Manchester United Rumours Archive January 05 2012

05 Jan 2012 22:29:59
Heard an outrageous rumour of Lampard to Man Utd. Sounds ridiculous I know but I would be more than happy with a signing like this. Very unlikely though. Ed have you heard anything about this or is it complete rubbish?

Rudderpost {Ed007's Note - I don't know where this has came from but one of the other Eds has just asked me the same thing. Ed002 would have known about anything like that.}

Ok thanks for your reply. I'd be interested to see what people think about this. To me the transfer would make sense, if Chelsea were prepared to sell him to us. He is out of favour at Stamford Bridge and we could do with an experienced goal scoring midfielder. Oh, by the way is Ed002 away?

Rudderpost {Ed002's Note - I don't expect him to move to Old Trafford.}

I bet you didnt expect owen to move to old trafford either! But yeah i heard this rumour too! Also heard we offered beckham a 2 month loan deal, but dont know anything else on that front.

Wat a great signing lampard would be. would love to see him at OT. 33 now and still looking a great player. i reckon he has another 3 to 4 years in him, if giggs and scholes can do it, i cant see why lampard cant. go for him sir alex. better than nothing.

Why waste money on the guy he may still be decent at 33 but he isnt worth it

Lampard is a fantastic player who if signed for the right price would be an absolutely brilliant addition. Not quite sure where this rumor got started but it is said that Lampard himself wouldn't mind switching to United after a falling out with AVB. Sorry for no source lads.
YankSAW

Lampard is a quality player, but can't help but feel United would be going in the wrong direction, when we should be signing players such as, Mata, Silva, Nasri, Ozil, all of whom have been on our radar but we have let slip away. Putting our future in people like lampard who is in his last days as a player, isnt the way to go. Someone like Hamsik, Erikson, Sneijder, is the way to go, in my opinion. I'm not doubting lampards or beckhams quality, because there brilliant, and maybe for half a season but the longevity of man united is under threat,

You guys are really clutching at straws.

Lampard would be a brilliant signing, we lack leadership and direction on the pitch.. both this player provides. yes his age, but maybe he would be the stopgap till the player we really want is available.
jay

Daily star back page this morning lads.
must be true lol

It's in the daily mail back page and I believe the daily star also,it could work.also diouf loan to wigan

Why do you all say you heard this when we all know its in the papers,why try and make out you heard it as thoigh you are in the know,sad,
Mufc trafford

Lampard would not fit into our style of football, I think he will end up at Spurs in the summer. Perhaps even in the US.

Sydney!

Sydney mate dont think we have a style of play anymore ! Agree though with Lampard I always thought he was at his best for Chelsea with first time balls over the top for Drogba, which isn't our style
SC

I also heard Lampard is coming in to bolster our Burger sales!

Ports

05 Jan 2012 20:47:37
ithink we should go and buy jack rodwell & gary
cahill this month,also please leave off wayne rooney,
where would we be without him?certainly not in the
top four.

Rooney's a legend but maybe he needs to stop spitting his dummy out and start to knuckle down and obey the club rules. Cahill and Rodwell I would be happy with.... HERBIE

Rooney's been giving his all for the club for most of the seasons. Let me get this straight all the fans are allowed to blow their frustration but rooney isn't..maybe the fans need to knuckle down support and get behind the club and stop spitting their dummy out Herbie. ..constantine..

Great more average players..just what we need.

We don't get paid 200 odd grand a week to be fans. We're the reason he gets paid so much.

Percy

We don't get paid 200'000 a week because we didn't sacrifice our growing life for our profession. ..constantine..

Surely the reason most of us arent footballers is not because we havent worked hard enough to acheive it but because we dont have the natural talent to do it. Plus on £200,000 a week I would certainly do what was asked of me. You dont wanna end up like Tevez!
Woffsta

Talent alone doesn't get you that money. Hard work and sacrifice which doesn't come easy like the talent does.. As kids they have to be dedicated as teens as young adults all the way till the end of their career. ..constantine..

Sorry yeah thats totally true as well as my point. You need talent and hard work. Some can get away with less of some. Beckham was a hard worker and I dont think exceptionally naturally talented as an example
Woffsta

05 Jan 2012 20:12:43
I'd love us to give Bilbao 50 million and sign Muniain and Martinez, that would solve both problems that we have off no creativity and a lack of steel in midfield.

RedDevil19

Although with Bilbao only signing Basque players how would they be expected to replace both of them? I can only see one of them leaving at most and that would be for a hefty fee.

Shappy

I believe ed002 said we have been previously offered Muniain....

J-RED

Would love to see Muniain here, great little player.

Percy

05 Jan 2012 19:16:12
Does anyone know if it is true that Ozil and Khedeira have both fallen out with Jose if so surely this would be the ideal time to delve into the market and get them? Also lead to believe that Wazza is not happy again and after last nights showing I wouldnt be suprised to see him move on in the summer? Perhaps a swap deal could be on the cards? Obviously its not football manager but im sure it would benefit both clubs.

Though another theory says that both aforementioned players will be well aware that there is a very good chance that Mourinho wont be at Madrid beyond the summer, in which case they would be foolish to leave because of him.

TK-Red

What happened to the days when SAF used to patrol the technical area.? He seems to have lost the respect of the team , and he dont seem to be up for it anymore.Now dont all scream at once ive been a red for 45 years and i totaly respect for the man... But come on SAF of load Carrick , Rio , Berba , Giggs and of course the most frustrating passer in the premiership NANI... if the results aint gone our way recentley we could be sitting in 4th...

Hes 70 years old u baffoon! he cant be parading up n down the touchline anymore

05 Jan 2012 19:08:35
ive heard that Man ud have been moniting the gary chaill situation apprently the deal has broken down because of his personal terms chelsea wan to give him 70,000 but cahill wants 100,000 and apprently cahill is anygry at chelsea for making the transfer publick so man utd are moniting the sitution who thinks we need him i think we do with the injures we have

I would rather have Cahill in then Evans, maybe a swap deal would benefit both sides. Evans scares me when he goes in for tackles, he just never looks comfortable.... HERBIE

I would love to see a swap deal along these lines 'cos Cahill is way ahead of Evans (who seems to average 1 major cock up per game) but dont know if Coyle would be foolish enough to fall for it and I certainly wouldnt be happy to see Cahill on any more than £70k. Who does he think he is, untested as the top level after all. He would be used in rotation or as backup (long term) for us probably. But at £7m, less the value of Evans; would be worth testing the waters at least

Gav

05 Jan 2012 14:47:20
when SAF retires we definitely need mourinho, he has the presence about him that attracts all the top players and he brings that togetherness that we need.

Im not entirely convinced of that. There are more cracks in the Madrid dressing room than on my nans face before she applies half a tub of polyfiller, covers it with makeup and heads out for night on the town. Granted most of them seem to stem to and from Ronaldo with Ozil and Higuain but even so. I think some players would be put off playing for Mourinho because of the way he behaves. He is fortunate right now that he is at Madrid as it is the famous white shirts that attract players and not Mourinho IMO.

TK-Red

I agree with Tk-Red - my choice would be Guardiola and I genuinely believe we would have an opportunity to get him, he has never commited his long term future to Barcelona and the biggest challenge in football management is replacing SAF. What ambitious manager wouldn't want the chance to do that?

Ports

I agree with you Ports, and I think Guardiola is a manager who would be excited about making the most of our youth systems too which is an other bonus with him

Id even go as far as to say that I can imagine him revolutionizing our academy (to an extent), maybe bringing in some of the coaches and training techniques for young players that seems to produce far more technically gifted players in countries such as Spain than in England. Could be exciting if he really had the inclination and if he were given the time and opportunity to do it

However Im not as confident as you that he would want the job, but I hope Im wrong there

Gav

Guardiola has never proven himself though he inherited that barcelona team a monkey could manage it whereas mourinho has enjoyed success wherever he has gone guardiola would be a great risk in my opinion and people keep talking about how we need players now and names like sneijder and martinez pop up these players may not necesiraly adapt to english football straight away maybe not at all and then were in the same boat we are now the money would be better spent on a player like modric who has proved himself in this league although personally i think we need a player like tiote cleverly and anderson are creative enough and have the potential to be world beaters if given the oppurtunity

I agree that guardiola has not proven himself outside barcelona but he turned around the same team that frank rijkard had(a loosing barca) into a dominating team.am also nourvous about the idea of guardiola to united, but apart from him and soljskaer,which other young manager can ever fill in the vacuum that will be left by Sir Alex?

mourinho has been successful in each club he has gone to. but statistically speaking,his success has never been for more than 2 years in the same club.

2000 Benfica
2001–2002 União de Leiria
2002–2004 Porto
2004–2007 Chelsea
2008–2010 Internazionale
2010– Real Madrid

the longest he stayed was chelsea and his last season was all in pieces.

I still think we have a better gamble by taking ole gunner sojskaer or guardiola for the long term at Man Utd than mourinho..

Mr.Fox (Zambia)

05 Jan 2012 13:56:50
Hi all,
Been a while since I last thought I'd try and clarify a few points that I have over heard (summer to be precise).
Henry - for me this is dragging on to long and to be honest there is a chance this might not happen. Chicago are unhappy with the proposed length of the loan and I have to agree with Ian Wright in this case, why doesn't Wenger just get him back on a permanent deal, what a boost for the changing room that would be.
Bent - liverpool bound for certain, I am as shocked as anyone else. There is 100% solid interest with intent!
Sneijder - I just knew this would come back again but I do not believe we will wait until next summer. If something is going to happen with him it will be now, Eds can you shed ANY light on this saga. I am a massive Sneijder fan but have honestly heard nothing.

Happy New Year All

PJ {Ed007's Note - Happy New Year PJ. After the deadline day carry on with Sneijder when my head exploded and I ripped my S*y dish off the wall I am not swallowing the hype this time. Some stories are saying that Inter are trying to use him as part of a deal for Tevez. It will probably descend into a farce again IMO.}

Why do Chicago care about Henry's deal to Arsenal?

Because that is the club he plays fpr Chicago red bulls

Henry doesn't play for Chicago Red Bulls (There is no such team) Henry plays for New York Red Bulls. I would hardly take your rumours to be true if you don't even know who Henry plays for...DOH!

Its New York Red Bulls you tw**. Chicago Bulls is a basketball team (assuming thats the Chicago Red bulls you were referring to)...

TIPRA_REDDEVIL

Also, ''Bent - Liverpool bound for certain'' BOUND FOR CERTAIN? you follow this up by saying ''There is 100% interest with intent!''
Now, correct me if i'm wrong but having 100% interest with intent doesn't mean definately going.
I have 100% interest with intent of getting a bit off the missus tonight but that is highly unlikely to happen!

"I have 100% interest with intent of getting a bit off the missus tonight but that is highly unlikely to happen!"

lol

you (and me both) should probably spend less time on this site and spend more time paying attention to the better missus' to increase the chances?

No....I cant bring myself to do it either!

Great site Ed's but theres always a downside lol

Gav

Sorry chaps about the Chicago/new York mistake lol I am laughing about it myself now! Rest I have to say though I'm standing by. Liverpool will prob get Bent for £25million.
PJ

05 Jan 2012 13:32:58
I was on the plane back from Newcastle with United last night after the game.
Tevez is Inter bound as United have sealed Sneijder in a 4 year deal.
Inter have inturn spent the cash on Tevez to stop AC getting their mits on him.

Well thats what the Journo's were saying on the seat in front of me?

A plane from manchester to newcastle...

Could be true united did fly there and back to newcastle.

jay

Would SAF give him a four year deal

Ed your thoughts here {Ed007's Note - I'm not saying there is any truth in the rumour but I don't see why not he is only 27.}

Of course you were !! As "journos" sit at the back of United's plane where were you? Hanging on to the tailgate no doubt !!!!!!!!
Albert

So United have sealed Sneijder on a four-year deal, why no announcement? Wesley Sneijder will not be joining Manchester United! I'm happy about it, he's always injured these days and loves the party life style abit too much! Good riddance.

United Till I Die 1987

Yeah I was on that plane too I paid £10000000000 to get to sit beside SAF on the United plane home. He told me and a few journalists that Sneijder is a done deal. Jog on will you , come back when you have decent rumours.


Strider 98!

I was actualy flying that plane and i invited sir alex into the cockpit with me to have a go at being the pilot, seeing as though it was his birthday last week, and he asked me if i could fly over to milan to pick sneijder up as its a done deal! 100% true, no bull, i swear on my nans life!
duggo

I was desperate to get him in the summer (only because of the lack of targets) but now I've had time to think I really think it would be a bad move.

He's injured too often (only 10 games again so far this year?), hasnt been in the same form since (or before) that one incredible season couple years ago, his favovoured role is the Rooney position (he's admitted he doesnt like CM) and would want so much in wages that we wouldnt have much of the wage bill free for other midfield options

'nuff said?

Gav

05 Jan 2012 11:16:39
Fergie says no need to panic and he's rite - that ship has long since sailed - and his possible reaction (and I'm not kiddin here) - recall that superstar game changer Gibson for the city game - if he's anywhere near Sundays squad then maybe SAF really has lost the plot

05 Jan 2012 09:46:27
Some rumors coming in from "The Sun" (I know, not the best source) about Gary Cahill, that United may compete with Chelsea because they are not agreeing to his wages of £100,000. For £7m, we can get an experienced defender, with vidic out for the season and rio suffering from injury, we need some extra support.

- Brooksy

We dont need Cahill he is not good enough for us although cant be much worse than what we had out last night. I would go for Shawcross from Stoke and pair him with Smalling as our centre backs for the rest of the season and move Jones to right back. We need a leader aslo on the pitch as we got bullied off the pitch last night, when we pick a 38 year old in midfield and Carrick thats looking for trouble but Giggs was still our best player. I would aslo get rid of Evra as he is way gone past his sell by date, cant understand whats happend to Rooney either his work rate since he signed his new contract has been brutal pulls out of tackles not tracking back etc, nani is another who needs a good kick up the backside not producing the goods either I would consider selling him in the Summer, lastly why are we playing Valenica at righ back he is not good enough there now or ever, move him to the right wing until Nani improves, sorry for the long rant but really dissaponted with our performances this season not pride in the jersey any more.

Damian M

I agree with you there. Some games we destroy teams, but other we just don't hit high gear. Not sure why we are having mixed results. We need someone who will play mostly every game in midfield and can set up chances. Most games we have our midfield in defense, that only tells me that were running out of options in back. Hence why Cahill may fill that slot. I hope we get at least 1 decent signing this month. Still haven't replaces Scholes.

We never replaced Scholes because SAF feels Cleverly (apologies if its spelt wrong) is good enough but with his injury we do need someone new a fresh face in their mid 20's that have got a good 7-8 years left in them and some more support at the back to support de gea he will be fine if has the defence in front of him

04 Jan 2012 23:59:23
United odds on to sign sneijder with some of the bookmakers. Has to go down to either information the public aren't aware of or a significant spike in bets on sneijder to join.

Not a headline story but certainly worth a mention.

Taff pp

Yeah certainly worth a mention...thanks for letting us all know nothing has happened.

Definitely not a headline story :)

Devil Dust.

I think the whole point is that something may well have happened to have moved the odds to what they are. This may be a rumours site but this definitely makes better sense than what someone's brothers, friends, dogs cleaner told them.

D

Agreed, everyone knows the bookie always wins so they wouldn't be offering those odds otherwise. Very interesting, what are the actual odds if you don't mind me asking?

Sanshine

Schneider "odds on with some bookmakers?" He was 1 to 5 last summer to join !!!!!!!!
Albert