Official Man United Supporters' Thread

[Randhir]

After the season he's had there's only a few clubs rich (and stupid) enough to spend £30/40 million on him and still pay him that ridiculous salary on top of it.

Considering where he's played, he's had a decent season, stats wise.

[MartyMarts]

Considering where he's played, he's had a decent season, stats wise.

Fair enough but he's been a lot "better" in previous seasons. I guess RvP's arrival coupled with his personal issues was a major factor in how he performed this season. I just can't see any club spending £40 million in transfer fees on him though. Silly money imo.

[MartyMarts]

PSG IN £100M ROONEY DEAL?
Obviously they're not going to actually pay £100m for Wayne Rooney, but the Daily Mirror have done that 'add the fee to the wages' thing to come up with a conveniently round figure. So what's the breakdown? PSG will apparently pay £40m for the England striker (which Manchester United will presumably accept with unbridled glee) and then pay him £15m a year AFTER TAX. That will put him on the same wages as Zlatan Ibrahimovich apparently.

source

It's just transfer gossip sure but it's also freaking madness imo.

[Unhappy438]

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It's just transfer gossip sure but it's also freaking madness imo.

Terrible Source , not credible at all imo.

[MartyMarts]

Terrible Source , not credible at all imo.

I didn't think there were any credible sources for transfer gossip

[Unhappy438]

I didn't think there were any credible sources for transfer gossip

Some more so than others, goal and tribal football are bad sources and are just looking for hits. Guardian , Telegraph are more credible, especially if they are running a specific story and its not just lumped into a transfer column/section.

[MartyMarts]

Some more so than others, goal and tribal football are bad sources and are just looking for hits. Guardian , Telegraph are more credible, especially if they are running a specific story and its not just lumped into a transfer column/section.

I usually find it's only a "real" rumour when the club officially announce it directly and when I see the said player in the said club's kit then I know it's a "true" rumour

[Randhir]

Rio has signed a 1 year contract.

[samr1wp]

Rio has signed a 1 year contract.

nice

[MartyMarts]

Rio has signed a 1 year contract.

Well after what happened in ManU's last game with Jones + Evans in defence this can only be seen as a good thing

[Stickfigure]

Rio has signed a 1 year contract.

After watching Jones and Evans in defence against WBA, we still need him. Great stuff.

[thestaggy]

United have a strict transfer policy with regards to age, its got to do with the valuation of a player. If you buy a player at 23/24 , you can still get your money back 2/3 years later, where you cant do that with a 29 year old. They have only broken this policy twice as far as im aware, RVP and Berba. Look what happened with Berba too , lost about 15-20 mil on him.

The Berbatov move was always high risk. The guy is notorious for not always giving it a full go and is often guilty of playing lazy. And if he hits a goal drought he is next to useless. There's a reason why he sat on the bench even when he was United's leading goal scorer. I liken him to a poor man's Ruud van Nistelrooy.