Manchester United Rumours Archive October 07 2011

07 Oct 2011 21:55:18
Any truth to van persie rumours he'd be a class act at united cuptied in Europe but would def help big time in the league and allow rests for Rooney ( he's got one Tuesday nite anyway) and hernandez between europen games & cup games

Wenger won't sell to us mate.... HERBIE

Things have calmed down alot between saf an wenger your prob right though

Yeh he will bring his bath chair and play 15 games a season, he is useless

Pardoe

If he stays fit, with rooney he can be devastating up front esp since he is left footed.

No way van persie spend 5 months of evrey season injured waste of money if were buying dutch id like ruud van nistelrooy back
THE HEMMINATOR

Personally I think he'd be great if he is fit, he'd be cheap than alot of strikers and he'd give that experience up top that we'd be lacking if Owen and Berbatov leave. He's one of the most clinical finishers in the world for me and I'd love to have him here.

EJ19

Too injury prone, he'd spend a third of the seaosn out crocked and another third just trying to get fit after his latest injury.

Also over-rated he's not as good as Bergkamp or Ruud were in their primes.

I reckon he'll end up in Spain or Italy someone like Malaga or Inter maybe. Unless Wenger can con City out of 25 mill in the summer...

On the top of his game van persie is a top striker if you could get him on a pay as you play contract i'm sure it would work

Pay as you play is for old crocks like Hargreaves.

I think hes only injured so much as wenger tries to rush him back when hes not 100% fit as he relys on him so much.

jamesmack8

I agree with you jamesmack8
Forget Fabregas & Nasri, Arsenal have only ever looked to have a cutting edge to their team when Van Persie has played.
I think he would be a class addition to the squad maybe releasing Berbatov & Owen to pastures new.
It would give us a good mix of strikers with Welbeck, Chicharito & Rooney all offering different styles of play but at the same time i reckon they would compliment each others game.
ajk

07 Oct 2011 07:41:03
Goetze's agent has said he's highly unlikely to leave Dortmund before his contract expires in 2014.

I doubt Dortmund would want to let him go when his contract expires. they will want some money for him.

Woffsta {Ed002's Note - I think you may have misunderstood what he said. What he was saying was that he expects him to stay three more years in Dortmund, no run his contract down. Later this season he will be offered a new contract. It seems likely he will be there for 18 months unless a really big offer comes in.}

Ed002 - I would like your opinion on this, what would you say is an offer that Dortmund couldn't turn down? ��25m? ��30m? more?

Sydney! {Ed002's Note - I would be guessing but you need to accept they don't want to sell and he does not want to move right now.}

Ed002 - I suppose it will depend on the method of payment too wouldn't it? How much will be paid upfront etc etc. I guess it also depends on who wants to buy and whether or not he demands to join a particular club.

It was probably a silly question, I think we can agree on that one mate?

Sydney! {Ed002's Note - Dortmund fill an 80k seat stadium pretty much every week, they are German Champions and any interest in the player will include a number of high profile clubs. I would say that he will not be moving to Manchester anytime soon (say within the next 15 years or so).}

At the end of the day how long he'll stay at borussia dortmund all depends on how quickly he progresses this season.. If he does well then he's more likely to leave sooner than later, either because top clubs will want to snap him up asap or just the fact that he starts to realise that his skill has outgrown Dortmund and he feels he should be playing with the worlds best (i can only see this happening if he becomes frustrated with borussia dortmunds performance this season). Seeing as borussia d haven't really lived up to expectations in the CL so far however..

Ozwald

Ed002, but how can you be so sure that (a) City or United will not attempt to sign him and (b) that he will rather move to AC Milan or Bayern over Manchester United? I regard your opinion very highly, but how can you be so sure that he will not be moving to Manchester when he leaves Dortmund?

Sydney! {Ed002's Note - Because my focus is on the reality of it all rather than on some Fantasy Manager game or on what happens on Match of the Day, or on who is the hip player at any moment in time. Teams are simply not built that way by most sustainably successful sides. I did give leave the window open to him joining after 15 years though - so it is not all bad news.}

Ed002 - I am not disappointed like some spoiled kid, if I am honest I am not fussed whether we sign him or not. It just amazes me that we scout a player for the best part of two years, yet you think it would be completely implausible that we would follow up that interest with a bid. After all he is exactly the type of player that we are looking for. He is a carbon copy of Sneijder.

I have been talking about this kid since January 2010 Ed, he is not exactly a flavour of the month player that has recently caught my eye. He may have only just caught a lot of other posters eyes, but I have been talking about him ever since I knew United were scouting him, even scouting his training sessions. I imagine we had an eye on Subotic & Kagawa too, but when our chief scout is renting a property in Germany specifically to scout Goetze, then surely we have some interest?

Sydney! {Ed002's Note - I don't recall saying that there has not been interest.}

I can see him going to madrid or munich 30/35 mill
jred