I also know a cabbie, he lives in south london and is a spurs fan too. Spooky.
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I also know a cabbie, he lives in south london and is a spurs fan too. Spooky.
They're always on call for when Spurs sack another manager.
So what we've established from this thread is that all cabbies are Spurs fans. Great.
"Taxi for Ramos/Redknapp/AVB/Tim etc etc etc!"
Luke? Sure.
Taxi for Sol.
It's all in FM, to be fair.
Very quiet these days, I'm assuming this supposed bid has not been rejected as of yet? Which in my opinion, leads to 2 main possibilities. 1: the bid is accepted and we are waiting for announcement of our new manager first before this can be announced. 2: Southampton are waiting for new manager to come in and decide on the matter which could prove to delay this move massively, which is the last thing we want with the World Cup coming up. The sooner Van Gaal is announced, the better because I have the impression this situation is delaying our transfer business as well.
McNulty in his piece for the Beeb
Reckon we'll be announcing this one soon.
I would really appreciate a good transfer confirmation any time soon. We've finally got the manager, now we need the players..
It's only a matter of time really before it's announced. One of those sagas that's inevitable.
Twitter has flashed up about 4 or 5 different people I follow, all with a very similar message.
"Shaw announcement tomorrow or Wednesday", "Shaw announced in 24-48 hours" etc. etc.
Nobody like Ogden etc. but could be good news!
"Shaw announcement tomorrow or Wednesday", "Shaw announced in 24-48 hours" etc. etc.
Nobody like Ogden etc. but could be good news!
Twitter - the worse thing to happen to football transfer windows.
This'll happen. Southampton aren't rejecting 30 odd million and Shaw isn't going to reject Manchester United.
*worst
Gambit you tease
When you go into the office of a newspaper and discover that they literally have about a dozen contracted staff (Daily Express, Star), you can work out quite easily how likely it is they have any inside information.
The problem is that a lot of journos seem to think they're very special when they find out information about a club, but more often than not, they're just being used as a mouthpiece.
Oliver Kay's Milner wants to leave story was a perfect example of this. Seems like a great exclusive, which I guess it is, but still, he's only been told the information because his agent wants it in a widely read newspaper.
The problem is that a lot of journos seem to think they're very special when they find out information about a club, but more often than not, they're just being used as a mouthpiece.
Oliver Kay's Milner wants to leave story was a perfect example of this. Seems like a great exclusive, which I guess it is, but still, he's only been told the information because his agent wants it in a widely read newspaper.
Thus speaks a man shitting himself that his team will end up signing Milner.
I don't get the point here. As a football journalist the pinnacle is to be trusted enough to be the one who gets to be the mouthpiece. Agents will always want to disperse information so the sign of a top journalist is often the one who has enough experience in the profession and history of not mincing words to be trusted with it.
Would be great to get him. The price does seem steep though but then again fullbacks are becoming such an important part of teams and particularly for us when you look at the star/better players we do have, rvp, mata, rooney, kagawa and januzaj, all players who want to operate centrally- getting width from the fullbacks is key for us. Too often when we have injuries the cover is just not good enough attacking wise.
Regardless though if we get him I hope Evra is staying. I don't think we can afford to have that much seniority lost from the team, it just seems a bit excessive to me. And I do think Evra has suffered for having to play too often. He's got a couple seasons left in him and the competition will do the both of them good.
Regardless though if we get him I hope Evra is staying. I don't think we can afford to have that much seniority lost from the team, it just seems a bit excessive to me. And I do think Evra has suffered for having to play too often. He's got a couple seasons left in him and the competition will do the both of them good.
Would it not make Shaw a 'mercenary' if he turned down an offer from his boyhood club in favour of higher wages at United, if certain reports are to be believed?
No because he's joining a team with real history. Get over it.
United treating him like a fully adult, valuable player and most of all a priority transfer before other, more established targets.
That kind of serious approach is what we need and it's probably not hard for Shaw to take notice.
http://www.theguardian.com/football...van-gaal-manchester-united-in-tray?CMP=twt_gu
I feel like Jackson has no clue what is actually going on with the Shaw deal, one day reporting its rejected but nobody else doing so, next day saying it's all but sealed.
Ashley Cole just essentially confirmed that he's done at Chelsea.
Hopefully we have this one wrapped up before they throw some money at him.
Hopefully we have this one wrapped up before they throw some money at him.
Yeah that's made me a bit nervous. Mourinho clearly a big fan of Azpi though but with Cole and Bertrand leaving he'll want a replacement.
Yeah we do need to tie this one up before Chelsea come along, we've ended up losing targets to them plenty of times and can't afford to do it again with this lad. Hopefully Woodward has learnt from last season and gets our main targets tied up before the World Cup comes around.
I'm worried we've dragged this on to long and we'll be left empty handed when he joins Chelsea last day of the transfer window.
If he really is a Chelsea supporter I wonder if he'd take less money to go there.
CL football and a spot wide open to make his own at his boyhood club and succeed his idol. The way Mourinho turned what many believed to be an average group if defenders into a brick wall this past season makes me worried to think how he'd make Shaw look in the coming years.
CL football and a spot wide open to make his own at his boyhood club and succeed his idol. The way Mourinho turned what many believed to be an average group if defenders into a brick wall this past season makes me worried to think how he'd make Shaw look in the coming years.
It's set up for him to join Chelsea.
I'm hoping we can get some sort of momentum going with regards to signing players. If we can wrap this up early then the whole 'will ______ join the LVG revolution?' bollocks will start. And god knows, we've lost enough targets to clubs who are 'projects' in the past. It's our turn.
Could you just imagine a "Willian to Spurs" happening with this one? Oh god.
He was at Spurs having his medical, FFS, and they hijacked it.
He was at Spurs having his medical, FFS, and they hijacked it.
I don't think who he supports will matter. It's who offers him more money, more playing time and more chances at trophies.
Could you just imagine a "Willian to Spurs" happening with this one? Oh god.
He was at Spurs having his medical, FFS, and they hijacked it.
Remember City having a medical lined up for Berba? We swooped in and shoved him on a private jet
I wouldn't be as worried if we had CL football. I still believe we're a more attractive prospect than Chelsea long term, but when you consider things like first team football, boyhood club as well, these things start to stack against us.
If I was him, considering Chelsea as an option, I'd be seriously worried by the prospect of Azpilicueta making his switch of sides permanent. He's been exceptional at LB this season, and Mourinho must surely be tempted, since it would allow Ivanovic - a stalwart of the side, a player who Jose likes, and who suits his style of football down to the ground - to stay first-choice at RB.
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Azpilicueta Cahill Terry Shaw
to me, and it saves £30m, which Mourinho can then spend on his attempt to sign every decent striker in Europe in the hope that one of them will work out.Azpilicueta Cahill Terry Shaw
Why do you say that? All of their best players are still young and not even in the primes of their careers and they have the best youth teams in the country (however much that matters at that club). I'd say they're brilliantly set up for the future and the present.
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