Transfer Rumours

[jman]

Paddypower giving 8/11 on united being his next permanent club..

The Daily Express have reported that Chelsea have set aside £60m to buy him in January    Chelsea are 8/1 odds... Woodward has come out and said he doesn't think there will be any major signings for United in January.. so who knows where he will go.

Personally I believe you'll sell Mata whatever happens.. I'm pretty sure he didn't sign for united to sit on the bench.

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Well obviously there's going to be a need for squad rotation so he and the others won't be getting splinters next season lol

Juventus are sniffing around Mata apparently but I reckon that we'll be looking at Strootman in January rather than doing them some sort of deal with regards to Vidal.

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Also, until we get Ronnie I can see Di Maria starting as a right wing back and Mata playing in the number 10 role.

The best thing about the players he's bought is that with the exception of Falcao they're so adaptable.

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The latest rumour now is that United are going to bring Ronnie back home in January and are offering him more than 300,000 quid per week. The Summer, perhaps, but can't see that happening as soon as January

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The last Real Madras president has come out and said that Ronnie is 'fed up' at the club now. Time for a 60m quid bid in January I reckon. Put our plans for Strootman on hold until the Summer, rely on Blind to be our first choice defensive midfielder and have Carrick and Fletcher providing cover.

If we did sign him that would mean that Mata or Herrera would struggle to get a regular starting place if we played 4-4-2.

De Gea

Rafael Jones Rojo Shaw

Ronnie Blind Herrera Di Maria

Roonster Falcao

Playing 3-4-3 though will mean that Rafael and Shaw would struggle to fit in the side, but Herrera and Mata would end up getting a place:

De Gea

Jones Smalling Rojo

Ronnie Blind Herrera Di Maria

Mata

Roonster Falcao

Both options look good to me, but we'll have to wait and see how things develop at the back when we're finally able to field a regular back line for 5 or 6 games.

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Latest rumour is that Ancelotti wants to swap Bale for Di Maria because he's tactically clueless lmfao

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More rumours:

• De Gea has snubbed Real Madras and will sign a new deal at United until 2020
• United have won the race to sign Hummels
• United are going to put in a £90m bid for Bale (not going to happen lmfao)
• United are going to sign Cuadrado

Probably all a load of old bollocks, but I'd love the first two and the last one to be true. Cuadrado would be a much better signing, he's just as good and a great deal cheaper.

[jman]

Torres joining ac Milan on perm deal in January 

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Apparently Messi has demanded a meeting with the Barcelona directors today, he's not a happy bunny. Time to put in a 100m bid I think.

Not too sure what the problem is though, he's got the raging hump with the manager for some reason. We've still got around £150m in the transfer kitty left from the Summer. Can't let an opportunity like this go to waste. We're the only club in Europe that will be able to afford to pay his wages and the transfer fee without letting anyone else go.

Gotta love those FFP regulations.

[jman]

Looks like he'd rather go to the best team in the premier league though

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You can't afford him or his wages though

[jman]

We can't afford him.. ? 

Whilst the FFP currently favours teams with bigger turnovers and profits.. as soon as UEFA tweak it to look at debt reduction, united will be fucked.

Messi will never leave, so its all beside the point.. but I can't see him wanting to go to a team that is not in the champions league 

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Given that the majority of clubs have debts I can't see UEFA tweaking that. You'd have absolutely nobody being able to spend any money...they would be insane to do that. Anyway, our debt is only around £300m now I think.

We've still got £150m to spend during this transfer window and will probably have £200m to spend in the Summer and Winter transfer windows following.

And United won't have any problems attracting Messi, even without Champions League football. Apart from United and Real Madrid any other club after Barcelona is going to be a step down.

[jman]

Well whats fair about the financial aspects of a club going further into debt yet still splashing out money on players ?  The FFP is not just to stop money-laden clubs buying all the best players for the most money, its to help and stop clubs from going into administration too.  Cant see why UEFA would dismiss that idea to be honest.

If united don't have any problems attracting Messi.. why are all the transfer rumours about him moving to Citeh or Chelsea ? 

We all know, Chelsea have won more trophies than united in the last decade.. and its been that way for a while.. you have a big club with history.. that doesn't make you attractive in the here and now if you've won jack shit for the past few seasons    Why do you think Hazard (one of the best footballers in the world) chose Chelsea ? 

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Past few seasons.. ? We haven't gone longer than one season without a trophy since 1990 lol. Even in our transition period, where we didn't win the Premiership for three seasons we won 2 trophies lololol

United are arguably the biggest club in world football, they're certainly in the top three with Barcelona and Real Madras. After leaving any one of those three clubs, going to any other club that isn't the other two is a step down.

And our debt isn't bigger, it's getting smaller. It's down to less than £350m now.

United have never had and will never have problems attracting big players, even without Champions League football. We've proven that by signing Di Maria and Rojo, two World Cup Finalists.