Costa crocked on Gremio duty
http://fourfourtwo.com/news/southamerica/33349/default.aspx
Bet they wished they sold him now.
http://fourfourtwo.com/news/southamerica/33349/default.aspx
Douglas Costa
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He will be a deadline deal
Thats a couple of injuries he's had already and he's not managed 10 games yet. Mind you, same goes for the twins
I don't quite see the problem - it is possible to get a couple of unlucky injuries without being injury-prone. It's the recurring injuries one should be afraid of
Brazilians seem to be like highly strung thoroughbreds and as brittle as F1 cars
We signed Anderson whilst he was still recovering from a broken leg didn't we? And we signed Owen Hargreaves despite the fact he was Owen Hargreaves. Sure a poxy 4 week injury won't stop us going for Douglas if we really want him
I hope we sign this kid regardless I have little doubt that he is fit to become a world star at United
We signed Rooney with a broken bone
and he has broke one of his metatarsals twice since, Mr Optimistic hahawell that will knock his price considerably. I wouldn't mind putting up a 7-8 mil pound bid for him just to seal things up until he's recovering.
This is a good point.
I think the injury might wake up that chairman of theirs into realising one bad injury and he'll get nothing for the lad. If we want him, we should bid £7M and bring it up to say £14M+ depending on future success.
It's obvious you want the kid, I think the idea of the trial was to gauge how much we'd be willing to pay for him.
Considering that we got Valencia.. I think we should sign this kid up on a pre-contract and ensure he comes to us in a year or two..
Obviously this deal should be done after he fully recovers.. Does anyone know how long he should be out for? Normally its 2-3 months right?
Obviously this deal should be done after he fully recovers.. Does anyone know how long he should be out for? Normally its 2-3 months right?
We signed da Silvas on a pre-contract from Fluminense and they didn't play any competitive match since an agreement.
I can understand them, so don't want the same with Costa.
I heard it's four weeks.
Not all transfers are done in bitter circumstances.. We would be paying a huge sum of money to them for his transfer.. Where as we paid very little for the Da Silva twins and the transfer was done is a very how can I say this inappropriate manner?
What's going on with this bad boy then?
cmon dougie, just give us muppets a signature to wank...I mean..think about
Costa - the next Benzema
Costa - the next Benzema
Windows live conversation with a Gremio fan.
This guy has seen Douglas Costa more than any of us, thats a fact. And while his views are obviously not the views of all Gremio supporters, the fact that the one Gremio supporter I know at all doesnt want Douglas Costa at the club and doesnt think he's very good or will be all that good, says a lot to me about his credentials as a player.
He's clearly a talent, you just have to watch him but he obviously has a long way to go and isnt a player that everyone is going to love. So lets not get over-excited by him just yet, like he himself clearly is.
As for comparing him to Kleberson, I'm pretty sure the guy is making a comparison with the current Kleberson and not the Kleberson we saw at United who was injured often and lost his place in the Brazil squad.
Kleberson was back in the Brazil squad for the confederations cup win so lets assume he's a decent player now.
This guy has seen Douglas Costa more than any of us, thats a fact. And while his views are obviously not the views of all Gremio supporters, the fact that the one Gremio supporter I know at all doesnt want Douglas Costa at the club and doesnt think he's very good or will be all that good, says a lot to me about his credentials as a player.
He's clearly a talent, you just have to watch him but he obviously has a long way to go and isnt a player that everyone is going to love. So lets not get over-excited by him just yet, like he himself clearly is.
As for comparing him to Kleberson, I'm pretty sure the guy is making a comparison with the current Kleberson and not the Kleberson we saw at United who was injured often and lost his place in the Brazil squad.
Kleberson was back in the Brazil squad for the confederations cup win so lets assume he's a decent player now.
That is all very interesting, and it's good to hear the view of someone who's seen him play regularly (and not in 30 second highlight reels on a well known video site).
But I have to wonder, how many of those accusations could have been levelled at Ronaldo when we signed him?
Never mind his abilities, his attitude is what seems to be the problem. Ronaldo took about 5 years to become an arrogant cock, but at least he had the creds to back it up. Costa is already at that stage NOW, can't imagine what he'd be like in 5 years.
Sign him up!
Gremio's Douglas Costa Confident Of Securing Manchester United Move
The two club's are still some way apart in their valuation of the player, but Costa thinks it will all be sorted out eventually...
Douglas Costa is confident that he will secure a move to Manchester United, despite the club currently being unwilling to pay Gremio's asking price.
According to The Sun, Gremio no longer expect Man United to pay Costa's €24million buy-out clause, and have lowered the price to €20million.
However, the Red Devils still see this as too high a sum, given that Costa has only made 19 senior appearances for Gremio.
The player still remains confident that a deal will be agreed, however, with his agent Chris Nathaniel saying, ""Costa thinks his club Gremio will be flexible over the fee."
Arjun Miglani, Goal.com
The two club's are still some way apart in their valuation of the player, but Costa thinks it will all be sorted out eventually...
Douglas Costa is confident that he will secure a move to Manchester United, despite the club currently being unwilling to pay Gremio's asking price.
According to The Sun, Gremio no longer expect Man United to pay Costa's €24million buy-out clause, and have lowered the price to €20million.
However, the Red Devils still see this as too high a sum, given that Costa has only made 19 senior appearances for Gremio.
The player still remains confident that a deal will be agreed, however, with his agent Chris Nathaniel saying, ""Costa thinks his club Gremio will be flexible over the fee."
Arjun Miglani, Goal.com
yes please; hopefully mainly incentive based fee
Would people be happy if we nabbed him aswell as Ubertan?
Yes, and another proven player.
IMO he looks nothing like Ronaldinho. More like Robinho. Also there is no chance in hell he would end his career at OT if we sign him, which is probably why we're trying to keep the price down, so when his ambitious siesta loving ass wants to move on to Barca or Madrid we'll make another killing off of him.
Very exciting signing mind.
Very exciting signing mind.
we wont sign him
Thus spoke the man with the crystal ball..
I don't know why since Ronaldo left everyone feels that it is a prerequisite of one our signings that they commit to stay to the club until they retire
There ar many players that have given clubs good service despite not staying their their whole career e.g Henry, Vieira, Van Nistelrooy righ down to Ronaldo himself.
I don't think nobody here would regret it if when we signed him we knew for a fact that he was going to develop into the world's best player, become our top scorer and essentially be the main component in three title winning seasons and finally go on to move.
It's a player's prerogative to decide where to play and we should be glad if they do indeed decide to come here for a spell because unlike us the majority of them aren't Manchester nited fans and despite what they say it hasn't been their "lifelong ambition to play for us".
We're not going to sign this guy if we get Obertan.
Obertan is a winger/striker. Douglas is an attacking midfielder.
Hmmm, still they're very similar.
Would be good to sign 2 highly rated youngers, mind.
We signed Nani (a winger) and Anderson (an attacking midfielder) in the same summer.
Yeah, suppose. But we still have those players.
I'm not sure we have space for another 2.
Yeah, we've suddenly got young wingers/attacking midfielders coming out our ears, after a couple of seasons with a distinct lack of them.
Ljajic, Tosic, Petrucci, Anderson, Nani and Obertan are all potentially top class attacking midfielders/wingers. Realistically, though, you've got to expect that only half of them will make it. Which means I'm sure we could accomodate another talent at the club.
Plenty of room for Costa. Petrucci is still very young as is Ljajic.
Tosic, Obertan and Nani rotating with Valencia/Park. With Costa being backup for an attacking striker with pace. I'd love to see Anderson given more opportunity to move forward with the ball this season, I think he has the talent to do it (just make sure he passes the ball rather than shoots
)Exciting times at United, alot of change will be occuring to our squad, espically with the likes of Giggs, Scholes, Neville in their twilight. Opens alot of space up for youngsters to come through.
This Costa link seems even more flaky than the Benzema one. Why is everyone getting so excited? Have we bid for him at any stage? Heck, who is he!?
Plenty of room for Costa. Petrucci is still very young as is Ljajic.
Tosic, Obertan and Nani rotating with Valencia/Park. With Costa being backup for an attacking striker with pace. I'd love to see Anderson given more opportunity to move forward with the ball this season, I think he has the talent to do it (just make sure he passes the ball rather than shoots
Exciting times at United, alot of change will be occuring to our squad, espically with the likes of Giggs, Scholes, Neville in their twilight. Opens alot of space up for youngsters to come through.
My thought however is that whilst SAF is bringing in lots of potential with the exception of Owen being the only proven player at this level, there is the possibility of a bigger signing to add experience and proven quality. Either that or we could bring in a more proven young player with more games under their belt, Sanchez for example. I still feel that there is the possibility of Aguero arriving as the number 7 but I think the price has to right.
Having said that, I'd be quite happy to start the season with what we have available and in striking positions make use of Macheda and Welbeck more and more.
I think we'll wait a season and see how the youngsters get on. If we then need a big name signing, we'll go after one, but with the prices being OTT this summer we'll be relatively quiet this summer, snapping up bargains and youngsters with potential (for low prices).
We'll manage ok I think this year, our main weakness will be the quality on the wings, whether or not Nani/Valencia/Park are upto the task of supplying goals/assists. Berbatov, Rooney and Owen with Welbeck and Macheda as backup will be a good enough strikeforce this year, with our defense and central midfield remaining untouched.
It's a big year for Nani, make or break time.
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