2013 Summer Transfer Window Thread ......Continued

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by Dr Gregory House MD on Mon May 27, 2013 1:46 am
Now that the season has drawn to a close, I thought I'd put up a thread to discuss possible transfer business.

Rumours, Predictions, Hopes and Actualities all welcome here

by Guest Sat 13 Jul 2013, 7:38 pm

That was wiped off I read today. The judge said it was unreasonable to expect him to finish it.

How the other half live hey..

by Holymiky Sat 13 Jul 2013, 7:39 pm

I've always thought Taarabt is a decent player with plenty of potential but it seems like the negative things that he does sometimes do let him down.

I'm pretty sure that Chris Samba was sold back to Anzh Makhachkala for £12m or so i think.

by Guest Sat 13 Jul 2013, 7:39 pm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jul/10/carlos-tevez-community-service-order

by Guest Sat 13 Jul 2013, 7:40 pm

He was like QPR's top goalscorer in the league with 6 goals post January and had a spell of like a month out with that muscle injury, hardly a poor contribution to a woeful side. Also that wonder goal against Wigan was a highlight.

Apparently, Bent is on his way next week when Kinnear is back to finalise the deal. Rumours have it that we are not interested in going back for Remy. He's also shown his true character in choosing the financial reward of QPR and that is something Ashley did not appreciate. All that said, if we are desperate for players and their is a lack of signings, it would not surprise me to see him arrive quite late.

by Holymiky Sat 13 Jul 2013, 7:43 pm

John wrote:He was like QPR's top goalscorer in the league with 6 goals post January and had a spell of like a month out with that muscle injury, hardly a poor contribution to a woeful side. Also that wonder goal against Wigan was a highlight.

Apparently, Bent is on his way next week when Kinnear is back to finalise the deal. Rumours have it that we are not interested in going back for Remy. He's also shown his true character in choosing the financial reward of QPR and that is something Ashley did not appreciate. All that said, if we are desperate for players and their is a lack of signings, it would not surprise me to see him arrive quite late.

I think Taarabt did very well last season.

by Guest Sat 13 Jul 2013, 7:47 pm

I was talking about Remy, not Taarabt???????

by Holymiky Sat 13 Jul 2013, 7:48 pm

Oops my mistake, i apologise i thought you were talking about Taarabt in the first paragraph.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sat 13 Jul 2013, 9:11 pm

Remy's a bit like Townsend for me (better player), but his inconsistency was covered up by a few moments of brilliance.

I wouldn't have either

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sat 13 Jul 2013, 9:11 pm

Don't know too much about this Fer that we've signed, except that he is a box to box midfielder, which is something we have been crying out for

by Guest Sat 13 Jul 2013, 9:28 pm

Saw him in the U-21 Champs and looked very good. Big, strong, box-to-box midfielder. Surprised he went to Norwich but I'm sure he will do very well for you and then he will move on after gaining more experience and improving his game. Re-sale value will go through the roof, if you only bought him for £4m? I honestly thought Fer would do a Toby Alderwiereld and reject you at the last minute but I'm thinking that failed medicalat Everton probably put other interested parties off for the time being.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sat 13 Jul 2013, 9:32 pm

Why did he fail the medical at Everton?

Because he's played nearly 40 games a season the past 2 years...

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sat 13 Jul 2013, 9:34 pm

Was allegedly a fee of 4m yes.

To be fair to Alderweireld I wouldn't want to go to Norwich if I was him. He can do so much better.

Also I have no problem with us buying these players who could go onto be something big and make us a lot of money. Some Norwich fans do. But it's the only way we will be able to keep on competing and trying to improve

by Guest Sat 13 Jul 2013, 9:35 pm

Medical failed because of an issue with his knee, he later argued was nonsense and then he played a vast amount of games for his club, so read what you want into that. Everton's financial issues are well known, maybe it was a cover up of some sorts.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sat 13 Jul 2013, 11:03 pm

Ah so it was a Charlie Austin-esque failed medical then.

6 signings so far this summer and the Chief Exec has said we are "far from finished".

Love the ambition being shown by the club not only in actually getting deals done early but also on the calibre of player we are going after.

Hopefully it all pays off

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Sun 14 Jul 2013, 12:58 am

Remy to me is one of the only QPR players id want. Think he looked outstanding, his finishing was immense. His ball striking and instincts top notch. The r*** thing might be a bit of a problem though...

by Bull Sun 14 Jul 2013, 10:14 am

Rooney wont be offered a new deal.. surely he has to go now?

by Duty281 Sun 14 Jul 2013, 3:36 pm

Bull wrote:Rooney wont be offered a new deal.. surely he has to go now?

Surely United will have to cash in?

by Guest Sun 14 Jul 2013, 3:57 pm

No basically he`s got to showcase his ability this season and prove he's worthy of a new deal this time next summer. Contract runs out in two, I believe, therefore the ball is in rooneys court, perform and get rewarded with a new deal or don't perform and be sold for a reasonable fee next summer. United don't need to do anything currently. They fell for rooneys demands last time he spit the dummy out but not this time.

by Bull Sun 14 Jul 2013, 4:03 pm

No he needs to go, cash in, his ego is too big let the idiot go and buy someone who wants to play and perform from the heart not because he "has to"

by Guest Sun 14 Jul 2013, 4:10 pm

Cash in but to who? Rooney is never going abroad, therefore your selling to rivals and theres been no serious bids been placed anyway. As the guy on sky sports says, united don't need to sell or offer him new deal. The emphasis is on Rooney to perform to gain a new deal next summer and if he doesn't then united sell. United have other areas of the pitch which need the attention, not rooney`s ongoing saga. Just a media storm over nothing.

by Bull Sun 14 Jul 2013, 4:13 pm

Sell him to PSG or Monaco they will take him.

by **Crimey** Sun 14 Jul 2013, 4:26 pm

PSG are about to complete Cavani deal so I doubt that and Monaco spent £50 million on Falcao.

The most likely destination for him if he leaves would be Chelsea I imagine. I could only see him moving to PSG if they sold Ibrahimovic.

This is without taking into account that Rooney probably wouldn't want to move abroad anyway.

by The Special Juan Sun 14 Jul 2013, 4:27 pm

I'll be lying if I said I cared about Rooney anymore. And we thought the Fabregas saga was boring...

by Duty281 Sun 14 Jul 2013, 4:31 pm

Rooney will go to either Chelsea or Arsenal.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Sun 14 Jul 2013, 4:54 pm

I do love Man United fans. This happens to every other club, but if it happens to them its a travesty.

David Moyes would be seriously dumb to sell him to Arsenal or Chelsea.

by Guest Sun 14 Jul 2013, 4:55 pm

Not so much Arsenal but Chelsea yes.

by **Crimey** Sun 14 Jul 2013, 5:04 pm

I'd love to see it just because it'd be interesting.

So far I think this transfer window has been quite interesting, with some big moves like Gotze, Neymar and Falcao with more likely on the way.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Sun 14 Jul 2013, 5:12 pm

If Arsenal buy Rooney and add a little depth, maybe upgrade on Arteta and work out whether they can keep Wilshere fit, then I'd put Arsenal right up there. Rooney is everything they lack up top

by GSC Sun 14 Jul 2013, 5:15 pm

Replace Vermaelen with Ashley Williams + cash. Get a more solid 3rd defender.

Sell Sagna, promote Jenkinson to the first XI.

Sign a striker of proven quality

by Ent Sun 14 Jul 2013, 7:47 pm

Crimey wrote:I'd love to see it just because it'd be interesting.

So far I think this transfer window has been quite interesting, with some big moves like Gotze, Neymar and Falcao with more likely on the way.

This window is going to shape the landscape of European football for the next 5 years.

Yet united are sitting on the sidelines doing bugger all.

by Guest Sun 14 Jul 2013, 7:48 pm

Early days though Ent. I'd still expect Utd to make a couple of decent signings in the next month.

by Bull Sun 14 Jul 2013, 7:50 pm

Bayern have signed Thiago for 25 euro apparently

by **Crimey** Sun 14 Jul 2013, 7:53 pm

Initial fee of 20 million euros, so about £17 million which is surprisingly cheap for such a highly praised player.

I'm not sure whether the move is a good one for Thiago, while he will be mentored by Guardiola once more and Bayern Munich are obviously a top side, the whole point of leaving Barcelona was to actually break into a first team and arguably that is going to be just as difficult at Bayern where their midfield has even more depth than Barcelona's. He'd have been better off moving to Manchester United.

by Guest Sun 14 Jul 2013, 7:59 pm

FreekShow wrote:Early days though Ent. I'd still expect Utd to make a couple of decent signings in the next month.

We need more than 'decent' though

I personally think we have a fairly poor side that won in a very overrated league. If we sign who I think we will (Fellaini) then the proof will be in the pudding when we fall in the first knock out stage (or date I say group stages) of the champions league. We may still challenge for honours but we'll continue to fall behind other big clubs around europe

by Duty281 Sun 14 Jul 2013, 8:07 pm

Overrated league? England (ah, England) has the best league in the world for competitiveness, it's just going through a minor blip. Perfectly understandable as it's been top of the world for a few years now and is going through a transition period.

by Ent Sun 14 Jul 2013, 8:20 pm

When you see the management merry go round and amount of transfers involving marquee players you've got to say its bit been a great window.

Missed out on someone who would have made a big difference to the team, one bid turned down for Baines and that's it.

by NickisBHAFC Sun 14 Jul 2013, 10:25 pm

Doncaster sign Mark Duffy from Scunthorpe - Sounds like a good player, could be a good signing for Doncaster.

MK Dons sign Ben Reeves from Southampton - A mate of mine who is a Southampton fan said this is probably his level.

Burton Albion sign Rene Howe from Torquay - Always scored goals at this level, good signing.

by Bull Sun 14 Jul 2013, 10:36 pm

Giaccherini is set for a move to sunderland

have to say if this goes through its a very very good buy from di canio i have been impressed by what ive seen of him.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Sun 14 Jul 2013, 11:40 pm

Hes another one we've been linked with, not got the money id imagine to compete though. We are in talks with a European club and agent about a striker and have been meeting top european clubs, probably to try steal a loan.

by Holymiky Mon 15 Jul 2013, 12:01 am

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Hes another one we've been linked with, not got the money id imagine to compete though. We are in talks with a European club and agent about a striker and have been meeting top european clubs, probably to try steal a loan.

Have you heard anything about who the striker could be mate?

by Guest Mon 15 Jul 2013, 9:15 am

Bull wrote:Giaccherini is set for a move to sunderland

have to say if this goes through its a very very good buy from di canio i have been impressed by what ive seen of him.

Indeed, that's a quality signing for PDC (his first of the window, the rest he's signed have been pure garbage).

I wonder whether Gia can handle the physicality of the PL, but only time will tell. Makes me think that Adam Johnson and his huge wages could be on the move?

by Bull Mon 15 Jul 2013, 9:33 am

Rooney will be RVP's back up apparently so im guessing he does not make the first team? im sure he will be sold now, i see Rooney putting in a transfer request an official one at that, so i guess it will be Kagawa behind RVP?

and possible RVP/Chica partnership?

by Guest Mon 15 Jul 2013, 10:11 am

I imagine so Bull, can't see Rooney being too happy with back up football

I still don't buy into this injury he has. If he felt his hamstring tighten before the left you just wouldn't take him with you, and you don't sustain a three week injury lay off in a light training session

The thing is as much as I want the Rooney saga put to bed, until we confirm anything incoming were not in position to let one of our better players leave

by **Hero** Mon 15 Jul 2013, 1:02 pm

SSN are reporting Utd have put in an official bid for Fabregas.

by LastDamnation Mon 15 Jul 2013, 1:05 pm

So basically they've activated arsenal's buyback clause?

by Guest Mon 15 Jul 2013, 1:07 pm

Aye just read that, can't see anything coming of it

Boy hood Barca fan, in or around the first team of the team that means most to him. Would strongly urge any United fans not to get their hopes up with this one.

Even if he does leave Arsenal would have first refusal on him anyway and now that they have money would they seriously let a Premiership rival get better when they're in a position to stop it and get one of their better players back

Encouraging signs though that the money is there

by TopHat24/7 Mon 15 Jul 2013, 1:09 pm

Thiago to Bayern.

Has anyone had as easy a manergerial career as Pep Guardiola?

Kicks off with the best side in the world containing 2 out of the 3 best players in the world for several years then just as they are on the wane he switches to their usurpers and new best team in the world with a hundred mill in the bank to spend on 2 or 3 of the other best players in world.

by **Hero** Mon 15 Jul 2013, 1:14 pm

From the SSN source that leaked the news he's stated that Fabregas would be open to the move BUT only if Arsenal weren't wanting him.

by Guest Mon 15 Jul 2013, 1:16 pm

Then Arsenal should be straight on the phone, invoking their 'first refusal' clause, and bringing him back.

Arteta-Wilshere
Walcott - Fabregas - Jovetic
Higuain

Wowzers.

Note that Arsenal would need to actually sign players for that to happen Laugh

by **Afro** Mon 15 Jul 2013, 1:19 pm

Olly wrote:Why did he fail the medical at Everton?

Because he's played nearly 40 games a season the past 2 years...

He didn't actually fail his medical with us. It flagged up a potential knee problem, so we tried to restructure the payments to limit the financial risk of his knee failing. Twente wouldn't change the terms, so we pulled out

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