Duff rumours resurface

[Raoul]

Originally posted by Neil Thomson:
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THe Veron swap depends on Lazio coming up with a deal that interests us. THey've loaned out Mendieta to Barca, so Barca won't want Veron anymore, while Lazio have even more reason to. Did you know that he's having a tennis court built at his home in italy? After being rumoured to be leaving all year, it wouldn't exactly be beyond the imagination. I'm not saying its odds on, but its definitely very possible.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Neil, you're putting too much credibility into the rags. He's been linked with a switch back to Lazio since the beginning of the year when the Italian Press tried to print those phony quotes of Seba wanting out of OT. You have to realize that 99% of these stories are completely fabricated.

 

[Neil Thomson]

D'oh, I'm very stoned so I fecking forgot to put Rustu on the list for £5m, but that ain't much difference to the net outlay I put down.

 

[antohan]

Originally posted by gulli_G:
<strong>can't rich players have houses in other parts of the world for there hols.

beckham's got a mansion in london, does that mean he's signing for arsenal ffs!!!!!! </strong><hr></blockquote>

I agree they can have houses anywhere. I disagree with the comparison as Beckham never had his commitment to the club in question.

I'm all for keeping Veron. However, he certainly does himself no favours and keeps doing the kind of stuff that feeds the media frenzy around him.

 

[Red_For_Life]

Originally posted by veron004:
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Such a pessimist!

Utd's half year profits were announced by the BBC a while back as £30 million. It is probable that they exceded £50 million for the full year. In addition to that figure there is £23 million of the first instalment of the £300 million Nike deal to add. That means Utd have a conservative profit margin of around £73 million this season. The Rio deal requires a £15 million payment this season and £14 million next.

Utd will not be just signing Rio this season. Duff is a target and a n other. Cheer up, Dans!

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lets not forget The great LAZIO owe us money for STAM, which could offset Rio's Transfer

 

[Penny]

Originally posted by Red_For_Life:
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lets not forget The great LAZIO owe us money for STAM, which could offset Rio's Transfer</strong><hr></blockquote>

That I think the board already counted into last year's account book ...

Personally I think the Nike contract ( around 30mil a year ) make the Rio deal possible ... and I have a feeling someONE will still be coming by ... although I reckon "time" is the factor now. Anything over 8th Aug then we can stop dreaming ...

The Rio deal which is only 15mil up front - helps to make me a bit more optimistic abt the whole things ... You guys remember last summer ? where PSV asked for a "direct and immediate" 19mil payment for RVN else forget it ?! ... we are at least a bit better this round IMO ...

 

[Penny]

Originally posted by Amir:
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And you need a fourth, a good fourth. Isn't that clear to everyone? We needed all four we had to win the treble in 99 and we need all four again with the Champions League extended now.

We are all saying full back, but Silvestre and Phil can do the left, Phil, Gary and Wes the right. Like I said, we probably need both striker and full back, but it's a 50-50 thing and hopefully both will have been taken care of.</strong><hr></blockquote>

That's for ideal case of course ... but after Rio's 30mil it get a bit suspicious ( but I am stil very hopeful - before 8th Aug that is ) ...
As you could recall - Fergie WAS the one that started off the "4 strikers in a top team" theory ... so unless really restricted, I think he would very much like to stick on the same for all his remaining seasons ...

If a striker don't come by - I actually think Fergie might go for an unknown fullback ... for a small sum like 2-3mil probably ... and leave the 4th striker and probably Laurent's replacement ( if Brown and O'Shea can't prove a formiable replacement within this season ) to next term

 

[Dans]

Originally posted by veron004:
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Such a pessimist!

Utd's half year profits were announced by the BBC a while back as £30 million. It is probable that they exceded £50 million for the full year. In addition to that figure there is £23 million of the first instalment of the £300 million Nike deal to add. That means Utd have a conservative profit margin of around £73 million this season. The Rio deal requires a £15 million payment this season and £14 million next.

Utd will not be just signing Rio this season. Duff is a target and a n other. Cheer up, Dans!

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Mr Kenyon seems to feel the same way I do about continued spending. Well, he's only an CEO, you're a teacher so I'm sure your financial expertise is vastly superior to his

As for your comment on my pessimism and you suggesting I cheer up, I guess you never thought that Rio at 30m is something I consider more than enough?

 

[lchk]

Originally posted by Raoul:
<strong>Rio, Duff, and a young LB would be a perfect for this year. And then next year a replacement for Larry and a striker.</strong><hr></blockquote>

You sure Blanc will retire next summer?

 

[Used to be Jip Jaap]

Originally posted by corelive:
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Ruud,Ole,
And i think Diego will be top class given time</strong><hr></blockquote>

Yeah, we got RVN and OGS and they're top guys, but what if both of them were out injured at the same time? We'd be absolutely fecked. Imagine going into a CL quarterfinal against Poo, Bayern or Real with Diego and, let's say, Giggs as our strike force (and no genuine striker on the bench)!? I certainly wouldn't feel confident about that. And what if Giggsy had done a hammy on top of the two other injuries?

Surely, you can't argue that this scenario is entirely unrealistic?

We most definitely need another striker!