I think that takes out "worst transfer dealings of the summer" quite nicely.steds said:When you're hot, you're hot. When you're not, you sell 3 fantastically underrated players (plus Damien Francis) for less than they're worth and bring in a permanently crocked keeper, a centre back who no one's ever heard of and a striker who costs 20% of his transfer fee per goal he scores a season instead.
Oh thanks, thought it was odd, well if Ada didn't do well we're somewhat struggling for centre-backs aren't we?Neil Pickup said:
Van der Sar ---backed by Kuszczak
Neville Ferdinand Vidic Heinze ---backed by O'Shea, Piqué, Brown, Silvestre, Evra
Vieira ---backed by Carrick, O'Shea
Ronaldo Scholes Giggs ---backed by Park, Smith, Richardson, Fletcher
Rooney Torres ---backed by Saha, Solskjaer, Rossi
RVN is 30 now tho or soon will be so £12mill isn't a bad price, especially considering he had the cruciate rebuild before he joined you. It does, to me tho, show a lack of forward planning. If you were going to flog him, better to have done so a couple of years ago when you'd probably have got twice that for a player at his peak.Loony BoB said:
We have Rico, Toddy and Danny Seaborne, and Clay can play there if needs be. A fourth would be handy, but it ain't critical yet I don't think.grecian said:Oh thanks, thought it was odd, well if Ada didn't do well we're somewhat struggling for centre-backs aren't we?
Rico being back leaves me with mixed feelings, because I remember him from last time. Ok if hes fit, but an old guy who is picking up injuries, not so sure
The sign of a real top team is not that they sell a player at his peak, but can afford to milk a player for all he's worth while he's at his peak and sell him off when he's starting to get past it. It's obviously better to get a player when he's peaking than to not have a player when he's peaking. It's not about what you can sell them for, it's about what you can keep them for.BoyBrumby said:
Man Utd without van Nistelrooy is a Man Utd that Vieira wouldn't have a problem with. His issues existed with players which won't be with us next season.
I don't think there's a chance of us paying £20+ million for Carrick at all. The touted price is £14 million. Better off going for Hargreaves, I reckon... I'd put a price of £12m on Carrick's quality. If we do pay anything over £15million I'd be hoping that SAF or CQ have some kind of brilliant plan for how it'll all pay off, because I think we could do better. I hear Diarra is going for around £18m.
The difference is that now you have a debt of about £300 million to service thanks to Glazer & sons. Traditionally you are (& will continue to be so, I'm sure) a buying club, but the whole Van Nosedive thing is obviously more about a personality clash than an actual footballing decsion. For mine I'd still back Ruud to bag more than Torres in the coming season.Loony BoB said:
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If Ruud wanted to be there, I'd agree. Since he doesn't, I won't agree. I think Ruud will score for any team if he wants to, but I just don't think his heart was in it during the second half of last season. His form went the same way, I think.BoyBrumby said:
He is quality, even I'd concede that, but if the rumours are to be believed he wants out anyway.Loony BoB said:Are you English? Just curious.
Any team that sells a player like Ronaldo is not doing themselves any favours. For all his antics, he's a fantastic footballer, made more tackles than any other MU player last season and I'm pretty confident he scored more goals than any of our other midfielders. He's only improving, whlie Ruud is out of form and getting old. Rather a player who has ten years in him than one who has a couple!
Forgetting Alan Smith are we?If a midfielder comes then I'm pretty sure he'd be battling it out with Saha for the starting spot. Sometimes going into midfield. Also, Solskjaer pretty capable there and Rossi has the potential talent to play in midfield just behind the strikers.Loony BoB said:
Anyone 'can' play up front, doesn't mean they're any good at it and even after his displays for Portugal I doubt Ronaldo is any worse up front than Smith.marc71178 said:
For once I agree with Scaly - being able to play up front doesn't mean he's good enough to do it for a top Premiership side.marc71178 said: