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

8m, good quality, adds a bit of bite in a position United are short, happy out provided the extra money is used for back 4 cover. Get the Stroot-man in January or next year.

Lord TSC

8m for a midfielder who, realistically, would get into our first team right now? Grand.....

hufpc8w3adnk65

zerks wrote: »

What Louis wants.Louis gets,the diggers moving into Carrington today.

Too do what?

Adamcp898

MrMac84 wrote: »

Too do what?

He says the training ground is too windy and open.

Lord TSC

MrMac84 wrote: »

Too do what?

He said he doesn't like how windy it is at Carrington and it affects training, so now it's going to be upgraded.

Rayne Wooney

Don't think Strootman will leave that Roma team mid season when they could be top in Italy and still in the champions league. They have a seriously talented team and a very good manager

If the idea is to get De Jong and wait for Strootman in January it is a risk

Hoping for Vidal or at least another good midfielder added this summer

Cantona's Collars

Adamcp898 wrote: »

He says the training ground is too windy and open.

It never stopped Moyes,we excelled at getting to the byline,wind or no wind.:P

hufpc8w3adnk65

Lord TSC wrote: »

He said he doesn't like how windy it is at Carrington and it affects training, so now it's going to be upgraded.

Any ideas how? Throw up a few walls or something?

syngindub

might get a roof on OT yet !!

Lord TSC

Would presume so.

Remember reading a while back he wanted spotlights up as well for evening training sessions as well...

Cantona's Collars

Evra is to officially join Juve tomorrow according to a shedload of sources tonight.

rockal

'The (training ground) needs some more intimacy and I have asked (for that) already,' Van Gaal explained.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2696134/Louis-van-Gaal-says-try-change-Manchester-Uniteds-Carrington-complex-windy.html#ixzz37rH43tqv

Trigger

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Don't think Strootman will leave that Roma team mid season when they could be top in Italy and still in the champions league. They have a seriously talented team and a very good manager

If the idea is to get De Jong and wait for Strootman in January it is a risk

Hoping for Vidal or at least another good midfielder added this summer

I've been thinking about Strootman since the press conference yesterday and I think when he said he will wait 3/4 weeks he could be waiting that to see how Strootman is recovering and if it would be worth the bid in this window.

If Vidal can't be got, I would be happy with De Jong and Strootman and would trust LVG to make the decision on Strootman fitness.

Adamcp898

rockal wrote: »

'The (training ground) needs some more intimacy and I have asked (for that) already,' Van Gaal explained.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2696134/Louis-van-Gaal-says-try-change-Manchester-Uniteds-Carrington-complex-windy.html#ixzz37rH43tqv

DARK-KNIGHT

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

This is like chasing Kate Upton, but settling for Fiz from Corrie instead.

you still would just bring a brown paper bag

Vic Vinegar

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

you still would just bring a brown paper bag

Gross.

redbaron_99

astradave wrote: »

I've been thinking about Strootman since the press conference yesterday and I think when he said he will wait 3/4 weeks he could be waiting that to see how Strootman is recovering and if it would be worth the bid in this window.

If Vidal can't be got, I would be happy with De Jong and Strootman and would trust LVG to make the decision on Strootman fitness.

Strootman won't be fit for first team football until October or November.

DM_7

With respect lads the world of football is a lot bigger than Vidal and Strootman.

I think Van Gaal will put the side and squad together that he needs and we know he can look further than the two names that keep cropping up.

redbaron_99

DM-ICE wrote: »

With respect lads the world of football is a lot bigger than Vidal and Strootman.

I think Van Gaal will put the side and squad together that he needs and we know he can look further than the two names that keep cropping up.

Strootman probably wouldn't be attainable until next summer anyway. Realistically
Vidal is gonna be a tough player to get. But the club should try to get him.

tupac_healy

DM-ICE wrote: »

With respect lads the world of football is a lot bigger than Vidal and Strootman.

I think Van Gaal will put the side and squad together that he needs and we know he can look further than the two names that keep cropping up.

It is, but when your on the hunt for a top drawer box to box player, someone that can stamp authority on a big game ala Keane then the list does indeed become short.... Then consider possible availability then it decreaces further!

So it's understandable and logical to see how we have arrived at the point of Strootman and Vidal

homerjay2005

Lord TSC wrote: »

8m for a midfielder who, realistically, would get into our first team right now? Grand.....

hang on now, considering the options are fletcher, cleverly and anderson, thats not exactly saying much is it?

De Jong would do a job, but i think if we sign him thats it, no more midfielders bought and that would be really disappointing as it would not solve our goal scoring/creativity problem from midfield.

its shaping up like two low cost signings will come in (for example Vermaelen & De Jong) and a back up full back.

Bombleswizzum wrote: »

Nah, De Jong wouldn't mean we're not signing another cm.

id be pretty sure that if we sign De Jong, thats it in terms of midfield and it would then suggest LVG is holding out for Strootman in 6-12 months.

theres 2 more defenders needed, no way 4 more players are coming and if a 4th comes, i think it would be a winger and not a midfielder but i am happy to be prooved wrong here.

MagicIRL

Would you rather 8m on someone who'll do a job or another season of midfielders who won't? This thread.

Rayne Wooney

The problem is Joey Barton would do a job in our midfield

v3ttel

De Jong and Herrera would complement each other nicely I think. £8 million would be an excellent deal if true.

homerjay2005

MagicIRL wrote: »

Would you rather 8m on someone who'll do a job or another season of midfielders who won't? This thread.

the answer to this is quite obvious, seen as midfield has been our weak link for several years, people would expect adequate reinforcements there as opposed to short term fixes.

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

The problem is Joey Barton would do a job in our midfield

this is the harsh reality. Even Darran Bloody Gibson would be an upgrade on some of our players and Everton got him for £2 million and theres plenty of average players from world cup squads whos be got cheap and be better than Fletcher or Anderson.

and just to be clear, the reality is of course, none of these players im talking about are anywhere near good enough for United, just our options are so poor, that anything is a upgrade but i dont think a club of our size should settle for 3rd or 4th best option.

paulbok

rockal wrote: »

'The (training ground) needs some more intimacy and I have asked (for that) already,' Van Gaal explained.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2696134/Louis-van-Gaal-says-try-change-Manchester-Uniteds-Carrington-complex-windy.html#ixzz37rH43tqv

I vaguely remember reading when Carrington first opened that the land it's on has some government regulations on it regarding national defense. The land needs to be left that it can be turned quickly if needed into a military base. Because of that, they couldn't install under soil heating of put permanent goal posts in. Will that restrict what can be done re the windy pitches?
Or did I imagine all that?

hufpc8w3adnk65

Where are the new DeJong rumours coming from?

Vic Vinegar

MrMac84 wrote: »

Where are the new DeJong rumours coming from?

Sport newspaper.

NTMK

paulbok wrote: »

I vaguely remember reading when Carrington first opened that the land it's on has some government regulations on it regarding national defense. The land needs to be left that it can be turned quickly if needed into a military base. Because of that, they couldn't install under soil heating of put permanent goal posts in. Will that restrict what can be done re the windy pitches?
Or did I imagine all that?

no regulation on the ground at least to my knowledge. fergie did order thousands of trees to be planted around it making it into a fortress

Adamocovic

Cypher_sounds wrote: »

I think i see what you mean. Vidal would be a inspirational buy but De Jong could still do a job:P

We can agree that a steak is better than a burger, but a burger will do the job when your hungry....

Im sorry for my terrible metaphors :P