Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2015 - Mod Note Post 7373

Caovyn Lineah wrote: »

Home? Isn't he Portuguese?

If, in some parallel universe, United had a choice between Ronaldo, Bale and Neymar then Ronaldo should be a distant distant 3rd choice.

Nice to see you still dropping in randomly to look out for hypocrisy, Ronaldo has stated many, many times that he loves Manchester United, he loves the club, the city and the fans and feels it will always be a home in his heart.

Having said that, I don't see him coming back, nor do I particularly want him back as in I wouldn't be spending the kind of money required to do it for a guy his age with a growing concern over his troubling knee problem (tendonitis isn't something that just goes away normally as we learned with Hargreaves)

I see Bale as a more realistic target at some point for both ourselves and Madrid, I think Ronaldo may be swayed to go to Paris for one last hurrah and a new league winners medal but I can see him retiring by 34/35 at the latest since he is pretty firm in his stance that he does not want to end up at a lower level, he wants to go out on top, not the likes of the US or Qatar.

Course Ronnie could just retire at Madrid, not like Benitez will last much longer and a manager who plays to his strengths again will see him firing on all cylinders in no time I have no doubt.

Bale on the other hand is more likely to favour a return to the Premier League at some point I think and we would certainly among the front runners to sign him, we would absolutely be interested.

Mitch Connor wrote: »

So what you were saying is there has been nothing linking us to these players, when you exclude the press , ok.

So the only time you will allow discussion without b1tching is if, for example, LVG says "We are trying to sign Roaldo".

That seems an utterly reasonable stance to take - yep.

The papers link United to a lot of players. Gaitan is a long running gag at this point. Every club in the world would like to sign Ronaldo, Bale and Neymar and the media can only say that United are one of those clubs. None of these players are for sale. Any move by any club for those top rank players has to be opportunistic, and is usually accompanied by the player forcing the move like Ronaldo did at United and Bale did at Spurs.

You're setting yourself up for huge disappointment every transfer window if you believe every transfer story in the paper. People do not want to hear next summer that Ed Woodward is a joke and a failure because he didn't sign Ronaldo, Bale or Neymar when they were never for sale.

Business Cat wrote: »

Rafa will not likely see past Christmas anyway.

In a dream world where we had a choice between Bale, Ronaldo or Neymar, Id take Neymar considering his age.

Id say though in the real world, Ronaldo would be most likely.

If we could get him for £40m then Id take him in a heartbeat.

£50m would be pushing it.

Any more than that would be silly.

I don't think a sensible deal could be done for Ronaldo. I wouldn't go above 30 million for him, and even then I would be trying to break it down into performance related payments to offset the risk of a player in his thirties with recent concerns on form and injuries. And on the other hand, I cant see Real want rid at a low price unless his form this season continues to be unremarkable for the wages he is on there.

Caovyn Lineah wrote: »

United will not be winning the league. Your buddies already made that "joke" last night too.

Leicester are my pick for it anyway, they look unstoppable. Vardy to break the consecutive games with goals record and set the target at 29 for anyone foolish enough to believe they can break it.

That knowledge and a couple of euro would probably get you a bag of chips

Maybe we could nearly win the league and have a big celebration in April?;)

Slightly above average might be enough to win the league. I think United ceiling is lower than city and arsenal but their floor is higher imo and that could be enough this year. The other two just don't inspire any confidence atm but that could change when silva comes back I guess. In fairness to cits they've had poor luck with injuries in that it's their best players who keep getting crocked.

Pyjamarama wrote: »

Slightly above average might be enough to win the league. I think United ceiling is lower than city and arsenal but their floor is higher imo and that could be enough this year. The other two just don't inspire any confidence atm but that could change when silva comes back I guess. In fairness to cits they've had poor luck with injuries in that it's their best players who keep getting crocked.

Nope, when its the same players every time for City it is not poor luck. You have to go and replace them, would it be unlucky for Liverpool that Sturridge is a sick-note? As in a valid excuse after multiple seasons of it not to take it into account and get other options into the squad capable of filling his boots when he breaks down?

The first part makes no sense either tbh, lower ceiling/higher floor.

It sounds nice maybe but it means nothing. United are capable of playing worse then both, and better then both. If all 3 play to full potential I certainly couldn't tell you who is better since I haven't seen United play to full potential in quite some time, I know they can all play like dog**** though and wouldn't put Uniteds floor particularly higher then either even with supporter bias.