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28 May 2015 04:19:54
question to the eds, can you tell us which clubs are interested in picking up our 'fringe' players and who we are most likely to loan out?
for me the rumour januzaj could be loaned to psv for a season would make a lot of sense in terms of his development. but i think he might get more game time in a 4-3-3 playing opposite depay with rooney up top so he may want to stay and fight for his place.
are villa wanting to keep clev? and do you think a club like bournmouth would be a good fit for wilson next year?
also, i know its still very early days but as it stands now, what are the chances that di maria could leave for psg? personally i think he could really own a spot next to herrera, infront of a carrick/ sneiderlin, where he would receive a lot of the ball and get back to his early form but is his heart really in it?
07 Jul 2013 20:28:07
i got told today that a possible reason for the hold up on garay (apparently deal sorted a while ago) is due to utd wanting to do a double deal for gaitan too (40m for both)
some may know of my support for gaitan and I believe he would be an excellent signing, this would def signal the end for nani who (if you believe the paper's) is off to roma
1.) Can't see Roma paying what Nani would ask for considering his displays for the last two seasons.
Juventus is more likely IMO.
Ozwald
2.) Gaitan isn't worth over 20m, may as well add a couple of million more and go for De Maria, or better still try and get Draxler who at 19 is already streets better than Gaitan and a little better tan De Maria. Draxler is the CR7 of the future.
Mik
3.) Gaitan isn't worth over 20m, may as well add a couple of million more and go for De Maria, or better still try and get Draxler who at 19 is already streets better than Gaitan and a little better tan De Maria. Draxler is the CR7 of the future.
Mik
4.) If Sunderland do sign Giaccherini, which is unlikely in my opinion, then I can see Juventus coming in for him.
RDG
5.) I would love to see draxler at united, but schalke have said he is not for sale and with a buyout clause of around £38m I suspect he is outside of our price range. Low £30's seems to be our max.
6.) Neither Gaitan or Garay are anywhere near good enough for us
Surely if Gaitan was any good then he would've left Benfica by the age of 25/26
Garay wouldn't cut it in England with his lack of pace and he always has that one mistakein him
Plus spending £40m on the two would be a joke neither are even worth £10m IMO
7.) Have to agree. neither are good enough to play for utd, let alone with us paying 40m for them. hopefully this is one of the many bad rumours that are popping up lately on this site
8.) Both players are class garay is a beast of a center half even if we don't sign either they are very good players non the less katef
9.) Gaitan would be an improvement on Nani but we should be looking for better.
Problem is, who is better that's available? Di Maria isn't much better than Nani either, missed out on Rodriguez and Goetze, draxler too expensive.
I really think we should have been in for Isco, but too late now.
Thorne
10.) If we are getting garay for 16-18m then that would be 22-24m for gaitan which, I believe, he is currently valued at, so thought rumour may be genuine.
gaitan is a big improvement on nani and would be able to drift in (swapping with kagawa, confusing op's defence) as can also play in the middle of an attacking 3 along with kagawa and thiago or if width is needed valencia (with thiago in centre if kags is injured/ rested). young may be sold but if not can see him spending a lot of time on the bench as zaha (if not loaned) would prob be picked ahead for his energy/ impact
12 May 2013 10:57:48
ed, if the story of gill going to spain to discuss di maria is true, can you see us selling another winger other than nani?
also I have long been a fan of gaitan, and believe he would be an excellent lw for us, esp as he likes to drift in so could swap with kagawa to confuse defences.
i know the sticking point with gaitan is money but who do you personally think would be a better fit for utd, gaitan or di maria?
{Ed002's Note - Yes it is true.}
23 Apr 2013 15:00:56
also have seen a few times now, rumours that Welbeck to go back out on Loan?
can anyone confirm this as I would have thought it would be a backwards step for him, and would essentially be putting him in the market as can be seen that SAF does not think he's good enough
thanks
1.) Wellbeck is still raw I would send him out again and buy lewandoski who is proven at the highest level.
2.) Sending Welbeck out could prove to be a master stroke. Next year RVP will be 30 and obviously the following 31 which means he would lose some pace naturally but at that time Danny would have matured more and hopefully his finishing will have improved with a full season and game time behind him I can't see why not but, with only 3 strikers on the books fergie may buy another striker, even judging by the way fergie is using rooney in midfield (seems to be playing deeper then ever in his past few games) I think he must see his long term future there, prompting him o add another to the squad. Enter Lewy or Falcoa!
James
3.) So welbeck could be sent back out on loan then?
4.) No chance IMO. Makes little sense as he gets plenty of games at United and at a higher level than any loan move would provide. Also, surely better to have him play and mature around our squad rather than getting used to another squad of players? Makes no sense to me.
05 Apr 2013 22:33:26
Ed, with liverpool (amongst others) rumoured to be interested in Eriksen and given our lengthy scouting of him, do you think SAF may be forced into bidding for him this summer so not to miss out? or is it a case of our scouts following most top talents closely so unlikely to move for him anyway?
personally I think that Strootman is pretty much a done deal, only issue seems to be money (tho mainly the agents)
Strootman and Eriksen would be excellent signings to replace Scholes and (long term) Carrick, I think Clev will/ has taken Anderson's place and we know Zaha's coming in, so either Valencia or Nani will most likely go (probably the later)
I also think that the Lewandowski rumours have been too many, for too long, for nothing to happen and in my opinion will be at Rooney's expense. (either sold or with Rooney playing in midfield, personally I think the team would play better if he left)
Evra has responded well to having his position challenged, but given his age and a decent season, may return and finish his career in France. We would have Fabio coming back and Buttner (who I always saw as a stop gap for Willems) so not sure he would be replaced were he to go.
CB seems to get a lot of media attention with Zouma and Garay being the preferred options, but with Vidic, Smalling, Evans and Jones, if Rio were to go I would prefer Zouma
sorry for the long post, but, if you could answer in regards to Eriksen info I would be greatly appreciative as I have made a £50 bet with a pal they won't sign him
dags {Ed002's Note - He won't be forced in to bidding. AC Milan, Liverpool, Roma and Spurs remain the most interested clubs in Eriksen and I would not rule out Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Manchester City (although he has already rejected both Manchester City and Chelsea) or other previously interested clubs regaining interest in him. Back in July 2012 the Milan Press Office were convinced of interest from Manchester United and they let it be known that they expected a bid to be made by for Eriksen by them, although it came to nothing. The player remains adament that he will stay in Amsterdam until the end of next season before moving to Spain but would likely jump at the chance of a move to Real Madrid or Barcelona if the opportunity arises. However, Ajax will not let him run down his contract so a move beckons this summer. The player will see out the rest of the season at Ajax and see if he can attract attention from Spain, or perhaps Italy. Whilst all of these clubs continue to watch the player, no one has yet come forward with a bid.}
1.) Thanks ed, I think my bet may be safe as I def can't see him joining liverpool if the bigger clubs are also interested (thought had put my friend was a scouse fan lol)
ed, do you happen to know if he has said he wants to play in spain or used barca and real as referencing his intension to join an elite club like them (and of course us)
dags
2.) He will have at least 20 clubs wanting his signature, Liverpool will be at the bottom of that list for sure. I cannot seeing SAF letting him join Liverpool anyway. I know that sounds arrogant, but SAF would certainly try to intervene if Liverpool came close to signing him.
Sydney!
3.) I don't rate him at all really. I fink he's really over hyped
Big Mac
4.) Erikson is a very good player fluid good passing attacking player but is he better than other options Isco Gotze and Benat to name a few are a better fit and not to mention Cleverly and Jones are starting to show just how good there really are can see Jones being our midfield general lots say we need. And I don't think SAF would buy Erikson him just to stop Liverpool getting him Syd it would be a massive bid around 20m and unless he is a real target for us then we won't be in for him not and its not like Liverpool can buy players to make them contenders there going to lose there best player this summer lol. I think we will sign players for position that have players moved out ie who ever we sell or have retire we will replaces with either youth or signings Nani out Zaha in Scholes retires Powell stepping up and so on I also can see us bidding for Bale. Katef.
5.) He is not good enough to play for barca or Madrid and not that special. He will go for something like 12 to 15 mill euro and I am not surprised we are not interested.
Shahram
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27 May 2019 23:56:54
Eds, what do you think of the thought that Raiola may use the de ligt potential transfer to force utd to agree to sell pogba? And could this be why we seem to be linked with a lot of attacking midfielders?
{Ed002's Note - They are completely unrelated.}
10 Jul 2018 22:07:48
Evening ladies and gents, just wondering how y'all think Jose will line it's up this season?
Last year Jose wanted to move to a 352 but abandoned that claiming he couldn't get the right players (namely perisic) . Since there's only really been rumours of just blind returning to Ajax and no other CBS leaving, and with us being linked to organising leader types joining, do you think Jose will again try 3 at the back?
Personally I think that Ronaldo joining juve makes the Sandro deal more likely so will be a big upgrade down the left and using Shaw as his deputy (assuming he stays) would mean Valencia and young can cover the right side for a season while dalmat is blooded in and adapts. Now I know this is not ideal but I believe young is better on the right anyway and both are reliable enough at least so that Woodward can prioritize other positions this summer.
Also just throwing it out there but what would you guys think of buying Maguire with smalling going the other way cheap? This would be in addition to the experienced CB so is very unlikely but just feel it's a deal that could suit all parties and Maguire kinda reminds me of Bruce n guess I'm just a sucker for nostalgia.
1.) 10 Jul 2018 22:46:29
How does us buying Leicester’s best centre half for cheap and giving them Smalling suit all parties? Do you mean it suits United? Why would Leicester agree to that?
I don’t think Young is very good on the right, never seen him have a good game for us there, and who is Dalmat?
2.) 10 Jul 2018 22:57:05
Maguire is nowhere near the level required. After this WC fiasco is over (once England play a side better than championship level) then I suspect people will come back down to earth Re the England individual players as well.
Want a WC center back then we should be chasing the Rafa Varane’s of the world.
3.) 11 Jul 2018 06:49:57
I think we will we more of the same. Safety first, worry about the opposition first. The interesting thing for me is how Jose reacts if he doesn’t get the players he wants the time. He was clearly disgruntled with some last year, rumours abound that Pogba has been offered to other clubs, he has little faith in Rashford and Martial, Bailly seems to have upset him, Shaw is out of favour, Herrera hardly got a look in last year. That’s a lot of players to have fallen out with or publicly criticised. Without going back to United Addicts England vs United argument, therein lies the main difference.
4.) 11 Jul 2018 08:57:17
Robbie,
Bitterest post of Tuesday award goes to you mate, how unfortunate that some people can't just be happy for others and have to do everything down. We are in the World Cup Semi Final, get over it.
5.) 11 Jul 2018 13:28:20
Probably with his usual park the bus formation, its time we got back to playing with attacking flair that our fans demand.
31 May 2018 01:19:43
Not so much an in game rule change but if could change anything about the game I would give a bonus point for scoring four or more in a game, wouldn't effect most games but would encourage attacking play. Even mourinho would start going for it instead of sitting on 1-0 leads.
1.) 31 May 2018 06:48:54
Rolling substitutes. Team should have 14 players with 3 off the pitch at any one time and change on the refs signal during breaks in play.
It would maximise the minutes given to young lads, allow players on the interval bench to get checked or in game massages to stop potential injury and keep players energy levels up to maximise the entertainment spectacle.
2.) 31 May 2018 07:05:19
You honestly think if a team could only choose 14 players that could roll on and roll off, that any one of them would be a youngster? This would make it a lot harder for a youngster to break through because your 3 subs would become even more important and no top manager is going to put youth on the bench.
3.) 31 May 2018 10:01:42
Mumbles there could be provisions for this. Could be mandated that at least 2 players must be under 21 year old or 1 player must be a youth grad. There is nothing worse than watching a player come on with 1 minute to go what is the point? Or all 3 subs have been made and an injury changes the game on its head, it ruins the spectacle.
4.) 31 May 2018 10:22:57
Not being funny maze but that's just a ridiculous idea.
If a youngster is good enough there going to get game time.
It's not about giving youngsters game time just for the sake of it because we need to develop them.
There time will come if there ready and good enough to play.
Would be better having more subs and being able to make more subs.
I do agree partially that there should be something in place to benift the English national team ie having so many English players in the squad etc.
But I think the reason there's not enough English playing is because there just not good enough.
5.) 31 May 2018 11:31:56
So you feel rolling subs wouldn’t enhance the game?
{Ed002's Note - There is already too much rolling around from the players on the pitch, the last thing we need is those on the bench rolling around and pretending to be injured as well.}
6.) 31 May 2018 12:42:09
Haha Top Comment Ed002.
23 Jan 2018 00:12:05
Been a while since I last posted, so firstly great news signing sanchez, think this could probably be the best swap deal there's ever been and one both teams could really benefit from.
Now this summer becomes very interesting, since Sanchez has taken up one of the three signings that were planned, I'd guess the other two will be a cm and a rb, which direction do you think Jose will take us?
Do we think he will bring in these two others to replace say carrick and darmian and have few others leave or do you think we may have quite a few 'deadwood' players leave to be replaced by the younger lads, Jose trying to emulate fergie and the class of 92?
Personally I hope its the later and with utd going after so many top 15/ 16 year olds in recent years I think this could be the way were heading, let's not forget that the main criticism of Jose has been how he doesn't bring thru youth, if he were to bring up and put his faith in these young lads like SAF did all those years ago he could really lay claim to being one of the greatest managers of all time, and would really become part of our great history, instead of having the mourinho years could we be starting to really see the basis of the mourinho era?
1.) 23 Jan 2018 04:04:47
What a strange post.
If Jose is going to show his aptitude for bringing through youth then what better chance than deputy rightback behind the ever reliable Toni V?
We have two high potential prospects that are ready for that role, TFM who is playing well on loan, or Axel Tuanzebe.
I do however share your optimism for Jose's dynasty, but make no mistake, he will buy top players to star in his squad.
25 Jul 2017 02:09:13
Okay, its not going to happen but who would take a deal of signing Sanchez and offering martial to arsenal on a season (or 2) loan with a buy clause for say 35m at the end?
35m is a very fair price, esp in this current climate and what we have already spent on him. we could even put some of that towards greizman next year if arsenal do take up that offer. Now I know Sanchez is supposedly favouring city but with their attack he will get more games with us and would still have a greater chance (compared to arsenal) of winning trophies which is what he's allegedly concerned about, and would be a main man whilst doing it too, at city he could potentially get lost in the shuffle.
Martial may be up for it as he will get games at arsenal, they play in a way that would suit his game, and if (as we suspect) greizman does come in next year (Jan unlikely) then martial is only going to get bumped further down the pecking order
As I said I know its not going to happen but could you imagine potentially having Sanchez, rashford, lukaku and greizman to pick from upfront next year.
1.) 25 Jul 2017 06:59:37
Not for me. Martial had a tremendous last season in France and a great first season with us. Last season was poor but he's still very young and we need to develop his potential. I'm not keen on Sanchez's attitude and if stories are to be believed he is not a team player.
Martial is ours, we need to support him, not dump him.
2.) 25 Jul 2017 07:13:04
Not a chance.
3.) 25 Jul 2017 08:14:18
every single time i'd take that offer.
A. Sanchez for me is one of the stand out players in the prem so yeh absolutely.
4.) 25 Jul 2017 08:40:21
I would loan martial to arsenal to get arsenal to sell sanchez to us but i would not put a buy clause in it. Martial would still only be 22 next year. 24 is the earliest i would even be thinknig about selling if he hasn't kicked on but i think he will.
5.) 25 Jul 2017 09:01:16
Why would Arsenal agree to that? Sell us their best player and take one of our underperforming youngsters on loan. I don't think that Sanchez would come to us anyway.
6.) 25 Jul 2017 09:12:44
Forget any loyalty to our own £60 million striker who had a bit of a tricky season at 20 year old, get rid of him and bring in the shiny new signings.
7.) 25 Jul 2017 10:36:42
Glad it's not just me GDS, we should also dump Rashford as last year he wasn't as good as the previous season either.
8.) 25 Jul 2017 10:46:19
I agree it won't happen But i would consider loaning martial to arsenal if wenger said we will sell sanchez to us but only if they get martial for a year. I think martial would develop better and quicker there than here right now. He would fit in perfectly with how arsenal play where he needs to learn to play the jose way here. Just to clarify i like martial a lot and would definitely prefer he stays here for the long term.
9.) 25 Jul 2017 11:00:33
Never! We have a great group of young players, no joy in not giving them a chance to prove their potential.
Wouldn't happen but a deal for Cabaye with Young going the other way on the cheap wouldn't be that unrealistic, young could do well at a slightly lower level so Newcastle or West Ham could suit him
i think Zaha will do well at Cardiff under ole, and will prob get another loan next season too (tho not necessarily at Cardiff)
dags
I posted this (exact words?)
ed, what do you think this deal would mean in regards to rooney? is he likely to leave this summer now or will utd want to run down his contract?
dags
Given that moyes said he would not let him go unless young and nani were back does that mean we have someone else lined up as nani is still out injured?
unfortunately if we don't see anyone come in we are going to be playing young more, who if we are honest is simply not good enough to be playing for us
i think nani was always likely to stay at least till summer, so he can be used as a bargaining chip for vidal but I was hoping someone would come in for young. west ham maybe?
I suspect the reason we are looking at fernando is
a) he is a top player and available at a low price
b) with carrick now 32 (i think) he won't be able to go on forever and will decline
c) he would allow us to change things tactically, if he were played alongside a witsel or herrera or say jones we would have excellent cover for the centre backs giving our full backs greater freedom to attack, whilst allowing us to move away from using wingers by allowing a third midfielder, be it anderson, powell, cleverly or fellaini (and carrick for maybe another season), into a more attacking role then have a front two out of rvp, rooney or hernandez and playing kagawa or januzaj in they're prefered role in the hole, or if kagawa is to leave then this cabella or maybe pastore if he is really available
if we were to play this way, and needed to add width then would simply sub a midfielder for say zaha and move kagawa or januzaj to the left. if kagawa does want to move back to dortmund (and who would blame him) then I think swapping subotic is a must as he would be an obvious replacement for vidic and would free jones to play alonside fernando in midfield where I think he would excel
dags
Saf was right to not play rooney against real, it was a tactical decision and welbeck played a blinder! we lost because madrid reacted/ subbed better after the sending off, modric coming on changed everything for madrid.
not only do I think utd will sell rooney but I think it is the right choice, we would be a far more fluent team without him, kagawa would take his spot so any monies should go into getting a winger come forward for the left, willian would have been good but I suppose a certain mr ronaldo would also do lol
dags
01 Aug 2017 21:59:08
Just want to confirm, does the transfer ban prevent them from buying players or just registering new ones?
Also, if we do move for griezmann could we buy him now with the understanding he would arrive for preseasoning next year?
{Ed004's Note - They can sign players but not register them. If we bought Griezmann it would not be possible for Atletico to register him}
17 Jul 2017 16:19:30
Its may indeed sound absurd but would anyone have thought matic would be worth 40m even just last year? And yes dier at 70m would be steep, but do you think levy would let him go for less than that?
The way I look at it, if dier is able to get the rest of the team to play to their strengths and make us more competitive both domestically and in Europe would that not be worth it? Esp given he is a utd fan and could be with us for the next 7/ 8years.
19 May 2016 07:56:54
I think blind is the man there with fosu mensah as a possible back up. good at intercepting/ reading the game and should relieve some of the defensive duties from Rooney assuming he is going to move back as I do believe he is done as a striker (and would still argue that should be done with us too) .
I do however think we'll move toward a 433 with martial and rashford on either side of zlatan or with a right forward coming in and rashford pushed up top. I know a lot of you would say he's not mobile enough but he can hold up well and has the skill to release the others running behind defenders. how often have we seen this season martial or rashford weave into the box to cross only to find no-one there? and importantantly zlatan would offer more of a threat on set pieces, both taking and as an aerial threat.
{Ed001's Note - why on earth do people keep talking about Blind being a defensive midfielder? When he played there he was hopeless and everyone was screaming about how rubbish he was! Now he hasn't played there for a while, people have forgotten that he is crap there. Let's face it Blind's best position is on the bench to cover for injuries, he is not good enough for Man Utd and was a poor buy.}
04 Mar 2016 21:52:40
in terms of replacing rooney then I think we already did. both mata and Herrera can play as no. 10 come playmaker and in mata we have someone who can score from freekicks.
I think what we need is someone who can 1) obviously score goals - 15 a season will do if getting support from martial et el 2) hold up the ball so can give to the likes of martial running thru the defensive line and 3) provide an Arial threat as we are quite a small side and don't pose much danger from corners etc.
04 Mar 2016 21:40:28
I thought I had posted this earlier but apparently it didn't go thru. my comment to rooney being lucky was because our title winning sides were built on a foundation of a strong defensive backline (containing the likes of van der saar, vidic and rio) and if it weren't for that we simply wouldn't have won as our midfield was pretty poor compared to previous standards.