Guardian: Nani Eyes Italy Transfer | Nani: "Reports are false, I love United"

Brwned said:
I think you'll find that the reason for this is because, on a daily basis, transfer rumours will be completely fabricated by the English tabloids. There might be more credible stories in Germany's sports papers but there's not here. And that's forgetting the various fabrications on twitter, caughtoffside, tribalfootball and the like now.

We've had it about hundreds of our players, just complete fabrications. We've just had a media storm about Vidic, and then the beginning of one with Evra...and they were seemingly based in very little. Is it any wonder people assume they're baseless when such a high proportion of them are?

The vast, vast, vast majority of transfer rumours are rubbish. There's ample evidence of that. Just because you don't agree in this case doesn't mean you have to be quite so rude when it's suggested it might in fact be bollocks. If it's wrong, does that make it ok to point that out to you (in a vaguely condescending manner)?
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Rude? Right, because each of you is so incredibly nice and is such a good counter-evidence against the football fan stereotype, but whatever. :)

There's still no proof that the Evra and Vidic stories weren't leaked by their agents. In fact, I'm pretty sure the press had some input from Vidic's management. Just because we don't always like the reports doesn't mean there's no truth at all in them.

I don't have a very good opinion of Taylor, but this story is everywhere and the whole "everyone is against United" shtick is plain boring. The Nani story might or might not be true, but I've become very guarded when it comes to agents and even players.

Don't know why so many people are interested anyway - just one or two years ago 2/3 of Redcafe wanted to get rid of him because those experts thought he was apparently "no good" .
 
Rubbish media bollocks article thingy.

I don't think Italian football will be tempting him any time soon. Spanish football on the other hand... But we shouldn't worry because I believe he has a lot more to contribute to us. He had to wait for his chance to replace Ronaldo and I think he enjoys being one of our main men now.
 
Lailiani said:
Rude? Right, because each of you is so incredibly nice and is such a good counter-evidence against the football fan stereotype, but whatever. :)

Don't know why so many people are interested anyway - just one or two years ago 2/3 of Redcafe wanted to get rid of him because those experts thought he was apparently "no good" .
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I'm not sure the relevance of either of these paragraphs, aside from being unnecessarily snide? Are they aimed at me? The second surely isn't...

https://www.redcafe.net/f6/nani-flop-success-235961/
 
I think Taylor's generally alright. His book on Fergie was fantastic and he generally writes quite well. What's most likely happened is that Nani's camp have leaked this story in anticipation of talks over an improved contract in the summer after his brilliant season.

It's more qualified than "Nani wants out!" as well, it's basically "Nani considers options". Which isn't that hard to believe, I wrote in the aftermath of the Liverpool game and the Carragher challenge that I could see a situation where flair players avoided the English league because of its physicality and its defenders' tendency to target them.

Not that I think there's much in this, like I said it's more than likely pre-contract posturing. He'll see £65,000 a week as too little given what he's been contributing, and who can blame him?
 
Wondered how long it will be and said to myself that it would be complete and utter bollocks, but when its written in newspapers it is still slightly worrying in case it is true.

I doubt many people thought Nani would be here till he is at the end of his career and if he's won everything a new challenge is never off the table. Thats why I get slightly worried when reading such stories, but I think Nani is a decent fella and he will stay for a couple more years trouble free.
 
I only read the headline, but that is the worst piece of shit to come from Guardian for a while, and they (or Daniel Taylor) have tried their best to outdo Daily Mail of late. feck the feck off. His focus after Carragher's assault was ridiculing Nani for crying, then he made up something about Nani being unhappy about lack of support, he wrote a piece about United boycotting media because of loss when he knew perfectly well that this was announced before the game, and now this. Media might not be ABU, but Daniel Taylor obviously is. I can't believe Guardian is sinking to this, it really is a shame for a decent paper.
 
LARulz said:
Wondered how long it will be and said to myself that it would be complete and utter bollocks, but when its written in newspapers it is still slightly worrying in case it is true.

I doubt many people thought Nani would be here till he is at the end of his career and if he's won everything a new challenge is never off the table. Thats why I get slightly worried when reading such stories, but I think Nani is a decent fella and he will stay for a couple more years trouble free.
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Well nobody expects him to finish career at United but I sincerely doubt he wants to leave just as he's really starting to develop his reputation here. Certainly not for Italy...
 
Dr. Dwayne said:
won't get his leg spilt open?

audience is more receptive to his taste for the theatrical?
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This is what I was thinking. If there is any truth at all to the story then what happened to him the other week might have had an impact on Nani's thinking.

Wenger and Ferguson have been banging on for years how the more skillful players aren't given the protection they need in the EPL and it's only when some poor sod gets his leg smashed in half that we tend to have a look at things.

With Carragher getting off pretty much without punishment (yellow card? pah!) for his assault on Nani, it isn't beyond the realms of possibility that he might be having second thoughts about staying much longer in England.

I'm not saying he has based his whole career on that one incident and has suddenly made this alleged decision as a result but it could be an accumulation of these things and a genuine worry about what could happen in the future.

Serie A is a softer league and they do award points for multiple rolls, pikes and tucks. Nani is the type of player who would take it by storm and, given more freedom from nutters like Carragher, would be able to show off his talents to the max.
 
mr.suave said:
Well nobody expects him to finish career at United but I sincerely doubt he wants to leave just as he's really starting to develop his reputation here. Certainly not for Italy...
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Italy is a odd choice obviously. I do think its to do with him using this as leverage for contract talks and nothing more but any of this being true wouldn't surprise me.

It doesn't make much sense to me but not a lot of football does in what goes through players minds. When you are a key player to a team (and get the contract to prove it) you can stand out from the crowd and become recognized as one of the best players in the world, so leaving to go to Inter or Milan etc would be backwards in his personal career in my opinion as he'd start from scratch in a new league.

As much as I think it's mostly bullshit, nothing would surprise me in football.
 
Laphroaig said:
I only read the headline, but that is the worst piece of shit to come from Guardian for a while, and they (or Daniel Taylor) have tried their best to outdo Daily Mail of late. feck the feck off. His focus after Carragher's assault was ridiculing Nani for crying, then he made up something about Nani being unhappy about lack of support, he wrote a piece about United boycotting media because of loss when he knew perfectly well that this was announced before the game, and now this. Media might not be ABU, but Daniel Taylor obviously is. I can't believe Guardian is sinking to this, it really is a shame for a decent paper.
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Except he's not is he? Have you read 'This Is The One'? Generally gushing about SAF and United.
 
I haven't read it, but I'm sure you're right, he's probably just a massive tabloid media whore. That's not any better, though. That's what you expect from his sort, I suppose, but I tend to expect slightly more from Guardian than the Daily Mail and whatnot. (He says he's a Nottingham Forest fan anyway.)
 
Why do these types of articles always raise there head now, let the player focus on his current committments, we have the opportunity to win things at United why consider a move.

It sounds like some form of pot sturring.
 
don't know why anyone's surprised at this. That rag and Taylor in particular have been churning this shite out for years.

It hasn't been a decent paper for well over a decade.
 
Meh. It's not exactly strongly worded, is it? He's considering his options but could easily be convinced to stay, like Evra and Vidic. Oh noes.

If this is the kind of posturing that accompanies most contract negotiations these days (the most likely explanation) it's fairly tame.
 
Hasn't Taylor been banned from Carrington for years? Gimp.
 
I don't understand players or agents leaking these stories to the press (if that's the case). Why not just go to your employee and man up, ask for what you think you are worth.

Surely, even if it is just a bluff tactic to get a pay rise, it does more harm than any good because you get the emotions of the fans involved.

I'll still call utter bollocks though. Serie A, of all places? He'd most likely want to emulate his hero and move to La Liga, if he ever wanted a move. & FWIW, he still has tons to prove/earn at MUFC - like being nominated for TBPITW etc.
 
Seems like a typical case of Nani's agent planting stories in the media to get him a pay rise. He has had a very good season and his agent probably thinks it is the best time to get a new contract with higher wage.
 
AlwaysRedwood said:
Jorge Mendes isn't an idiot. Rooney made similar waves and it got him higher wages. I doubt this is anything different than an agent trying to get higher wages for his client
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This. I don't think Nani wants to go anywhere but his agent obviously just dropped this little gem here to get United back at the negotiation table. And to be fair to Nani, if he gets a pay rise, he deserves it.
 
TheMancRedDevil said:
This is what I was thinking. If there is any truth at all to the story then what happened to him the other week might have had an impact on Nani's thinking.

Wenger and Ferguson have been banging on for years how the more skillful players aren't given the protection they need in the EPL and it's only when some poor sod gets his leg smashed in half that we tend to have a look at things.

With Carragher getting off pretty much without punishment (yellow card? pah!) for his assault on Nani, it isn't beyond the realms of possibility that he might be having second thoughts about staying much longer in England.

I'm not saying he has based his whole career on that one incident and has suddenly made this alleged decision as a result but it could be an accumulation of these things and a genuine worry about what could happen in the future.

Serie A is a softer league and they do award points for multiple rolls, pikes and tucks. Nani is the type of player who would take it by storm and, given more freedom from nutters like Carragher, would be able to show off his talents to the max.
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I tend to agree, that and he is almost certainly (deservedly) angling for a pay-rise.

Tie him up to a £100~k deal until 2016 and jobs-a-good-un.
 
Players and agents have and will always leak stories to the press.

Anyway, It's somewhat advantageous for a club like United that players of the calibre of Nani have very few options after Manchester United so he'll likely end up staying with an improved contract. If not, we move on and so does Nani. That's the simple reality.
 
Stretch said:
This. I don't think Nani wants to go anywhere but his agent obviously just dropped this little gem here to get United back at the negotiation table. And to be fair to Nani, if he gets a pay rise, he deserves it.
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Doesn't necessarily mean we should. To put it crudely, the club needs to reap rewards for its efforts first.
 
He's probably on pretty much the same as when he started here 4 years ago, albeit maybe with yearly wage rises. If there's one player who deserves an improved contract this year, it's him. Still, I hate stupid transfer articles like this.
 
He just wants more money.

Wouldn't mind a bit of loyalty from him, though. We give him a long-term contract on good money when he's not a world-beater, then he has a good season and wants more dosh.

This was preceded last week by the story that he wasn't happy that SAF hadn't condemned Carragher's tackle after the game. A set-up for this current story, imo.
 
I can't believe people still get worked up over stories like this after all the times we've seen it before, Vidic and Evra being the most recent examples.
 
Raising players contracts has its benefits anyway, means he'll be worth more.

On the off chance that Real decide to come knocking for him too.
 
Its simple. He just wants more money. He deserves it. If Berbs is on 100, 000 a week then Nani should at least be getting that. His agent has printed this bullshit rumour to put pressure on Gill to pay him what he is worth! Hopefully he signs an improved deal for a very long time.
 
No quotes or anything in that, same published in the sun. Absolutely no foundation behind them, must be a quite week for sport gossip.

Although, if the wage figures they talk about are correct, I would say he deserves a pay rise, he certainly isnt 200k a week worse than Rooney!!
 
I don't really know all that much about player wages, but if Rooney did get the massive contract people claim he did then of course our other top players would want something similar.
 
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