Manchester United Rumours Archive August 07 2014
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07 Aug 2014 17:36:47
Ajax youth coach Richard Witschge quoted as saying Daley Blind is training alone and he is expecting him to be leaving imminently.
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07 Aug 2014 20:55:00
Hope we get him. Will be a solid cover for several positions.
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08 Aug 2014 08:08:54
We seem now to be linked with every player in the world. Personally paying 60 million for Di Maria is madness! We should get behind tgevlikes of lingaard, the keanes, wilson and the other young players or we will have a group of pogbas!
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07 Aug 2014 10:06:11
Hi Ed's
Do we have any interest in Mehdi Benatia or Fredy Guarin?
Thanks a lot
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{Ed002's Note - There is interest from a number of sides in Benatia but his cost puts people off. There has been previous interest in FG.}
Ed are united 1 of the teams showing interest in benatia
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{Ed002's Note - Yes.}
Wow what a surprise, I never thought we would be interested in him. One of my favourite defenders currently and always thought Manchester city or Bayern Munich will get the deal done.
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Ed are Utd looking to negotiate his cost?
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{Ed002's Note - I have no idea what you mean.}
07 Aug 2014 13:55:46
Wenger confirms we have bid for Vermaelen. I think if he stays fit he could be a good addition.
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There was a very good piece about Vermaelns injuries on sportswitness where last Feb he was told to have 3 weeks of at least but he played 3 games in a week (He was rubbish) by having injections,
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Wenger has confirmed Vermaelen COULD leave, and the Man Utd COULD be in a group of teams interested in him. Hardly confirming a bid.
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"Have we received bids? Yes. I can't tell you who from but you will know very soon, " Wenger said. "Are Manchester United one of the teams to have made an offer? I think they could be in the group.Ideally, yes, we would like to sell him abroad and that is an option for us."
I'm taking that as read we have. They'd rather sell to Barca, both teams would rather have Hummels but he's going to be hard to get. Vermaelen needs to weigh up third choice at Barca or starter for us.
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Reddub -
Arsene Wenger is an experienced manager. He'll have known exactly how his comments would be spun by the press and I doubt very much that he'd have made them if we weren't very interested in the player and there wasn't a good chance he'd be leaving.
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Personally I would rather get vermalen rather than hummels as he has the premier league experience and I also hope that we get de Jong instead of Vidal
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Sred4893, Is that you Joel? Avram? Edward? Darcie? Kevin?
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Sydney I'm just saying that I think that hummels is going to cost a lot of money for someone who doesn't have pace and when your playing 3 at the back u can't be exposed by a quick striker!! Also if the club wanted Vidal we would of got him by now I would like de Jong now and stroitman in January and then spend decent money on di maria
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07 Aug 2014 13:54:21
Wenger confirms Manchester United have bid for vermaelen and that we will know very soon what will happen
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I believe he said he wasnt going to mention the teams that have bid for him. but utd maybe 1 of the teams that could make a bid?!
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Wenger stated that we was in the group that have bid for him
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07 Aug 2014 12:10:27
It can't stay from here for too long. various places now reporting we agreed a 5 year deal for Vidal. And he is about to complete move by early next week.
BACK ON. :)
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It's an odd saga. Unlike Fabregas last summer there have been times when the Vidal deal has looked possible - but there's something not quite right about it.
If both the club and the player wanted it to happen enough I can't help but feel it would have happened two weeks ago. All I can think of is that one side isn't 100% sure. There's talk of his injury being a concern - but I don't buy into that one bit. My guess is that Vidal isn't too fussed either way.
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Well Juve do not complete their Asia tour until 16th August so it's certainly not going to be next week, can't see them taking AV only to release him half way through the tour
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Langers - If a deal is confirmed I doubt very much they will care about him leaving the tour.
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Why langers? I mean if he wants to go and the club except a fee for why would they not want to release him regardless if he's gone on tour or not :-)
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Stranger things have happened
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UTD have had weeks to close this deal, the wages on offer are huge enough to turn any players head, Juve are desperate for money so all that's needed is to negotiate a fee, I know transfers are not always as simple as that but this seemed a transfer that would suit all parties that's why I couldn't understand why it wasn't concluded prior to the tour until rumours of the injury circulated. Now I'm thinking that UTD have allowed him to go on tour to prove AV is over his knee injury and if so then expect the deal to be concluded after 16th August
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Langers -
Vidal isn't going to be taking part in any of the tour games by the looks of things. He's not even training at the moment.
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Don't get me wrong I for one would love to see this deal happen straight away, just find it odd that a club would take a player to Asia and Australia with no intention of playing him, why not leave him at home to concentrate on fitness and if a deal happens then everything gets sorted that bit quicker?
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07 Aug 2014 11:02:54
Just been speaking to an Arsenal fan who works in the same Hospital as me, he always seems genuine when we chat about Football but certainly not "in the know". He tells me Vermaelen has no interest in going to Barcelona and he's nailed on for a move to Utd. He says its an 11m fee and will be completed any time soon. Obviously it could be complete rubbish but I guess we'll find out soon. Also said when he's fit and has a run of games he's as good as anyone. Rates him very highly. Just thought i'd pass on what he said.
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I think he'd be a good signing. Not as good as Hummels - but better than Vlaar, De Vrij, Martins Indi and some of the other mediocre players we have been linked with.
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If he can stay injury free
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A newspaper are running a story that TV already has a verbal agreement in place with UTD to join on £100k per week, don't think he's worth that or the supposedly £15m fee some tabloids are mentioning
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Maybe he did know something after all hey
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07 Aug 2014 14:26:36
Anybody else think that IF Vermaelen was to happen, then wouldn't Inigo Martinez be a good option to put alongside him and Jones in the back 3?
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Nope. He's already moved to Porto anyway.
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