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

14-07-2014 01:39PM

Thanks lads, hopefully the club are playing the Vidal deal very close to their chest, maybe a bit of misinformation to keep rival rich clubs from coming in to hijack the deal? /wishful thinking

However, I am now trying to curb my excitement/hopes regarding a Vidal deal, it's been going on that long now that it really is starting to remind me of the Sneijder and Thiago Alcantra episodes.

Also, is Evra officially gone yet? I have been a critic of his over the last season, but now that we've signed Shaw and released Buttner, it would be great if he hung around for another year. We have no other LB options and I imagine that with less games to play, Evra could be more than sufficient for LB back-up.

Honestly though, I feel a bit 'bad' even suggesting that. The man has been our LB beast (mostly) and a terrific servant over his years at the club, he deserves to go and get first team football elsewhere in his limited time left if that's what he wishes for.

Leftist · 14-07-2014 01:42PM

markcahill1985 wrote: »

Unfortunatey hes prob the most reliable Utd journo, the only thing is the club are leaking les and less and he also said he didnt expect herrera rumours to be true.

yep.

for me the whole vidal thing is twitter circulated bullsht.

redbaron_99 · 14-07-2014 01:42PM

Has Evra's move to Juve been made official yet?

OctavarIan · 14-07-2014 01:45PM

Regarding the Adidas news, I found this quote in particular to be pretty interesting.

The huge sum involved is only £40m less than the Glazer family paid for the club in 2005.

gosplan · 14-07-2014 01:46PM

Someone called it right in here earlier when they said the Vidal story was BS and you could tell by the 'when he's back from holiday' line.

You do not have a conversation with Utd about a 40 million 150kpw deal and then say 'I'll let you know after my hols'.

They would rightly tell you to fcuk off and look elsewhere.

redbaron_99 · 14-07-2014 01:48PM

OctavarIan wrote: »

Regarding the Adidas news, I found this quote in particular to be pretty interesting.

An incredible deal, and Woody should be congratulated. As should Sir Alex Ferguson - without the sustained success for over 2 decades that he brought us, the club wouldn't be near as popular, and deals such as this would be nothing more than wishful thinking.

Spazdarn · 14-07-2014 01:51PM

No guarantees on who United will go for, hoping that once Wednesday rolls around and LVG as sitting at his desk, that we'll have a bit more legitimate information.

glued · 14-07-2014 01:57PM

Leftist wrote: »

yep.

for me the whole vidal thing is twitter circulated bullsht.

It seems like it. There are very little reliable sources from Italy. It's very apparent that Manchester United are choking the press at the minute. My understanding is that Woodward in particular wasn't happy with the manner in which the Shaw deal was being reported and the pressure being placed upon him by the journalists the club was briefing. I think any Manchester United fan knows or can easily find out who was actually leaking the extra information from the club.

Ogden said that there was no deal for Herrera and 2 hours later it was announced. Ducker and Jamie Jackson via Daniel Taylor were nowhere to be seen either. Everybody knows who was sending around the texts to Andy Mitten, Ducker, Ogden, Taylor, Ladyman etc. I think that he or she is on a short lease at the minute and Woodward has stopped the briefing the media.

Also Ducker is by far the best writer on United. 99% of what he says is what he either believes or has researched. My feeling is that Jackson and Ogden went too far with the transfer stories and now the wider press are suffering as a result. If Ducker thinks that Vidal isn't happening that's because he hasn't heard anything. I don't think the English media will be first to any United transfer story this Summer so I wouldn't necessarily believe that a transfer isn't happening because the Manchester based journalists say it's not and Herrera and Shaw have proved that.

I'm not going to believe anything this Summer until the club confirms it.

Peanut Butter Jelly · 14-07-2014 01:58PM

Now that Adidas are officially onboard, let the mockups begin

kippy · 14-07-2014 01:59PM

glued wrote: »

I'm not going to believe anything this Summer until the club confirms it.

Best practice any Summer tbf.

Adamocovic · 14-07-2014 02:01PM

I know its just rumours but it seems Zaha could be on his way out, really wanted to see him given a chance, surely he should have been given one last year. And would love to see Powell given some game time this year.

UnitedIrishman · 14-07-2014 02:02PM

That third jersey mock up looks quite like our old Sharp one we wore winning the Cup Winners Cup. Quite like it.

Great to see the deal being done and more importantly our annual debt interest fee being reduced. Hopefully this will allow us to push on and spend on investing in the team over the next few years.

NeVeR · 14-07-2014 02:04PM

The Last World Cup Sweeps post

Well done and thanks to all who took part.

Below are the winners.

Winners: Germany - Liam O
Runners Up: Argentina - NeVeR

Most yellow cards in group stages €20 - Honduras -- LostBoy101
1st Red Card €20 - Uruguay -- Gadge
1st OG €20 - Croatia -- ninja900
1st Peno €20 - Brazil -- markc1184
Worst goal difference in group stages. €20 - Cameroon -- bennyl10

If anyone would like to review and make sure I'm correct please do. Can the winners please PM me your Paypal email address and I'll send the winnings.

dor843088 · 14-07-2014 02:11PM

Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

Now that Adidas are officially onboard, let the mockups begin

I know its the money that matters but dam that chevrolet logo looks horrendous. Cant see there being a really nice looking kit with that thing on it.

NotorietyH · 14-07-2014 02:12PM

NeVeR wrote: »

The Last World Cup Sweeps post

Well done and thanks to all who took part.

Below are the winners.

Winners: Germany - Liam O
Runners Up: Argentina - NeVeR

Most yellow cards in group stages €20 - Honduras -- LostBoy101
1st Red Card €20 - Uruguay -- Gadge
1st OG €20 - Croatia -- ninja900
1st Peno €20 - Brazil -- markc1184
Worst goal difference in group stages. €20 - Cameroon -- bennyl10

If anyone would like to review and make sure I'm correct please do. Can the winners please PM me your Paypal email address and I'll send the winnings.

Ivory Coast had 7 yellow cards too in the group stage. I was doing the office sweepstakes here in work and that was one of the prizes.

Saucy McKetchup · 14-07-2014 02:13PM

NeVeR wrote: »

The Last World Cup Sweeps post

Well done and thanks to all who took part.

Below are the winners.

Winners: Germany - Liam O
Runners Up: Argentina - NeVeR

Most yellow cards in group stages €20 - Honduras -- LostBoy101
1st Red Card €20 - Uruguay -- Gadge
1st OG €20 - Croatia -- ninja900
1st Peno €20 - Brazil -- markc1184
Worst goal difference in group stages. €20 - Cameroon -- bennyl10

If anyone would like to review and make sure I'm correct please do. Can the winners please PM me your Paypal email address and I'll send the winnings.

Well done to all the winners and to NeVeR for organising it

glued · 14-07-2014 02:16PM

Team | Manufacturer | Per Year | Years | Total
Manchester United | Adidas | £75M| 10 | £750M
Real Madrid| Adidas | £31M | 8| £248M
Chelsea | Adidas|£30M|10|£300M
Arsenal | Puma|£30|5|£170M
Barcelona | Nike|£27M|10|£270M
Liverpool | Warrior| £25M| 6| £150M
Manchester City|Nike|£12M|6|£72M

TheDoc · 14-07-2014 02:23PM

Suprised Bayern arnt in that list. Actually love Adidas jerseys, can't wait to see what comes out.

Unsung Hero · 14-07-2014 02:24PM

A staggering amount of money.

Mitch Connor · 14-07-2014 02:26PM

TheDoc wrote: »

Suprised Bayern arnt in that list. Actually love Adidas jerseys, can't wait to see what comes out.

They should be.
http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/adidas_and_bayern_munich_renew_kit_deal_for_eight_years/

The reigning Bundesliga champions have signed an eight-year extension to their current deal with Adidas, which expires at the end of the 2011/12 soccer season, taking them through to 2020.

German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung reported that the deal is worth a total US$289 million, around US$36 million per season.

Peanut Butter Jelly · 14-07-2014 02:28PM

I like seeing that the whole Manchester City deal is worth less than 1 year of ours.

Headshot · 14-07-2014 02:30PM

Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

I like seeing that the whole Manchester City deal is worth less than 1 year of ours.

And rightfully so

Rayne Wooney · 14-07-2014 02:32PM

How could they(Adidas) justify that amount of money :pac: it doesn't make sense from a business perspective

Ed is a fecking genius!

The_Kew_Tour · 14-07-2014 02:32PM

My own theory is that we are still in for Vidal, but are doing it themid 90s way rather then the last few years way.

We do have a fight on our hands no question.

But the sponsorship deal is as good as a signing today.

Huge figure. Its actually scary how much.

Maximus Alexander · 14-07-2014 02:33PM

Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

I like seeing that the whole Manchester City deal is worth less than 1 year of ours.

Headshot wrote: »

And rightfully so

They've won two league titles since that deal was signed though and with them no comfortably in the CL every year, you'd expect their next one to be a fair bit more.

markcahill1985 · 14-07-2014 02:33PM

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

How could they(Adidas) justify that amount of money :pac: it doesn't make sense from a business perspective

Ed is a fecking genius!

They have said that they expect sales to amount to 1.5 billion over the course of the ten years.

Maximus Alexander · 14-07-2014 02:34PM

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

How could they(Adidas) justify that amount of money :pac: it doesn't make sense from a business perspective

Ed is a fecking genius!

If you think about it, as a sports clothing brand the best possible thing you can do is have the top sports professionals in the world wearing your stuff on the field.

It's more surprising to me that Nike would let it go at any cost. If you're selling sportswear I'd have though that kind of prestige is the most important thing in the world.

Delboy5 · 14-07-2014 02:40PM

More speculation but the front page of the La Gazetta Dello Sport has a picture of Vidal with headline Done Dealio Manchester.

uggybear · 14-07-2014 02:42PM

BT Sport have announced that they're showing United's first game of the season at home to Swansea exclusively live on tv, pity that the channel is part of the $etanta package

markcahill1985 · 14-07-2014 02:43PM

Delboy5 wrote: »

More speculation but the front page of the La Gazetta Dello Sport has a picture of Vidal with headline Done Dealio Manchester.

Photshopped picture

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

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