He isn't, quite clearly. On another hand, if Kagawa is worth £12m and Cazorla costs £14m...
Man Utd interested in Witsel? | Fergie rumoured to have watched him v Chelsea
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He isn't, quite clearly. On another hand, if Kagawa is worth £12m and Cazorla costs £14m...
Wish we could go back to a time when we had a good idea of who we were after. Newspapers just make stuff up and get everyone's hopes up. Twitter is a problem as well. Any idiot can start a rumour.
Wish we could go back a year and sign Witsel for €8m and then two years back and buy Moutinho for €12m. It'd make our team better.
Everyone keeps saying about this and taking the piss out of Andy Carroll. He didn't put that price on his head. I bet he wishes he had been sold for half that or less. That price tag might just ruin his career.
Signed for Real Madrid. Now watch the "Modric to Utd" headlines reappear.
Source?
...along with playing football like a pantomime horse.
You are right but Crouch actually got a quite decent career with very similar footballing skills.
He hasn't, not yet anyway.
I think that without Twitter, the papers would have feck-all to print these days, especially football and celebrity-based stories. Twitter makes fools of formerly-credible sources.
Not that he had much of a career to ruin.
Am reading in a few different places that we've lodged a bid for this geezer. Any news on it?
Which places?
It was rumoured on RI, from what I know. Nothing concrete.
Didn't RI say yesterday that we were selling Hernandez? Not saying they are wrong this time though
Probably shite places. Some mod on some rumour site has said we've renewed interest, and have heard about a bid being placed. Probably bollocks, but I thought this would be the bet place to ask if it's bollocks.
According to a Belgian football website, Witsel will stay with Benfica:
http://www.belgiumsoccer.be/nieuws/lees/2012-08-20/vader-witsel-axel-blijft-bij-benfica
Translation:
http://www.belgiumsoccer.be/nieuws/lees/2012-08-20/vader-witsel-axel-blijft-bij-benfica
Translation:
LDH?
DHL? Its a sign
DHL? Its a sign
3 years left on contract? United player in 2 years time.
LDH?
DHL? Its a sign
LDH = La dernière heure (newspaper in Belgium)
But sure... it's a sign
He sports an Afro which makes him like feillaini,sign him fergie!
http://www.rtbf.be/sport/dossier/fo...r/detail_axel-witsel-file-au-zenit?id=7832076
According to this link, going to Zenit St Petersburg. They've agreed to pay his 40m Euros Clause.
Transfer Windows in Russia ends on 5th.
ah well, its not relevant to us we play a 4-0-6 system, with only wingers and forwards. 40 fecking million
So that's another one gone! Although another Attacking Midfielder isn't exactly what we require right now.
He is a CM, more so than Cleverley imo.
Hasn't the window in Portugal closed?
Yes, but that only means that the clubs in Portugal can't buy players. They can still sell players to clubs whose transfer window is still open such as Zenit.
Can sell but can't buy.
Excellent player, and if they're paying his clause it's a great deal for Benfica financially speaking, it's basically what we got for Falcao.
Footballing wise it will be disastrous for Benfica though. They already sold Javi Garcia and didn't replace him, and they can't replace Witsel as the window's closed here. They were already short on midfielders...
Footballing wise it will be disastrous for Benfica though. They already sold Javi Garcia and didn't replace him, and they can't replace Witsel as the window's closed here. They were already short on midfielders...
Who do you rate more highly?
I like Witsel myself. Made for the premiership imo, bags of stamina, more of an old school box to box midfielder.
Does that mean that English clubs can still sell to Russian clubs too?
until 5th September presumably
Damn, he was one of the few decent CM options left for next summer.
But he's been looking good since 2008 when he, Defour and Fellaini played so well against Everton and Liverpool in the UEFA Cup and all the way up until last year when he was available very cheaply. Surely if we wanted him, we'd have stumped up £8m in 2011, rather than wait for him to sign a contract with a 40m Euro release clause?
It was never going to happen.
Witsel has more to his game than Javi, they have different roles. Javi Garcia is a game destroyer that spends most of his time slightly ahead of the CB's. He adds little offensively, except good heading ability in corners.
Witsel is a more complete player, excellent at keeping possession and the game flowing. Also helps defensively but can't do the role alone like Javi.
The sums quoted for this guy are quite frankly ridiculous. I thought Javi Martinez was overpriced.
Its alright we are sticking with no ball winners.
Official as well, 40 million euros. So Zenit just spent close to 90 million euros in two players from the Portuguese league.
Well, at least it's good for the Portuguese balance of trade.
Well, at least it's good for the Portuguese balance of trade.
Feel sorry for a lot of kids these days who have to suffer with these shit clubs that only happen to sit on a lot of money and take the stars away from the highlights. To them it's normal that a world class player can play in just about anywhere in the world in their prime - not saying that Witsel is a world class act but there are lots of examples at present.
Honestly I don't understand these players. By this you said goodbye to becoming a known name in the history of football. It's like becoming a vice president of a fecking toilet cleaning job. The worst part is the fans though. You can see kids with the PSG logo as they comment on articles like the one I read today about Ronaldo leaving Madrid. They are loving the idea of him playing there just because they need to see transfers - these constant fecking transfers. feck off and die in agony you piece of shit.
Honestly I don't understand these players. By this you said goodbye to becoming a known name in the history of football. It's like becoming a vice president of a fecking toilet cleaning job. The worst part is the fans though. You can see kids with the PSG logo as they comment on articles like the one I read today about Ronaldo leaving Madrid. They are loving the idea of him playing there just because they need to see transfers - these constant fecking transfers. feck off and die in agony you piece of shit.