Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - Mod Note in OP, 13/8

Been messing around with the transfer generator, kinda funny how most of the players coming up have been linked with us this summer.

J. Marston wrote: »

This has entertained me for the past 5 minutes...

http://babb.telegraph.co.uk/2014/08/the-incredible-transfer-rumour-generator/

Some funny ones I got...



If only...



Richards would actually be handy.



Bargain.

1st one i done said we sold Hernandez for 23.3m, He cleaned out his locker and said his goodbyes , Not to worry though where signing Akinfenwa for 40.7m

bmcc10 wrote: »

1st one i done said we sold Hernandez for 23.3m, He cleaned out his locker and said his goodbyes , Not to worry though where signing Akinfenwa for 40.7m

First one I tried was Carvalho for 30mill - def take that

Second was Casillas for 34mill - bit much for a second choice keeper

Third was Leroy Fer for 38mill after which I shut the tab!!

Third party fund Doyen Sports attack Sporting for blocking Marcos Rojo's sale to Manchester United. #MUFC #SCP #ARG http://t.co/aIHDcGW2oU

Doyen say Sporting altered their stance on selling Rojo & are now "making mindless demands as a condition of 'releasing' the player". #MUFC

Doyen: If Sporting want to keep Rojo they 'must compensate the fund under the terms & deadlines set forth by contract'. #MUFC

Doyen: 'If necessary we will not hesitate to use every legal resource at our disposal to fully defend our rights and interests.' #MUFC #Rojo

Sporting chairman is adopting a very strong stance. Could get messy before it's done.

Telegraph reporting that Spurs are trying to sell 11 players.

Townsend, Lennon, Soldado, Dawson, Assou-Ekotto, Naughton, Chiriches, Sandro, Capoue, Chadli and Dembele all up for sale by north London club

Wouldn't mind Capoue, Sandro, Dembele and Chiriches. Sandro is an excellent player but not sure about his fitness.

2moreMinutes wrote: »

Sources that I trust have confirmed to me that they understand that United is NOT in fact a joke of a club.

BS, buddy, sorry to tell you. People I trust are telling me something very different.

Another day goes by without a defender signed.

It's all getting a bit silly.

Mitch Connor wrote: »

We are going to end up panic buying as we did last summer with Fellaini, imo. We have, again, left things too late to do them properly. We are, maybe, going to get a couple of bang average players and everyone will jump around saying 'if he's good enough for LVG thats good enough for me', until we are trying to replace them next summer.

Delaneys article last night gives me hope that we want things done this week as opposed to last few days of the window.

I expect a defender in before our 2nd game though ive now moved my expectations several times when it comes to our 3rd signing.

Mitch Connor wrote: »

We are going to end up panic buying as we did last summer with Fellaini, imo. We have, again, left things too late to do them properly. We are, maybe, going to get a couple of bang average players and everyone will jump around saying 'if he's good enough for LVG thats good enough for me', until we are trying to replace them next summer.

Seems to be the recurring pattern - waste time going for players who are beyond us (Thiago, Fabregas, Hummels, Vidal?), miss out on players that would have come and strengthened us (Strootman last year, De Vrij is one this year), and end up overspending on lesser quality at the last minute (Fellaini).

We've now had two managers walking into what they think is one of the biggest clubs in the world, but both appear to have been unable to attract the biggest players (pending the closing of this window).

Just thinking out loud - have we become one of the world's biggest clubs essentially because over the years we've built teams with young players, but not established stars?

Is the very reason we love United so much because we always seem to be doing things the hard way, and that makes it so much more exciting?

Is it just that the big players don't want to live in Manchester, or is there something deeper going on?

All I know is it's beginning to drive me nuts and I'm checking this thread way more than is healthy...

MrMac84 wrote: »

For what?

For Vidal I'm guessing