Marek Hamsik

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Thing is even Napoli fans are admitting he's wasted on the right wing forward position. It makes no sense whatsover to me to play him there. To me it's the equivalent of taking Lampard in his prime and playing him on the wing. You lose the attacking drive they bring from centre midfield.

Absolutely, I can certainly see him donig a job for us either as one of a midfield two with Carrick or Fletch, or even as the advance player in a midfield three.
 
Batigol didn't even turn us down. Edwards just felt we couldn't afford him. Ronadinho didn't turn us down either. Kenyon just fecked up the deal. Men like Luis Enrique, Vieira and Rivaldo backed out at the last minute. We turned down Zizou and Henry. It's the likes of Figo, Desailly, Blanc, Nadal, Shearer etc who turned us down.

So in all honesty we've had a pretty mixed bag.

Batigol turned us down.
 
Yes but then even then the 'British transfer records' that you speak about were nothing compared to what the Real's and Inter's of the world were spending.

That's my point all along. While its unfair to compare United to Real (we do try to produce kids), its also true that in we had our own set of galacticos (in terms of our domain). God Knows what SAF would have brought if he had a bigger budget (salary and fees). Would he have settled for Mickey if he could get Maldini, or Ince if he could get to Rijkaard? God knows.

And United were not only the richest club in Brittian but internationally during most of the PLC era. And yet we only signed Juan Seba Veron as a full blown world class star. People forget that not too long ago we splashed £30million on a certain frustrating Bulgarian which was again a British record transfer, under the Glazer's, debt and all.

We may have been on paper the richest club in the world* but our salaries never reflected that. We always paid less then Real/Barca and there were times when even teams like Fiorentina could pay more then we do. Its all a matter of salaries. Being a neutral would you prefer to work for Microsoft for 2 grand a week or would you prefer to work in a corner coffee shop for 10 grand a week?

* In football being the richest club is pretty subjective. How do you quantify richness? If United produce 30m profit and Rochdale United has an owner who can afford pumping 200m per year for 1000 yrs then whose the richest out of the two? That's why certain clubs keep on outbidding us despite producing less profit then we do.
 
Don't know if anyone cares but Hamsik hada great game on Sunday, best perfromance for 6 months. Still looks out of place on the Right wing though.
 
Latest rumour, Zenit St Petersberg, have offered €30m for Hamsik, and are willing to pay him €6million a year net.
 
After his great performance the other week, Hamsik had another up and down game, scored a cracking 25 yarder, but missed a sure fire header, and practically gifted the opposition a goal.
 
Wouldn't want him. Too inconsistent. I don't know how he would fit in Premiership as well.
 
Wouldn't want him. Too inconsistent. I don't know how he would fit in Premiership as well.

Became inconsistent in the last few months due to an injury then playing in a different position. Before that he had a brilliant 3 seasons.
 
Recent rumours from slovakian press are tha Juventus want him and have offered 2 players for him, the only other team who are a real possibility are United.
 
You're not giving up on this fella, are you, gambit28? ;)

Nope. I still don't believe we'll sign him though. In a weird way I also hope we don't so I can keep this up for the next 10 years.
 
I've not seen too much of him play - maybe 5/6 times

I have to say he's yet to impress me - not sure about him especially when rumours are flying about of supposed 30 million euro deals..

i'd prefer us to pick up next years Van Der Vaart
 
I've not seen too much of him play - maybe 5/6 times

I have to say he's yet to impress me - not sure about him especially when rumours are flying about of supposed 30 million euro deals..

i'd prefer us to pick up next years Van Der Vaart

He's slowly returning to the form that he has had over the last few years again. His timing is identical to Rooneys.
 
Scored the only goal against Genoa this weekend which makes Napoli 3 points behind AC Milan who do have a game in hand.

The form is slowly getting better.
 
Snowed in, finally started in my part of the world. Looking forward to some skiing in the next couple of weeks:D

Yeah well we've got a small manufactured ski slope in Plymouth. I could go anytime in the year and ski down for all of 12 seconds over and over again...




I wish I lived in Bulgaria at times.
 
Marek Hamsik will not leave Napoli for Manchester City, insists his agent Juri Venglos.

Despite signing a bumper deal until 2015 earlier this season, Hamsik has been linked with a lucrative switch to the Premier League's big spenders.

First it was Manchester United - with Hamsik seen as heir to Paul Scholes - and City are now the latest in a long line of clubs linked with the Slovakian hotshot.

But, Venglos made clear a future away from the San Paolo was less than likely.

"Manchester City have a chance of signing Hamsik? No, no chance," the agent told Sport.co.uk.

"Marek has no intention to leave Napoli."
So an outright refusal of City, yet a United would be hard to turn down a month ago.
 
So an outright refusal of City, yet a United would be hard to turn down a month ago.

Well HE said it would be hard to turn down a move to United but it is his AGENT who says here he is not willingly to go to City.
 
Well HE said it would be hard to turn down a move to United but it is his AGENT who says here he is not willingly to go to City.

Stop using facts to quell my arousal.
 
Stop using facts to quell my arousal.

:lol: You know I m right. We have to wait and see what Hamsik himself comes out and says about him being linked to City.

On a completely different note, I just noticed you are my main competitor for Transfer Muppet of the year. Nice to meet you and may the best muppet win!
 
:lol: You know I m right. We have to wait and see what Hamsik himself comes out and says about him being linked to City.

On a completely different note, I just noticed you are my main competitor for Transfer Muppet of the year. Nice to meet you and may the best muppet win!

How many votes are you on?
 

Oh bloody bollocks. You have it won already. People need to start noticing me more around here and you Gambit 28 need to start posting less on the transfer forum. I accept defeat this time but I will be back next year.
 
Oh bloody bollocks. You have it won already. People need to start noticing me more around here and you Gambit 28 need to start posting less on the transfer forum. I accept defeat this time but I will be back next year.

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Is this guy actually any good, or is he just one of those Veloso/Moutinho type players that gets brought to people's attention as a result of Football Manager?
 
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