Manchester United Superthread 2014 mod warning #8081

My comment of "ouch" was in relation to PhlegmyMoses (who I assume is a Utd fan) post where he said that "Veron, Anderson, Berbatov" were misses.

In response to this I did a quick google of their reported price tags and was surprised at how expensive they were (I realise Utd recouped alot of money for Veron).

I was not making any grandiose statement citing Utd as the bastion of poor transfer dealings. I was just surprised at how much was spent on those players and Fellaini given that none of them never went on to be key players for United.

Bebe for 7 million

Pro. F wrote: »

I'd be pretty sure he is talking about football transfer fee inflation, not national economic inflation.

Keane and Cantona's transfer fees were very big money when they came to United. Anybody using them as examples of cheep transfers is completely wrong.

Keane was a record at the time but you couldn't say the same about Cantona's transfer.

Cantona's fee was not big money at the time by any measure...£1.2 million in 1992 was cheap as chips and I doubt it was even in the top 20 of transfer deals done that year in England.

Danny Wallace cost the same over 3 years before that in the Summer of '89.

Some 13 years before that, was when Forest signed the first £1 million English footballer Trevor Francis.

tallaghtmick wrote: »

Bit of a over reaction lads, he made us aware that he was leaving after putting his body on the line so many times and winning us so many Leagues and Cups, I wish him well.

Same, I'm not that bothered, at the end of the day its only football lads, what difference does it make as long as he's putting in his best on match day.

Schmeichel then went on to contribute to a historic season to cap a wonderful United career finally getting that European win....Vidic having won it all already with United started winding his United career down around mid September. There's a big difference in that PS had something to play for, Vidic didn't really, not if he didn't want to...which he didn't.

Vidic has been rubbish this year and I can't say I blame him, mentally he just can't have been here....massive mistake on the part of Moyes not dealing with his and Evras imminent departures last summer.

Maintaining Vidic as captain and relying on him as 1st choice and trying and failling to replace Evra were catastrophic errors. Two massive players being pretty disinterested for one reason or another can't have been good to have in the dressing room.

Ideal scenario, Vidic announces last summer that this would be his last season and relinquishes armband, doesn't say where he is going.
Evra should have been replaced, he's been cack but the man knew early doors that Moyes didn't want him so why would he give a toss.

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Bebe for 7 million

his 13 goals this season should mean we get a decent chunk of that back now thankfully.

can see a good few clubs wanting him now.

Any possible chance of Rooney being sold this summer? Can see Van Gaal making some sort of statement of intent to the players,poosible Rooney will be the unlucky one?

dahat wrote: »

Any possible chance of Rooney being sold this summer? Can see Van Gaal making some sort of statement of intent to the players,poosible Rooney will be the unlucky one?

There could be a lot more rebuilding than most people think. With no european games it will be harder to give everyone gametime. The likes of hernandez, welbeck, young, zaha, nani, cleverley and carrick might not fancy waiting around if there not getting games