Manchester United Rumours Archive January 03 2012

03 Jan 2012 22:08:37
javi martinez is fergies no.1 target, he tried to sign him summer 2011 but Bilbao want to hold on to him for 1 more year , martin ferguson has been scouting him for 2 years now and they feel the time is right for him to move to england, he'l arrive summer 2012 30mil+ dats why ferguson wont buy in jan. 'He's the powerful midfielder man united crave' quote from guillem balague

04 Jan 2012 00:12:16
Javier Martinez would be my first choice given the other players that we have... BUT i think that unless an agreement is made now for the summer then we will have to get him in Jan.....

I would love this to be true..... he could be the hub of the next great team, and I also think his and Alba's arrivals would see De Gea up his game another level too.. win win...........

Oxred

If we brought in martinez and an out and out no.nine(goal machine) i think it would paper over alot of cracks in the first team.

Martinez preferred choice of clubs in this order are Barcelona, Real, Chelsea, Arsenal, AC Milan, Man City and then us i am afraid, i think we are looking at the likes of Championship players with our finance situation that everyone knows about. {Ed002's Note - I don't know of any firm interest from Manchester United and for me the original Spanish article was purely speculation but if any English club has enquired it will likely be Manchester United or City. I was told a while back that Inter Milan may make a bid for Javi in January if they decide not to take Juraj Kucka from co-owners Genoa. I am not convinced that Bilboa will want to sell the player in January, and if they do they will want something over 40M euro. I am pretty sure he does not keep a prioritised list of preferred destinations.}

How in gods name do you know Javi Martinez's preferred choice of club ? Unless of course its you Javi or his agent, If so I apologise Javi ;)
SC

Next ul be telling us his favourite colour what shoe size what his lucky number is

03 Jan 2012 16:59:02
Heard today from a quality source were after yakubu of Blackburn as he is a high quality striker unlike hernandez who had a lucky season.

Possibly worst rumour ever?

Gav

So your saying Hernandez is a terrible striker? When we have berbatov who is lazy... but that'd be to difficult to call him after the huge price tag. Your a joke! Hernandez is an amazing proven striker. Yakubu wouldn't survive a season at united.

Haha ok wotever no name

matt...

Theres more chance of fergie pulling his boots back on than signing the yak

Must be horrible sh!tting out your mouth...

Seeing as you talk out your a55.

Ozwald

Yakubu won't be playing against makeshift centre backs every week

It wasn't a lucky season. It's the fact that he hasn't been back from injury long.

You wait and see, He'll come good again.

It doesn't matter to me when people berbatov is lazy and scores only against weak teams. Its their opinion nothing wrong in it... But I think he wasn't given enough opportunity against top teams. He would have been very useful for us against Barcelona where Hernandez couldn't hold the ball. I don't want to go the past now...
Just want to share my opinion that he is still a top quality player we have right now

Love Hernandez's attitude, work rate and predatory abilities, but even as a United fan and Hernandez fan, I have to say he is one of the worst footballers Ive ever seen in his interplay, passing and possession. He destroys buildup play, cannot pick out a pass for his life, and is unable to hold the ball up front to wait for support. He's a once in a generation poacher, but if he wants to be more than that, SAF and him have a TON of work to do, and it appears as if that improvement hasn't begun at all yet....agree/disagree?
KG

03 Jan 2012 15:51:12
Some people on here seem to believe Morrisons contract isnt up until june 2014, nonsence, its up in this summer so now he's free to talk to foreign teams, i allready knew that p.s.g were interested along with malaga, lille, inter and ajax, just seen the reports that barca are sniffing around now, 1 thing for sure is that he is the brightest talent ive seen since scholes to come up through the ranks, Alex obviously knows this aswell, but he doesnt trust him yet, hence the reason he's only got 2 carling cup games with the 1st team, Hes a long life manchester united fan but at this stage he just feels unloved, my bet is p.s.g, malaga or barca will sign him on a pre contract... Eamon D {Ed036's Note - Any evidence?}

Why do you even bother posting tripe?

rpc

Yawn.

Sydney!

I'm pretty confused on the whole situation regarding his contract? I take Syd's comments on board and he seems genuine with his knowledge but then Sky are reporting it is up this summer? Please can someone clarify this? I would be gutted to lose this kid along with Pogba because they seem to be very highly rated, and to be classed as the brightest talent to come out of the United academy it would be a disaster to lose Morrison and also Pogba!

Yeah i think the same, He will 100% sign a contract with sum1 this month, I heard Malaga, He's sick of not getting a chance in our 1st team. Steele

But why are we letting him go if he is so good

Its about time someone actually listened to facts, few people on here seem to think they know more than the papers and major sports stations, his contract is up in june, not 2014, i actually know this for a fact, i also know there is no contract on the table for him, He cant be trusted at all old traffor with his off the field antics, SAF is allowing him to leave and he is talking to other clubs starting next week, i hear malaga are favourites to sign him, despite barca, inter, psg and munich been interested

Derek

A lot of people think Sky are 100% accurate, whilst they are one of the more reliable sites they come out with their fair share of bulls**t stories as well.

rpc {Ed007's Note - How can anyone on here trust S*y after the Sneijder stunt they pulled on last transfer deadline day? All their stories are geared towards betting odds. For 'SKY sources understand' read 'We have 24 hours of TV time to fill and want you to bet on this.'}

'Derek'

United will not offer him a contract? Good one :)

Sydney!

SAF is one of the best at man management, all i'm saying is.. I wonder how he'll develop under another manager (take into account his attitude off field and his past history with assault etc.) Will he be put in his place when he needs to in order to progress? Interesting thought..

Ozwald

So Derek does that mean SAF is letting go of our two most promising midfielders in Pogba and Morrison, although he has been raving about their potential and not signing anyone for the big black hole in the middle of the park to not slow their progress?
I don't understand why SAF didn't either sign some world-class center mid or give a chance to our highly rated talents either.

But I'd be pissed if either fulfilled their promise somewhere else!
Get them to signs contract and loan them wherever they want to go now for a year or 18 months to get them some game time

^^^... meant to say morrison, the only time SAF talks about him is when hes answering a question about his off the field problems or his man united future, he doesnt have anytime for him. Derek

SSN will go along with the newspaper stories. If they didn't go along with newspaper gossip they would not have nothing to report.

Ed002, if you are around, what does your database have his contract running til? 2012 or 2014? Thanks

Sydney! {Ed002's Note - It lists June 2014 Syd.}

'Sydney'

Correct

''No name''

I havnt got a clue whats happening with Pogba, I just know the info on Ravel, Do you ever notice that when SAF is talking about youth he always mentions Pogba, Zeks, Tunners, Clevs, LC, Barms etc, never mentions me

'Derek'

You are talking she*p, SAF has openly mentioned Ravel as a future United player, he has never commented on his personal issues. All he has done is look out for Ravel, he was even a character witness for him in court, so stop the bullsh1t please?

Sydney!

I heard that it says on Ravel's agent's website that his contract is for 2014, if so, then it's more made up bull by the press. I hope he gets some play time soon.

Percy

No way ravel would go abroad,and pogba couldnt leave until the end of the 2012-2013 season even if he wanted to.stop believing the crap in the red tops
johndenton

Agent driven BS to get United to offer a contract quicker and for more money

United Till I Die 1987

Dunno where ye get ur info, only words worth listening to are the eds and Sidney. Rest is tripe

03 Jan 2012 14:23:16
Beckham was all for a move to PSG as was Posh Beckham due to the fashionistas being mostly Europe based. The deal was stopped by Ancelotti who sees Beckham as simply not good enough. Beckham was sought by the owners for the PR and cachet he would bring.
Ancelotti said he had no room for passengers.
The "not moving for family reasons" is all a face sabving exercise.

My mate John is the Paris Correspondent for the BBC Worldservice in Paris and he found out from his best mate who works for L`Equipe.

Too right hes gone

Pardoe

I dnt believe that, most managers would love to have beckham for the pr reason alone. plus its not the 1st time ancelotti had bought a player he didnt want i.e. torres

Ques que c'est ? I am the Paris correspondent for the BBC World Service and my name is not John, and you are no friend of mine !
Michel Albert
Paris

Je ne parle pas de toi mon cher. C`est l`ancien journo dont je parle. Fais pas trop de soucis. En tous cas l`histoire est vraie. {Ed002's Note - I would recommend not using on line translators.}

Ed - Not online translation my friend.
I speak French - lived in Paris for four years and have a BA in Mod.Lang.

Pourquoi t`as dit ca alors ? {Ed002's Note - I have spent over 20 years in Cap D'Ail and Monaco over the years.}

03 Jan 2012 07:34:47
Man United Plot £18m Bid for ‘Russian Messi’
Yash(india) {Ed002's Note - You should not believe everything you read, and more specifically you should not believe anything written by Christian Bailey.}

He is good but he aint no Messi.

We have a Russian messi a Swiss messi and a german messi now all terms i have heard this week haha

Whats next?
Kazakstan Messi? Borat?
Ivorian Messi? Youal Kovasi Gervinho
English Messi? Emile Heskey
Icelandic Messi anyone?
Now if only i could think of an Argentinian Messi ;)

03 Jan 2012 03:41:19
Now please just don't shoot the messenger but what would you's think about scholesy coming back for the rest of season? Apparently he still hangs around the club a lot and because of injuries and all that?

Now I just heard that on espn and the guy was pretty sure!

Also read it hear a few weeks ago.

Wouldn't put it past fergie either .a cheap alternative for short term and is a strong character in the dressing room!

Jay-c

There is a reason he 'hangs around' the club - he is a member of the coaching staff.

He's retired was exceptional now he isn't ....move on

Pardoe