Manchester United Rumours Archive July 04 2015

04 Jul 2015 20:01:11
Hi ed 001 just wondering if you have heard of us having any previous interest in Darmain as it has sort of come out of the blue a bit that we have allegedly made a bid ?

{Ed001's Note - I don't know anything about it sorry.}

04 Jul 2015 20:15:42
We have been linked with him earlier on in the season dean

04 Jul 2015 21:24:51
Cheers ed and longsight :)

04 Jul 2015 19:21:48
Eds if rvp is to leave who do you believe the potential replacements would be? I don't want cavani or higuain and I can't see us getting benzema. Lacazette seems to me the best option. Young,pace,good finisher and not going to be overly expensive as far as transfer fee and wages are concerned in comparison to the two previously mentioned. Can you also update on Schneiderlin and otamendi? A mate with good links to the club has told me we will sign both these players in the next ten days.

{Ed004's Note - I reckon the club will try to sign Kane. He seems to be the ideal type of striker. I think if we want to replace Fellaini we need someone threatening in the air as a striker. I expect Schneiderlin to sign and Otamendi will depend on Ramos who is the better cb}

04 Jul 2015 21:01:40
Thanks for all info Ed004 - loads of great stuff recently. Much appreciated

05 Jul 2015 11:04:32
Ed004

You seem to go on and on about fellaini being replaced. Signing Keane has nothing to do with Fellaini mate and complete different type of players.

Just because we are after a striker since last summer to replace an ageing and misfiring striker group( the manager has pretty much made that clear that he thinks the current group is not good enough evident by hernandes loan and welbeck sale and bust on falcao.

Replacing your spark plugs in your car does not mean you are replacing your left tyre mate LOL.

IMO he will be a starter most games next year no matter who the strikers are.

{Ed004's Note - So you don't think signing a striker (who for 40+ Mill) won't affect Fellaini? I think Fellaini was excellent for us at times near the end of the season until teams sat back and then he was shown to be lacking technically. I have never said I wanted Fellaini sold, quite the opposite, I think he is a very good squad player who I respect quite highly because of the abuse he first got at the club. However, do I think we should try to improve by upgrading on him, obviously. Also I tend to think Rooney, Mata and especially Di Maria would all be better players playing behind Kane/new striker}

06 Jul 2015 08:34:36
Ed004

Di Maria is a bust IMO and very one dimensional. Runs out of ideas when he has no space. Fellaini will play even if we paid 60 million for a new second striker as he is the link up for these guys.

Anyway let's wait and see, IMO no chance LVG will sell him. He is a shoe in for Belgium with all their wealth of talent, so he obviously has something that various coaches see but many here miss. He crucified us for years at Everton and was unplayable in some games no matter who we put on him.

I don't get the love fest with Di Maria as benching him last year is when we ended up getting results and every time he came on as a sub he was atrocious. Just because we got skinned on the transfer does not give him a free pass.

{Ed004's Note - Im hoping after a season adapting and a month rest Di Maria will perform like he did in the first few games with us. I think now with Depay signed we could try Di Maria centrally again. However, only if he picks up his work rate and work as hard as he did for Madrid. We will play a higher line and press opposition teams more next season and I think Di Maria would thrive in this style of play. I also think we need more players who take on and commit defenders.}

03 Jul 2015 23:28:04
Eds have we bid for torino rb. Darmain?

Cheers

{Ed004's Note - I hope so but can't confirm it}

04 Jul 2015 12:20:36
Apparently we have completed a deal for Morgan Schneirderlin for €35million Euros according to reports coming from Europe.

He is listed as a Man Utd player on Betinf.com for anyone who likes to dabble in the old mugs game of gambling. Any news from anyone else?

04 Jul 2015 12:26:21
thats grt news jmb if its true

04 Jul 2015 12:41:48
Rumours ! How many players have missed regardless of such rumours , I will only be exicted when a target puts pen to paper like Depay
pals , we don't just need signing but a signing of what we lack in our team is what is important , we better don't sign if such targets are unvailable then why pay such fees 25m for unprooven player where as prooven player are available : De jong(free) , Song(3-5m)

04 Jul 2015 12:56:07
de jong . song . let's get all freebie . we r not looking for squad players and Schneirderlin is proven epl player and we have scouted him for long time

04 Jul 2015 13:01:36
Obin - what are you even talking about?

04 Jul 2015 13:05:43
And that site suggests it happened on the 15th June.

04 Jul 2015 13:15:02
De Jong signed with Milan

04 Jul 2015 14:13:10
I lost 5 bottles of hard beer yesterday . I guess obinahk found it

04 Jul 2015 14:17:42
Obin,do you do all your shopping in the pound shop

04 Jul 2015 14:18:06
Obinahk is right JMB, schneiderlin is relatively unproven in the prem as he's only bossed it for 3 seasons

04 Jul 2015 16:58:50
Wouldn't want de Jong near United, he's just signed a new 3 year deal at Milan too. Song, decent player but we surely would've gone in for him last summer if we had any interest when he was available for loan, it tells a story that west ham got him, no offence hammers fans.

05 Jul 2015 11:15:50
Another player i never thought we have an interest in, he was already in the PL and was deemed not good enough. Stop believing anything the sun, metro, star prints.

Still believe we have zero interest in Turan, Gaitan but according to some of the papers we have signed or about to sign them. It does not take a genius to know they are not even close to anything we need if you have ever watched them and what we already have.

I asked the other day where do you play Turan and who sits on the bench for everyone who is suddenly a fan of him and got zero response. That should be a good enough indication that he does not fit the bill.

BTW neither Barcelona or Chelsea will buy him either as they already have much better players in those positions. Would nto be surprised if Spurs buy him as he is the type they go venture with their money. He is the turkish version of Milner LOL.

04 Jul 2015 00:17:03
I feel somewhat buoyed that the more respectable outlets are reporting Ramos wanting to leave Madrid. Could any of the Eds tell us if we have made any progress or still at the same waypoint on price to be paid?

{Ed001's Note - if Man Utd make a ridiculous offer, Madrid will sell, but the stories in the paper are all from his brother stirring things up. You just can't tell anything from those, after all his mother said exactly the opposite when she was asked. Right now there is no deal, though contract negotiations are also not done, so nothing is certain. I wouldn't want to put money on it either way, as Ramos could so easily end up burning all his bridges at the club the way it is going.}

04 Jul 2015 09:06:50
Really appreciate that Ed001 thanks.

{Ed001's Note - you are welcome mate. It is like the Raheem Sterling situation in the beginning, if his brother, who is his agent, keeps pushing, then they will end up with a similar toxic player. So far he is staying the right side of being able to fix it, if Madrid offer an acceptable amount and is not publicly making any pronouncements so they can still backtrack. That is why the stories are coming out from 'sources' so Ramos can still distance himself from them if he ends up staying. There is absolutely no definite step towards him going or staying being taken at the moment, which makes it a horrible situation to judge. The only things for certain are that Man Utd have asked to negotiate a deal but the club are trying to sort out a new contract. Oh and Man City are looking on in the hope of swooping in.}

04 Jul 2015 10:29:55
Is say that he won't make any public announcement to toxic his relationship with the fans because if Real refuse to sell him then he would not be popular.