Gareth Bale Transfer Speculation | Done
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss Amad saving our blushes in a win against Southampton as well as our now annual loss at home to Brighton. They discuss Amorim's post-match comments, revisit how mid-table we may or may not be, and discuss some transfer news.
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hahahaha great work Mockney.
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v.Persie. They have no intention to sell to us anyway
Or Welbz?
It's van persie
Yeah, it's interesting nontheless. They probably asked for someone who's not available at almost any cost (like RvP) - just as a bluff to Madrid.
They were playing with our emotions
60m and RVP
Imagine Van Persie's reaction if we actually wanted to conclude that deal.
It might kill him.
AVB says that spurs are in the final stages of drafting Bale's contract with Real. "It's a dream move for him."
AVB: "This [transfer] can happen in a different way ... [but] Tottenham will accept most likely the biggest transfer in world football."
AVB: "This [transfer] can happen in a different way ... [but] Tottenham will accept most likely the biggest transfer in world football."
Spurs want to fine Bale. I didn't see the rest of the report but I'm assuming it's because he wore a pink baseball cap backwards.
Guess it would be Welbeck. We might be willing to take about the availability of Hernandez, but not RVP, Rooney or Welbeck.
BBC: Tottenham will consider fining Gareth Bale after he did not show up for training for two consecutive days, manager Andre Villas-Boas says.
Bought into the AVB project, "We" this and "us" that.
Oh Glaston.
Your shy and HUMBLE boy has refused to train with his current club twice, throwing a hissyfit to force Spurs to sell him to Madrid.
Stop that!
Sky are reporting that Bale has no intention of returning to Spurs, if this is true, I think it is dreadful.
OK so he wants his move t Real Madrid and OK he might be frustrated at the speed it is going, but that's no reason to forget about who you are contracted to.
Has it stands now Spurs still pay his wages and this is a dreadful way to treat them.
OK so he wants his move t Real Madrid and OK he might be frustrated at the speed it is going, but that's no reason to forget about who you are contracted to.
Has it stands now Spurs still pay his wages and this is a dreadful way to treat them.
Does anyone else think this move will not work for Bale? I honestly dont see him having enough of the ball to maraud down the wings in Spain. Not only is ball retention by the opposition going to limit his time on the ball he also has to deal with the other six playmakers on the team.
On transfers
By:Andy Mitten
By:Andy Mitten
Tottenham Hotspur got in touch with Manchester United last week to talk about Gareth Bale. Not the other way around. The world thought that Bale’s arrival at the Bernabeu was imminent. Madrid had already built a stage to present their new player, set to be the most expensive in world football, but all wasn’t what it seemed.
Madrid were trying to talk the price down and offered to pay in instalments of £25 million. That was not what Tottenham agreed. Tottenham turned to the clubs who could afford Bale, first to Manchester United. They know that United could pay in one go if needed and enquired if United were interested in paying £60 million plus Javier Hernandez for Bale. United were interested in Bale, but not selling Hernandez – and not paying £60 million either. That would be twice the club’s record transfer fee.
On one level, it didn’t stack up. Hadn’t Spurs agreed a €100 million deal with Madrid? That’s €93 million. Why would Spurs value Hernandez at €33 million? Great that he is, the figure seemed overblown. They did so because Madrid hadn’t agreed €100 million, partly because Cristiano Ronaldo’s ‘people’ – and don’t you just cringe when that phrase is used? – didn’t and don’t want Bale to be the most expensive player at the club. Ronaldo cost €96 million. Madrid offered €90 million for Bale, that’s £76 million. That would value Hernandez at a more realistic £16 million.
Like United fans, David Moyes likes Hernandez and doesn’t want him sold, though he was prepared to work Nani into any deal involving Bale. Nothing was concluded, but talks between the clubs didn’t stop.
Ed Woodward met Daniel Levy of Spurs on Friday. Still nothing concrete. It’s good for them to talk, though. Tottenham have sold some of their best players to United and there will douibtless be more. When the Bale talks were leaked (by Tottenham) three days later, some were adamant that Tottenham wouldn’t sell Bale to a domestic rival. But are United really considered a true rival to Spurs? Without being presumptuous, isn’t it a given that United will finish in the top four? United are fighting for the title, Spurs to finish fourth.
We’re days away from the transfer deadline and United haven’t signed a single player since David Moyes took charge. If United don’t sign anyone, how big a deal United’s lack of transfer activity is will become apparent. If United play well, win the league and have a great run in Europe then few will be harking back to a dearth of signings. United were said to be desperate for an attacking midfielder in the summer of 2010 – the Sneijder summer – yet still won the league in 2011 and reached a third European Cup in four years. Read that again, three European Cup finals in four years.
United are being cagey. They have to be. They feel they were played by Fabregas earlier in the summer, which they were. Fabregas claimed that he hadn’t spoken to anybody. Could he say the same of his agent who represents him?
United felt they had nothing to hide in making it public that they’d bid for Fabregas, that communication with fans is important in the post-Ferguson and Gill era, but there are nuances and intricacies to transfers which cloud any communication. Clubs brief journalists from their perspective, players too. Agreement can often rest on the input of six different vested parties.
United wanted the first signing of the Woodward/Moyes era to be a big name: Fabregas. That hasn’t happened, but don’t rule him out in the future if he’s not a regular starter for Barça and if United continue to feel the need for an attacking midfielder in, say, January. Fabregas could earn a lot more money playing in Manchester and get a lot more minutes.
Then there’s the question of Leighton Baines and Marouane Fellaini. United have been interested, you might have read that 695 times. They’ve bid too, but Everton don’t want to sell. That’s their right, irrespective of whether the player wants to leave or not. That, in their eyes, is why they signed contracts. United used the same theory in rebuffing all offers for Wayne Rooney. Baines is Everton’s best player and will provide a challenge for Patrice Evra, 32. United felt that was lacking last season from the still raw Alex Buttner. Fellaini showed what a handful he is on the opening day of last season. I’ve watched him live only six or seven times so I’m relying on what other people have told me about him, but he’s good enough to be a starter in an excellent Belgium team. He can be a game changer, but United also have Shinji Kagawa and Ryan Giggs who can come on and change games. Kagawa doesn’t want a season spent on the bench.
Let’s see. Maybe Fellaini will come, maybe not. It’s all horse trading at the moment with United doing little of the trading.
At least Wayne Rooney is set to stay. At least? His team mates have been under the firm impression that he wanted to leave for Chelsea since April. That was communicated to Chelsea, who bid twice for him. Yet United stood firm. They never doubted his professionalism as a player on the pitch, though they had doubts about his demeanour and his gripes with Sir Alex Ferguson (who continues to recover from an operation and has no say whatsoever on what goes on with the first team). There are two sides to that dispute.
Some United fans will go from slaughtering Rooney – which many did all summer – to cheering him. Hypocrites who are prepared to sacrifice their stance if a footballer is good enough? You decide.
Either way, the reaction to Rooney at matches was always positive. He saw that and maybe he was surprised at that given the negativity surrounding him all summer.
United have been offered decent players. Madrid’s Mesut Ozil was offered to United on August 16th by his father. Even before Bale arrives, Madrid have 11 midfielders: Angel di Maria, Isco, Mesut Ozil, Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo (who has indicated to United that he wants to return, just not this summer), Xabi Alonso, Luca Modric, Sami Khedira and new youthful new additions Asier Illarramendi, Casemiro and Jese. Madrid play five midfielders in a 4-2-3-1 formation, two holding midfielders and three attacking midfielders.
Players want to play and you can see why Ozil, who featured in 32 of Madrid’s 38 league games last season and ten of their 12 Champions League games, is considering his future. United initially rejected Ozil as he wasn’t one of their targets.
Will they return? That’s for the manager who makes the decisions, not the journalist who reports on what’s happening.
With United wanting new additions, there will be twists and turns until Monday evening. Then you can switch your brain off and forget about the summer transfers – until next year.
Without knowing all the details and the in's and out's... From what's been reported and what AVB has said, Bale is acting like a bit of an unprofessional prick.
How reliable is this Andy Mitten guy? He has written a lot in that article!
Not massively reliable though.
It's not like this is the first time this has happened when one of their big names wanted to leave though.
Didn't Berba also have to throw a strop to get out?
Spuds are behaving like a bunch of cnuts to piss off their players so much when they want to leave.
Didn't Berba also have to throw a strop to get out?
Spuds are behaving like a bunch of cnuts to piss off their players so much when they want to leave.
That's amazing.That's transparently made-up bollox - it's a parody of ITK.
Someone should make a compilation of all the posts made by Glaston in this thread.
Yeah if you say so Pete. 
I get the feeling that is fee is going to shock us, and be a good chunk more than what's being reported. Madrid are that desperate.
Yeah, and Levy knows that so he wants it to go on and on the closer to september 2nd we come.
I salute you, Mockney.
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