Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - Mod Notes in OP,22/7

Backstreet Moyes

Cypher_sounds wrote: »

Out of the dutch world cup squad one player i hope to god we get is De Vrij he is a tank of a defender from what ive seen of him, miles better than Jones who always looks uncomfortable playing football to me.

Watched all the Dutch matches and Vlaar has been sensational but i have been impressed with De Vrij only 22 and plenty of improvement to come. Young and will be cheap i would love him.

Kylo Ren

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

There are reports that Liverpool are trying to get Reus

jimmytwotimes 2013

Zico wrote: »

Apart from those few months he was missing when he was suspended for missing a drugs test.

I like the phrase "X owes the club nothing", please don't abuse it. I'd like it to carry some meaning when referring to a player with an exemplary record.:)

Some standard you're keeping there. Going on that logic Keane and Cantona also owe the club for time missed due to needless suspensions.

Over 300 performances during a 11/12 year, trophy-laden career, like I said Rio owes United nothing. If he does owe United something, the list of guys who don't must be pretty short.

Will I Amnt

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

There are reports that Liverpool are trying to get Reus, he would pick us over them and I would be seriously píssed if we weren't in for him and adding 20 million on top of whatever Liverpool offer

It's hilarious how we were told by Liverpool fans that there would be no chance of United landing the likes of Reus and Vidal and now all of a sudden Liverpool could get them???

I don't think United could get them but Liverpool have a much worse chance.

umop.episdn

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

There are reports that Liverpool are trying to get Reus, he would pick us over them and I would be seriously píssed if we weren't in for him and adding 20 million on top of whatever Liverpool offer

Saw reports last week that he was annoyed with Barca for choosing Suarez as he had been sounded out for a move by Zubizeretta & had discouraged United from pursuing him.
All paper talk of course, but wonder if there's a nugget of truth there?

Backstreet Moyes

Would really like to go for Shaqiri you could probably get him for 15 million and he would surely be open to moving since he is not a starter for Bayern.

redbaron_99

HaveASnickers wrote: »

Well Liverpool are going to be weaker without Suarez and they have CL to contend with
Spurs are always around 5th
Everton overachieved last season, won't be challenging for 4th
Arsenal are Arsenal.
Southampton are selling their best players
Newcastle don't buy players
Chelsea have improved their team
City I don't believe have strenghtened massively...they're looking at CL.

And I've been repeating the same questions for ages now? I've asked it twice, first time no one responded. And I've only been posting for a few weeks here!

This annoys me a little bit. You're just writing off the best teams in the PL.

Ah well, Arsenal are Arsenal.
They might well have won the league last season if it hadn't been for a spate of injuries to key players. And they have added a world class player in Sanchez. If they keep their players fit, they could easily win the league.

Newcastle don't buy players...

City are close to signing Mangala, who IMO is the missing link for them. Their biggest weakness over the last few years was that they didn't have a proper partner for Kompany. It now looks like they have their man. City could possibly run away with the league this year.

And in answer to your original question: I don't think anyone is HAPPY to finish in 4th place. We all want the club to win the league, but as things stand, there are major problems with the squad, and we have a new manager coming in, and he will likely change to a formation that our players aren't familiar with.

And like it or not, the squad that did so well in wining the 12/13 title was on its last legs. There were major problems in that squad and Fergie held it together, and RVP turned a LOT of mediocre performances into three points.

redbaron_99

Reus to Liverpool? It really is silly season.

Adamocovic

If we did get Hummels and Reus I wouldn't be able to hold in my happiness. I rate Reus a lot better than Di Maria (Just my view). Seems too good to be true! Probably just papers making more rumours, but god I hope we get Reus.

Billy86

umop.episdn wrote: »

He's not even the best defender to have played under SAF !

Yes, yes he is. Stam is up there too but his stint was shorter and our defense was proven better with Ferdinand.

redbaron_99

Billy86 wrote: »

Yes, yes he is. Stam is up there too but his stint was shorter and our defense was proven better with Ferdinand.

Stam didn't have Vidic playing next to him.

RobertKK

Adamocovic wrote: »

If we did get Hummels and Reus I wouldn't be able to hold in my happiness. I rate Reus a lot better than Di Maria (Just my view). Seems too good to be true! Probably just papers making more rumours, but god I hope we get Reus.

Agree with you on Reus.

Anyway, rumours of Reus to Liverpool and Skybet makes United favourite to sign Reus.
LVG wants him according to other rumours.
United are favourites at 4/1 from 7/1
Arsenal 5/1 from 7/2
Liverpool 6/1 from 14/1.

So that is where people are putting their money.
Means he is favourite not to move...

Billy86

redbaron_99 wrote: »

Stam didn't have Vidic playing next to him.

No, just Roy Keane playing in front of him along with a midfield that dominated games far more so than during Ferdinands best years.

redbaron_99

Billy86 wrote: »

No, just Roy Keane playing in front of him along with a midfield that dominated games far more so than during Ferdinands best years.

Ah but Stam had to play in baggier shorts and heavier boots. :rolleyes:

redbaron_99

Billy86 wrote: »

No, just Roy Keane playing in front of him along with a midfield that dominated games far more so than during Ferdinands best years.

We were the top, or second best, team in Europe during Rio's best years....

RobertKK

redbaron_99 wrote: »

Ah but Stam had to play in baggier shorts and heavier boots. :rolleyes:

..and he had no hair to cushion those headers.

HaveASnickers

redbaron_99 wrote: »

This annoys me a little bit. You're just writing off the best teams in the PL.

Ah well, Arsenal are Arsenal.
They might well have won the league last season if it hadn't been for a spate of injuries to key players. And they have added a world class player in Sanchez. If they keep their players fit, they could easily win the league.

Newcastle don't buy players...

City are close to signing Mangala, who IMO is the missing link for them. Their biggest weakness over the last few years was that they didn't have a proper partner for Kompany. It now looks like they have their man. City could possibly run away with the league this year.

And in answer to your original question: I don't think anyone is HAPPY to finish in 4th place. We all want the club to win the league, but as things stand, there are major problems with the squad, and we have a new manager coming in, and he will likely change to a formation that our players aren't familiar with.

And like it or not, the squad that did so well in wining the 12/13 title was on its last legs. There were major problems in that squad and Fergie held it together, and RVP turned a LOT of mediocre performances into three points.

Arsenal might have won the league if they didn't have injuries? has that been their excuse since they last won the league? They always look good early on and end up no where near winning it.

Yes when was the last time Newcastle last bought a player permanently?

The point I'm making is I expect LVG to be challenging for the league and he will be seen as a messiah for bringing a team from the edge of champions league to challenging for the title when imo it should be expected.

HaveASnickers

On Reus, his agent has been discussing a move to Barca for quite some time and is quite baffled as to why they've spent big money on Suarez. It seemed like he was going to go to Barca but now Suarez has changed all this.

RobertKK

HaveASnickers wrote: »

On Reus, his agent has been discussing a move to Barca for quite some time and is quite baffled as to why they've spent big money on Suarez. It seemed like he was going to go to Barca but now Suarez has changed all this.

New manager, Kroos and United...

KH25

HaveASnickers wrote: »

On Reus, his agent has been discussing a move to Barca for quite some time and is quite baffled as to why they've spent big money on Suarez. It seemed like he was going to go to Barca but now Suarez has changed all this.

Suarez to Barca is baffling in a sense anyway. The team is crying out for investment at CB. Puyol has never been replaced and now that he's gone that need is far greater. They love going off and throwing huge sums away on attackers.

Billy86

redbaron_99 wrote: »

We were the top, or second best, team in Europe during Rio's best years....

And in no small part thanks to him. We were up there thanks to having a great defence (despite a good but not great Carrick/Fletcher being all they had to shield thrm) which he was the unquestioned star player, leader and organiser of, and then being able to hit teams quickly on the counter with Ronaldo, Rooney, etc, again in no small part thanks to the quality distribution from deep coming from Scholes, VDS and... Rio Ferdinand.

Whatsisname

That CNN guy is saying Vidal to us is 75% done

Headshot

Whatsisname wrote: »

That CNN guy is saying Vidal to us is 75% done

Link?

newballsplease

75% done ?! Lol

Whatsisname

Headshot wrote: »

Link?

Diego Bustos @DiegoBustosCNN · 3h
@ricketts_jr Just short of full confirmation, Di Maria to PSG and Vidal to Manchester United. As of now 75%.

Also mentions Di Maria.

Diego Bustos @DiegoBustosCNN · 2h
@ricketts_jr my own sources. RM and MU got nowhere, PSG offer is much better. Paris is more suitable for Di Maria and family over Manchester

https://twitter.com/DiegoBustosCNN/with_replies

Rayne Wooney

Hope boards are prepared for boardsmageddon if we sign the best midfielder in the world

24 hours of gifs would be in order

KH25

If we sign Vidal this will be the best transfer window the club has had in years, with a lot more to come by the sound of it!

newballsplease

Whatsisname wrote: »

Also mentions Di Maria.



https://twitter.com/DiegoBustosCNN/with_replies

He also said this a few days ago !

"Di María agreed to be transferred to Manchester United with a salary of £150,000 per week. The clubs about to finish the deal."


So he speaks alot of Bull by the looks of it.

MagicIRL

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Hope boards are prepared for boardsmageddon if we sign the best midfielder in the world

24 hours of gifs would be in order

The mods won't know what hit them. Anna, J-Law and every kind of celebration gif would crash the website.

Copper_pipe

MagicIRL wrote: »

The mods won't know what hit them. Anna, J-Law and every kind of celebration gif would crash the website.

Can't forget Randy Marsh