Manchester United Rumours Archive January 08 2012

08 Jan 2012 21:28:40
Solskjaer in the running for the Q.P.R job, Do any of you think that would be a good move for him?

It's the next step for him so yea, it's got to be a good move.... HERBIE

Well i seem to remember SAF saying not too long ago that he shouldn't move to england just yet..

Ozwald

Would like to see him there, see what he has when it comes to managing at the highest level.. I rated Warnock, so if he can do a job at QPR replacing him, he can't be too bad.

I don't think he should leave molde just yet, he's just won the title there. Give him at least another year of experience before throwing him in at the deep end.

Sanshine

These days people (especially in the football world) seem hell bent on getting to the top as quickly as possible, driven by glory or greed or whatever. it's just the world we live in i guess (im only 27 by the way i know im making myself sound 50+ lol)

In an ideal world he should stay where he is for another season or two IMO he has plenty of time and theres something to be said about working your way up steadily, gaining as much from different experiences as possible

If he went to QPR and took them down (which could happen even if he did the job well) it could set his promising career back 5 years i reckon

Anyway Hughes has arrived at Loftus Road for talks now so I guess my point is irrelevant :/

Gav

I think solskjaer should stay at molde for at least another season so can deal with the pressure of being champions (and being the team to beat)
i also think it would be best for him to take up an international position (if available) to build his experience and international rep so to improve his draw for top quality players before he (hopefully) ends up at utd
this would mean that he would not be the utd boss for quite some time but would give him a better grounding for when he would come (assuming all went well that is)
i would imagine that he will be linked with many positions from now on, but hopefully that is only because even dip s**t journo's can see he has an excellent future ahead of him

dags

08 Jan 2012 19:41:30
Modric is being tipped in the press as the player than United want, its between him and Ozil for me. Modric has been tipped as being so perfect for United that i think it will eventually happen...! I don't see him at Chelsea and he'd be wasted at City so lets spend on one player who wull make our club the best officially again.

A midfield of:

Nani ------------ Modric --------Cleverly------Young

Looks good.

RedDevil19

I'd try for both of them.

This looks more good

Valencia Cleverley Modric Nani

If we went for Ozil it would be more like:

Valencia ---- Cleverly -----Carrick ---Nani

-----------------Ozil----------------------

----------------------Rooney------------

To keep the current shape of the team and play with two strikers which i think is better i'd prefer Modric.

RedDevil19

I'll go for Ozil but wont mind both.

Listen guys valencia is by far our best player in the midfield so how can the red devil not include him... i would leave out nani at the mo he cant even pass the ball in a straight line at the mo

True! But he is still better than Young. Who has been MIA for awhile(even before his injury that is). Also with a player like Nani, you have to patient because he can do something special. He had a pretty decent game against city last night as well.

2Taze

Or maybe you can just take scholes back very embarrassing where's the money going

I just cant see spurs selling him, they are in a great position in the league with a young team with good passers in the middle and pacey wingers on the flanks..... sound vaguely familiar, i wonder where harry got his inspiration lol
Perhaps when Redknapp is made Engerlunds boss they will fall apart and we could snap him up a bit cheaper (hopefully with bale) but until then they are going to be tough opposition

dags

08 Jan 2012 16:05:00
Nasri and Varane were earmarked for the summer, what a difference them pair could have made to our season? Nasri & Cleverley in the middle and Varane, Ferdinand & Smalling for right sided CB, Vidic, Jones & Evans for the left side.

Sydney!

Dont think we wud of got jones if we got varane?

Syd,

What you make of the Fiorentina CM beggining with 'M' (Not even attempting to spell his name!) Monty to shorten it! We have been linked to him I have read on some websites? Any good do you know? I know Italian football is like watching Liverpool play nowadays, Borefest!

Ports {Ed007's Note - WHOAH!!! Let's not run down Italian football THAT much!}

Jones was always going to be a United player. He is Vidic's long-term replacement. Varane is like Ferdinand, he is a ball player.

Sydney!

Dont think Jones is seen as Vidic's long term replacemsnt Syd as SAF has said a couple of time when asked that over the next 12mths he expects to move him more into a CM role.

Sorry Ed007, must be the emotion of today!

Ports

I must agree, Nasri and Varane would of completed the squad...but doesn't it tell you what we are actually looking for? 1 CB and an attacking midfielder. SAF clearly feels that that would complete the squad. So with that in mind the player that SAF can't get yet is Ozil i think. He will probably be available in summer as i think Mourinho will do some work on the Madrid midfield.

And for center back it could realistically be anyone. But i think Smalling is Ferdinand's long term replacement with Jones being Vidic'. But competition will be added - maybe Inigo Martinez as we heard a week or two ago. Subotic perhaps? Ideally Hummels but i dont think it will be. Its a hard one to call, someone will be pulled out of the hat.

So just to recap Ozil + CB in the summer will be the business that we do. Plus someone like Erick Torres maybe.

RedDevil19

'no name'

Hence the reason I said long-term. Vidic has a couple of years left and when he leaves Jones will replace him. In the meantime he will remain back-up to Vidic and he will play CM and RB.

Sydney!

'19'

We will def replace Evra in the summer, he is a massive liability. I think a CM'r and a striker will be bought between now and September. Perhaps a young CB like Inigo will be looked at?

Sydney!

I don't think Evra will be replaced, why is he captain over Ferdinand Syd? For me the more i think about it the more Ozil will be the player we bring in. Maybe play him behind the forward. As for a striker Syd, it will be someone young like Erick Torres. If we play one up top then a need for a new big name striker is not at all needed.

If a LB does come in then for me it has to either Alba or Schmelzer. I expect to see this team:

De Gea, Jones, Smalling, Ferdinand, Schmelzer, Nani, Cleverly, Anderson, Young, Ozil, Rooney.

RedDevil19

'19'

Rio is not captain because he cannot play in every game due to his age and he has injury problems, SAF made that clear when he give the captaincy to Vidic, so naturally it falls to Evra, plays every game and is rarely injured. A LB will certainly be brought in by the summer.

Sydney!

You do have a point there, i think an understoody is more likely to be brought in than Evra being sold. He still has a role to play.

RedDevil19 {Ed007's Note - Utd are watching Izaguirre and will for the rest of the season with a view to a move in the summer.}

Izzaguire, I hope - assuming his injury is sorted. Evra is a liability defensively. I can't understand why he is captain. We need someone wearing the armband who can be a leader on the field and can influence the way we are playing (like Robbo and Keano used to do). The only player we have with that determination is Rooney, with Jones being his successor.

RLF {Ed007's Note - Izaguirre is back playing and the injury doesn't seem to have affected him, so far anyway.}

Evra has lost the plot he is a liability constantly being caught out of position
johndenton

Scholes back means not trusting Pogba, iT seems he is in his way out in the summer ..what do you think ED? {Ed007's Note - I was talking to one of the other Eds about that today. If he wasn't he might be now.}

Sorry Syd - but from what little I have seen of Nasri since he joined City - he has not impressed.
Mike

Thought Nasri was awful today.

Doubt Ravel is going anywhere not based on his tweets during the match.

Pogba, well i hope he signs, but if he's chasing £££ at the age 18 with the amount of senior football he has then good riddance.

Lampard i really can't see moving, he'd want a massive amount and i can't stand him anyway.

With Macheda and Diouf out what about Will Keane getting bench time?

'Mike'

Nasri wanted the United move, but was talked out of it by his reps, all three of his reps received £2m each in that deal. What chance do we have when City are using these sort of tricks. I think Nasri has a few regrets and when you are not completely happy you will show that in your performances on the pitch. A good friend of his in France did say that he wanted the United move and not the City move, other reports suggested that when his reps tried to contact United he was told to do one. Nasri had agreed in principal to join United during unofficial talks, but once his reps contacted City, United pulled the plug. They are the rumours, they are not concrete, but that is what is thought to have happened. His reps ruined his move to United.

Sydney!

Sorry mate your off target there, Arses wouldn't deal with us period.

Nasri for me, wouldnt have been the best player he doesnt do enough defensively. Gotta sell Carrick he's been good to united but we need to clear out, average players with class players. Sell Carrick, buy a class playmaker, fletcher at full fitness will be chasing down opposition midfielders for joke. And den that leaves cleverley, anderson with the youngsters pogba and morrison to play more next season. Still think we need a left back because evra this season defensively has been a shambles at times, and he needs someone to push him for the place. Fabio is still learning, so need a left back. Lastly, maybe a left footed winger because if Giggsy does decide to call it quits, we need someone hu is left footed to replace him. so Sell Carrick, Buy one quality playmaker and maybe another good midfielder, and a left back and business would be done in the summer. But that's all up to fergie. Fergie rebuilt the squad in the summer, when van der sar left he got two young keepers, and brought in young as giggsy replacement on the left and cleverley to do the scholes job. So now we need strengthen our squad.

08 Jan 2012 15:56:21
January could see possible signing(s)
If this is true the glazers would give fergie an budget of no more than 50/60 mill.
There could be a potential 10 mill. high jack for Bolton Gary Cahil.
It has been rumored that rooney wants world class signings or he will leave, but after today's 3-2 win over rivals city, rooney has declared rumors to be rubish and quoted 'i will be at this club for a long time'
What are your thoughts ed?

The Red Devil {Ed007's Note - I never thought he was leaving. It was people adding 2+2 and getting 139. I'm not 100% convinced with Cahill, isn't he looking for over £100k a week as well?}

Too many people on this site are naive and think because the papers are printing it then there is no smoke without fire. The smoke was the fact that Rooney was fined and he was taken off in the Newcastle game, because of that the media assumed he was up for sale. Pathetic.

Sydney!

Why would united offer 10 million for cahill when bolton have already accepted a 7million frm chelsea? wouldnt bolton accepte a 7million bid from united too?

08 Jan 2012 12:21:43
Does anyone honestly think Fergi will sign Tiote? He will cost 25 mil if not more, and then Man C will bid. Cabaye, first season in the prem, he will cost 20 mil. No way will fergi pay that and Newcastle will not sell for less

Tiote's passing is awful and lets him down a lot. He is not worth anywhere near £25m. Cabaye isn't worth anywhere near £20m either.

Sydney!

He is very good at braking up the play but like syd said his passing is awful but could we get him to improve his passing? with scholes as our coach id like to think so.

JK

'JK'

I agree he could work on his passing, but when you are paying £25m for a player, he needs to be able to pass. The reason Cahill isn't a United player right now is because of his poor passing ability. SAF likes decent passers. I think £15m for Tiote is about right.

Sydney!

Yeah, 25m for tiote is just ridiculous, 15m is probably right.

JK

Maby 25m for both tiote and cabaye, but cant see it happening though.

Lol ... we payed 8mil for hernandez and about the same for vidic & evra

Tiote is probably worth about the same and it doesn't matter cause he's not united quality

Cabaye Tiote better than anything you got

08 Jan 2012 02:50:26
eds what do you think about nainggolan watched him at cagliari looks a good box to box prospect {Ed007's Note - Sorry I don't watch much Italian football unless I'm struggling to fall asleep.}

That made me LOL

Ozwald

08 Jan 2012 10:31:08
anyone think we should make a bid for ba? quick,strong good header,good shot, scores against the top teams and consistent, he would give us something different upfront, also something for the wingers to aim for.

he has the best goal-time ratio in the prem for anyone who has scored more than 20 goals.

think a 15-20m could persuade newcastle to sell?

peoples thoughts?

He's better equipped than Hernandez and Welbeck are.

He can also lead the line when needed, and I feel Newcastle could be tempted if we include Berbatov or Gibson or loan a Pogba/Morrison to them..

With the kind of luck we are having at the moment I can guarantee you that if we sign him all his previous injuries will come back to haunt us and he'll be out for a long time. Might even end up like Hargreaves ( I was the happiest person on the face of this planet when we signed Hargo and every season I thought maybe this year but was disappointed every time)

Ba has a release clause of 10m and Newcastle would have to sell at that price,is 10m worth the risk for his dodgy knee?,I would say yes as he has 15 goals already this season.

Well if it is 10m then we should sign him, his wages wouldn't be huge either and if he did get injured it wouldn't affect the books too much.

Yes we would love to but i doubt newcastle would let him go:(

08 Jan 2012 10:27:03
according to the dailymail (most RELIABLE paper in england..seriously) we are going to place a £50m! bid for modric.
surely it would be better to spend that on ozil 25-30m and/ martinez 25m.

It wont happen but if it does then Modric wont be able to justify the price tag even if he plays for us for the next 20 years without missing a single match.

Why do people keep on bringing up Ozil, he has been at Madrid for less than half a year and you are relying on some rubbish in the papers. {Ed007's Note - He has been at Madrid since August 2010?? What are you relying on?}

08 Jan 2012 08:41:34
Sunday Times reporting Utd have the strongest interest in Tioté, they want 20m+ to fund signings, I believe they want Rhodes

08 Jan 2012 06:53:49
I know everyone think Rooney is staying but Barcelona who tend to sign 1/2 big players each year have identified Rooney as there big signing in the summer and will sale David villa to Chelsea to raise funds also bale or jordi alba to replace Eric abidal at left back in summer!!