Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Walrus said:
Real are a different monster to Chelski or Shitty - whilst the latter two have rich sugar daddies who will happily bankroll a bloated squad with a bunch of past-it players, Madrid are different. They dont have their billionaire owner funding everything
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They want to get rid of ten players, including all or most of the their dutchmen. I suppose the future of some - especially the midfielders - depends on their ability to sign someone like Alonso. Robben, Ruud and Huntelaar are goners, though.

Thing is, part of what Perez did last time around, as he added more and more stars, was to make the first team squad smaller to balance things out financially. He started with a good squad, and by the time Queiroz got there he had about 11 starters and three experienced back up players. No wonder that team died on its feet when that season reached its climax. It could happen again. Not this season, but in a couple of years, as they get rid of more and more players. Someone will have to make room for Ribery, next summer if not this.

As for The Sun article, well, you could see we're already in July - it's hard to link us to new players so old ones are mentioned again. :lol:

I can't see how Fergie, who insisted on strikers with varied abilities, would sign both Owen and Huntelaar in one summer. Unless he's really changing the team's philosopy.
 
I think Fergie is now looking at Plan C because if he had wanted Huntelaar that much, he would have made him part of the Ronaldo deal. Madrid wanted Ronaldo that much, we could have landed Huntelaar for a lot less than 20 million.
I would like Huntelaar, would give us 4 different options and with our 2 youngsters getting Carling cup and the odd match, we would be strong up front. The shame is that again, we are paying over the odds for a player we could have taken cheaper, not very long ago.
 
ByronSteve said:
I think Fergie is now looking at Plan C because if he had wanted Huntelaar that much, he would have made him part of the Ronaldo deal.
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I'm not sure at all. Real offered 80m, and we were simply quite happy to accept it without making things difficult. 'Take the money and run' sort of thing. You could always negotiate for a new player later.
 
Amir said:
I'm not sure at all. Real offered 80m, and we were simply quite happy to accept it without making things difficult. 'Take the money and run' sort of thing. You could always negotiate for a new player later.
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We did, Michael Owen. Case closed.
 
I'd have liked us to sign Huntelaar after we missed out on Benzema, but before we signed Owen.

I just don't think up front is where we should be concentrating on. We have Rooney and Berbatov as first choice, Owen as immediate backup and Kiko and Welbeck waiting in the wings for their shot too - i just don't feel a 4th senior striker is the priority. I think we need some midfielders.
 
Mitch Conor said:
I'd have liked us to sign Huntelaar after we missed out on Benzema, but before we signed Owen.

I just don't think up front is where we should be concentrating on. We have Rooney and Berbatov as first choice, Owen as immediate backup and Kiko and Welbeck waiting in the wings for their shot too - i just don't feel a 4th senior striker is the priority. I think we need some midfielders.
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In what position? Giggs\Nani\Tosic can play left, Valencia\Park can play right. Then in the middle we have Fletcher\Anderson\Scholes\Gibson\Carrick. With Hargraves coming back we do not beed any midfielders.

We have a very strong squad, even with the departures of Tevez and Ronaldo, we are doing just fine.
 
Potential good signing in my eyes. Would work well with Rooney and technically, he is a excellent player. I don't think another striker is on the cards however, the signing of Owen might have been our last in that department. Last season SAF rotated with 3 upfront (occasionally CR7 too) and used the youngsters sparingly - this season should be the same I guess.
 
Quinny1999 said:
In what position? Giggs\Nani\Tosic can play left, Valencia\Park can play right. Then in the middle we have Fletcher\Anderson\Scholes\Gibson\Carrick. With Hargraves coming back we do not beed any midfielders.

We have a very strong squad, even with the departures of Tevez and Ronaldo, we are doing just fine.
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Yeah, but we don't have anyone really top drawer in there, now that Scholesy is on the way down, and also I think it's obvious by now that we can't rely on Hargreaves. I rate Carrick and Fletcher, and hopefully Anderson will really come good in the years to come, but a top centre midfielder would really boost the club at a time when we need to compensate for the huge loss of Ronaldo.
 
Quinny1999 said:
In what position? Giggs\Nani\Tosic can play left, Valencia\Park can play right. Then in the middle we have Fletcher\Anderson\Scholes\Gibson\Carrick. With Hargraves coming back we do not beed any midfielders.

We have a very strong squad, even with the departures of Tevez and Ronaldo, we are doing just fine.
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Giggs should not be considered for the left wing. Tosic and Nani can both be improved upon imo. Nani may never cop on to himself, and Tosic is completely unproven. Even at reserve level he struggled a bit, though he did become more impressive as he got more used to it. the required step up to prem/cl level from reserves is MASSIVE though.

Park, I am not a fan of in terms of attacking talent, if there was a stat for 'almost being there' he'd be top.

In the middle, Hargreaves is an injury disaster. Gibson is not good enough to be a United player long term. Scholes, I don't know how much he will be able to contribute this season. I really feel we can only rely on Carrick, Fletcher and Anderson, and there isn't a big enough goal threat in any of them.
 
Northstand said:
Yeah, but we don't have anyone really top drawer in there, now that Scholesy is on the way down, and also I think it's obvious by now that we can't rely on Hargreaves. I rate Carrick and Fletcher, and hopefully Anderson will really come good in the years to come, but a top centre midfielder would really boost the club at a time when we need to compensate for the huge loss of Ronaldo.
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I disagree to be honest, I think any big name signing would have boosted the club, but I am not convinced we need any midfielders. Name one who is out there and available that is better than the current crop?

I think Fletcher deserves a run of games after last season with Carrick as his partner. Then you have Scholes and Anderson to play 30 ish games each.

We missed Fletcher in the European Cup final, that is a measure of how far he has come. I would dissapointed if we spent a huge chunk of cash on a midfielder that we don't really need. There are a few out there that would improve the squad but as it stands none of them would be available.
 
Quinny1999 said:
I disagree to be honest, I think any big name signing would have boosted the club, but I am not convinced we need any midfielders. Name one who is out there and available that is better than the current crop?

I think Fletcher deserves a run of games after last season with Carrick as his partner. Then you have Scholes and Anderson to play 30 ish games each.

We missed Fletcher in the European Cup final, that is a measure of how far he has come. I would dissapointed if we spent a huge chunk of cash on a midfielder that we don't really need. There are a few out there that would improve the squad but as it stands none of them would be available.
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I feel Diarra and Sneijder would be worth a look at, more so Sneijder - he could provide the creativity, goal threat (kinda) and free kicks.
 
Northstand said:
Yeah, but we don't have anyone really top drawer in there, now that Scholesy is on the way down, and also I think it's obvious by now that we can't rely on Hargreaves. I rate Carrick and Fletcher, and hopefully Anderson will really come good in the years to come, but a top centre midfielder would really boost the club at a time when we need to compensate for the huge loss of Ronaldo.
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gibson will leave when he realises, we have bought another midfielder in or have promoted the likes of Petrucci ahead of him on the subs bench.
 
Mitch Conor said:
I feel Diarra and Sneijder would be worth a look at, more so Sneijder - he could provide the creativity, goal threat (kinda) and free kicks.
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Diarra - no way. Averageness personified. He would add nothing new to our mix. Sneijder on the other hand...
 
gulli_G said:
gibson will leave when he realises, we have bought another midfielder in or have promoted the likes of Petrucci ahead of him on the subs bench.
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Gibson is miles ahead of Petrucci and wont be sold because of him or Matty James being promoted. I think it would be silly to sell him until we see what happens with Hargreaves.
 
The Sun "revealed" the story with a supposed "exclusive" this morning I thought, heard that odds for Huntelaar to United have been slashed but who can believe what anymore? Sir Alex has suprised us all with the transfer dealings so far.
 
Well, so far our transfer dealings have been pretty shrewd.

Huntelaar for 20 million is anything but that.

And with Owen now signed up, if we were to sign another striker who cant play anywhere but as a striker, then you can kiss goodbye to any games for Welbeck and Macheda. Surely it was Owen or Huntelaar and we've made our choice.
 
Siging Huntelaar would make signing owen really bizarre. Well more bizarre than seeing that scouse imp in a United shirt already is.
 
I would not really understand this transfer, because if we were interested in him why didnt we include him in the Ronaldo deal? Seems stupid that we sell Ronaldo for £80m to give Real £20m back for Huntelaar, also i still am not sure hes proven that he can play at a top club - He didnt really have much of a impact when he moved to Real, in fact didnt they opt to have 'Lass' in the UCL instead of him?
 
Ekeke said:
Well, so far our transfer dealings have been pretty shrewd.

Huntelaar for 20 million is anything but that.

And with Owen now signed up, if we were to sign another striker who cant play anywhere but as a striker, then you can kiss goodbye to any games for Welbeck and Macheda. Surely it was Owen or Huntelaar and we've made our choice.
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This.
 
i like Huntelaar.. but do we need another striker ?? with Berba and Rooney as our first choise, Owen as super sub, and 2 youngster Macheda, Wellbeck.. where we put Hunte in packing order ??
 
No we don't, and if we do sign another striker it should only be Eto'o. I don't want to deal with the Francos again.
 
Huntelaar - no, thanks. A 20 million pounds Huntelaar - Heell, no.

Fergie bought Owen mainly because of his finishing. Huntleaar is an excellent finisher but apart from that - nothing special, why would we bought Owen anyways if we buy a player like him. Better go with Ruud as well.
 
Freak said:
Fergie will only buy another striker if he plans to loan out both macheda and wellbeck. Besides, the only player we should be looking at who's at madrid, should be Arjen Robben.
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agree with this but with him bringing in valencia and oberton to nani, tosic and park as wide players and with llajic coming in on January can you see him bringing another wide player in?

Signing Robben would make me genuinely excited but i can help but feel that Fergie fancies the players we have and have recently brought in

and with rooney, owen, berbatov, macheda and welbeck we won't be signing another striker
 
VfB Stuttgart In Negotiations With Real Madrid For Huntelaar

The German outfit have reportedly begun negotiations to sign ‘El Cazador’ and have tabled a delicious offer…

VfB Stuttgart look set to beat off competition from the likes of Milan and Manchester United for the signature of Real Madrid striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.

According to AS, several of Die Roten’s representatives conducted a meeting with Jorge Valdano at the Santiago Bernabeu yesterday, and it is believed that they are ready to offer Los Blancos €18 million plus a further €2m based on performances.

It is so far the closest offer to the €20m asking price set by Madrid, but although the ‘White House’ would be tempted to accept the bid, they still have to persuade Huntelaar, who is currently earning €3.8m gross per year in a contract that runs until 2013, to agree to a move to the Bundesliga.

Stuttgart are not afraid to splash out on the Dutch striker having recently pocketed €30m from the sale of Mario Gomez to Bayern Munich, but likewise, they too have to convince ‘El Cazador’ and his agent that a transfer to the Mercedes-Benz Arena is the best option for him.

Since joining Madrid from Ajax in January 2008, Huntelaar has only played 1,123 minutes of football, although he has eight goals to his name.
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Oh darn, what a shame :p
 
Freak said:
Fergie will only buy another striker if he plans to loan out both macheda and wellbeck. Besides, the only player we should be looking at who's at madrid, should be Arjen Robben.
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no no and no again undoubted ability but no character he is not a player for united the only thing of his that will dye for the cause is his hair.
mourinho wanted wingers thats why he got duff and robben,
duff was not good enough and robben did not have the bollocks for it they both got the push along with the remnants of chelseas style.
 
Freak said:
Fergie will only buy another striker if he plans to loan out both macheda and wellbeck. Besides, the only player we should be looking at who's at madrid, should be Arjen Robben.
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Rather take a risk with Ben Arfa.
 
redtilded121 said:
robben did not have the bollocks for it they both got the push along with the remnants of chelseas style.
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Robben wasn't sold because he didn't have the bollocks for the premier league. It was because he was too injury prone. However, if we could get him on an owen like contract, it would make perfect sense. He was madrid's best player last season.
 
Freak said:
Robben wasn't sold because he didn't have the bollocks for the premier league. It was because he was too injury prone. However, if we could get him on an owen like contract, it would make perfect sense. He was madrid's best player last season.
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The reason he was hardly ever playing in his last seasons at the club was because its been said he's a player who has to feel 101% or he wont play. If he has any kind of knock whatsoever he wont play. So yes he did lack bollocks.

He was not one of Madrid's best 3 players last season. In fact the manager said he thinks the side is better without him in it.
 
Red Hand Devil said:
Huntelaar's a good player but certainly not equal or better than what we have - so whats the point buying him. Let Macheda & Welbeck get the games this year & feck buying another striker!
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With this I agree. Welbeck looks more well rounded that Macheda at this point in time. He should be given the opportunity to assume the 4th striker role for next season. There is no need buying Huntelaar since we have already made a decision on Owen. We've been careful with our spending so far and developing Welbeck to be a true first team striker can save us even more money. I believe in his potential and it seems like Sir Alex has supreme confidence in him too, provided that we purchase no more strikers before the transfer window closes.
 
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