It may not have been viewed as a 'saga' in the British press, but they've done plenty of reporting on it, both in their papers/news sites, and on Twitter. They reported it was now off, and later revived, so for it to have been off and revived it must have started at some point, no?
Arturo Vidal
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It could be well on or well off, one can say either and back it up, nothing to get emotional about it.
Shhh I'm humouring them.
There have been plenty of reports in the British press ranging from "a bid is imminent" to United aren't interested. They have reported foreign papers a lot but it's still been big news over here, it's just not much has been happening.
A sensible post, which you don't see that often in this thread..
This is what I posted a few months ago..
I would still love the joke to be on me, although to be honest I'm having some doubts now about his knee, considering we're going to spend a lot of money on him if we are to sign him. Hargreaves' name springs to mind.
And I may be in the minority here, but I do think we dodged a bullet with Sneijder a few years back, despite all the crave we had for him, because ever since our bid to sign him failed he has been on a free fall really, he was never the player we wanted again, and I don't think he would have deserved the high price people here were ready to offer for him (and needless to say we still managed to remain successful without him).
So yes we need a CM, yes Vidal is a good player, but with some doubts about his knees (and his age not being exactly the perfect age to buy a player), I would only be happy with a deal if the price was reasonable. £50m seems too much to me.
(Sorry to have interrupted the flow of the thread..)
Log on daily to see four new pages and nothing new 
possibly strootman or turan if not vidal.
Turan is more of a winger/attacking midfielder though, no? He doesn't seem to be a natural alternative to Vidal.
Gary Medel anybody??
No idea why we'd be looking at Turan based on all that LVG has said about us having too many number 10's.
set to join Inter Milan.
Wouldn't be against this at all if we are looking for a cheap squad player to play in a three man defence (his best position IMO) and to cover as a DM.
he can play back in CM. herrera was used as 10 by bilbao. Turan is one of these versatile MFs. Hes well able to switch between wing and CM.
Nah, he can play in CM but it would be a terrible idea to buy him specifically for that role. He's almost exclusively a winger/forward.
Piece for @ESPNFC on Juventus' posturing re: Vidal. http://www.espnfc.com/club/juventus/111/blog/post/1972319/arturo-vidals-throne-remains-in-juventus…
I've got to say, all the denials seem incredibly lame and heavily caveated... "he will continue to be central to the club's plans until an obscene offer comes in"?
That's practically a for sale sign!
And it's up to us to make that obscene offer!
"£40m you fecking cnuts"
Obscene enough?
Obscene enough?
I've been watching this space for weeks now.
Seeing there is no sign of him coming here, I am assuming Andy mitten was right about LVG deciding against Kroos and Vidal. 
Seeing there is no sign of him coming here, I am assuming Andy mitten was right about LVG deciding against Kroos and Vidal.
He did say in the post match Madrid interview that we are not at full strength because "Fellaini and RvP" haven't joined the squad yet. Why buy midfielders when you've been winning even without your second most expensive midfielder in the squad?
LOL, Van Gaal didn't reject Kroos or Vidal, that is plain insanity, he is definitely the anti Muppet if that turns out to be true though.
He never said Vidal was decided against. He said he has "seemingly decided against Vidal" very different, it was an opinion.Seeing there is no sign of him coming here, I am assuming Andy mitten was right about LVG deciding against Kroos and Vidal.
Seeing there is no sign of him coming here, I am assuming Andy mitten was right about LVG deciding against Kroos and Vidal.
I just don't think he wanted to rush into buying a midfielder when he hadn't even looked at Herrera, Carrick, Cleverley, Fletcher, Fellaini and Anderson (lol). He's right too.
Now he's looked at them, you can fairly comfortably say that he'll be happy with Herrera and Fletcher, worried about Carrick's fitness and not impressed with Cleverley and is yet to see Anderson or Fellaini although it would be a big surprise if he saw anything in either of the latter two when it comes to the midfield two.
So with that in mind he'll surely go for a midfielder now and it's clear Vidal is available at a price and would want to come here. His agent certainly seems keen to move him on. We also know that Van Gaal is a big admirer.
This one ain't nearly over yet. I'm predicting a big media surge and it picking up pace again towards the end of the week.
That's fair enough, but as an alternative to Vidal? I don't see it.
For me it is the way Juventus is publicly begging us to come buy the player. They are literally giving us instructions - naming bid amounts, saying the player must hand in the transfer request, saying he can (only) leave (if he wants to), distancing themselves from the decision. They are laying the groundwork for acceptance of the move by their fans.
That's all pointless if we don't make a bid and sign him. He wouldn't be the first attainable signing we don't sign for whatever reasons.
Just wish Vidal or United came out and said whether it's ON or OFF, getting really tedious reading Italian twitter and rag rubbish.
Hope some journo grows a pair and asks LVG very soon about our transfer plans. Getting really anxious about the lack of it
Hope some journo grows a pair and asks LVG very soon about our transfer plans. Getting really anxious about the lack of it
I think if its just 4 new pages, its easy to understand that nothing has happened. if something happens there are 15-20 new pages at least.Log on daily to see four new pages and nothing new
This thing is dead for sure. Lot of people saying Juve or Vidal not completely denying it but it could be they are not that concerned about the rumours that much?
May be they don't give so many fecks to thinks about us muppets to completely deny it? Also I have noticed when the language is not English, there are probably 4-5 different translations which change the actual meaning by just twisting or replacing one or 2 words.
May be they don't give so many fecks to thinks about us muppets to completely deny it? Also I have noticed when the language is not English, there are probably 4-5 different translations which change the actual meaning by just twisting or replacing one or 2 words.
He is definitely top draw, definitely available, definitely willing to come, and seemingly we have little or no competition for him. Sign the fecker.
They've never outright denied it and ALWAYS admit a big fee would entice them to sell, almost shop window stuff?
Best post in the whole thread!
true
They have a hold over him.
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