in 2013. However, personally can't see this happening.

Its not fabregas. Its Sergio Roberto apparently. Nozzla