My Spurs-mates at work insists that CM is the place for him in the future.
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My Spurs-mates at work insists that CM is the place for him in the future.
I've said it before, but I can see Ozil in the centre of a 442. However, it would be in specific games. Games at home vs teams who are playing for a draw; when we don't actually need two central players doing all that much defending. Put park on the LW beside him and the two of them could swap positions as they drift around, with Evra or Fabio offering the more consistent width on the wing.
I don't see any real reason that could not work - it would be for certain games, obviously, but it would probably work and really help us in those games.
We might have even sorted out the dodgy wheel axles on his allegro had he signed without problems.
The Modric / Huddlestone combo was one of the key factors to Spurs getting into the CL.
Just ask 'Arry.....
Luka Modric and Tom Huddlestone the hot Spurs' stars behind Tottenham's surge, insists Harry Redknapp | Mail Online
He's talking about a handful of games at the back end of last season (when Palacios was either unavailable or woefully out of form).
In the vast majority of last season Modric was shunted out left.
In the vast majority of last season Modric was shunted out left.
Only because Spurs did not have a good LW option. Then Bale came to life and Modric found himself much more in the centre. He played there frequently despite playing at LW at Old Trafford.
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Mesut Ozil race hotting up with Barcelona set to hijack Manchester United bid for Germany star
Mesut Ozil race hotting up with Barcelona set to hijack Manchester United bid for Germany star
Now that Fabreags is not moving, it seems very likely he will end up at Barca. Would not rule out Real though.
Some Spanish sites claiming that Madrid and Barca ar going to make bids soon.
Course they are, yet again trying to be stingy and hike the price down will come back to haunt us.
Maybe Ferguson doesn't think he's worth that much.
Amen, some people seem to forget that we have promising youths like Anderson and Gibson in our midst.
Oh yeah, because United can just offer 100m for the player and sort it all out like that.
No matter what United offer, Man City could offer more. If United want a shot at this player then they can't play their hand too early.
Christ, it's like people still don't understand Uniteds financial situation.
Its difficult for a lay man to understand our situation when Gill keeps on reminding that there are 80m in the bank and that the Glazers are better owners then Jesus/Mohammed/Buddha put together
You've missed the point completely. Even when the money has been there this has happened. Robben and Ronaldinho to name a few?
Well, that's a fair point. But I don't think there's much excuse for anyone thinking United can win in a bidding war for a player with any of our rivals at this stage.
Now they have Bale to play left mid, Modric and Huddlestone will be the Spurs midfield pairing.
I agree
Yep. That was becasue Spurs had no right backs so Assou-Ekotto filled in and Bale went back to left back.
We have feck all money to play with. All we can do is be cagey and take a shot at the player late in the game. That's the bottom line.
Maybe we tried to be too clever in the past, but financial reality forces us to be cagey now.
During the PLC time no one was stupid enough to come out and say 'look guys don't worry we have 100m in the bank' and we are talking here at a period when our financial situation was muuuuuuuuch more healthier then it is now. The club ran like a business and the chairman's job was to focus on the club and not issue cheap propoganda which till now had proven to have no basis at all.
Anyway if he goes to Madrid or Barca he will instantly get the "mercinary cnut" label 
With Kaka out injured now it was a definite that they would go for him. Plays in the same style and pos.
or with VDV not having gone anywhere they could be content to stick with him for the moment.
Urm I doubt that very much.. They will get Cesc eventually and till then they don't really need a player like that.. Infact I can't even see where Cesc would fit into their starting 11 as things stand..
I agree with that, cagey is the word
One thing not mentioned so far is that we bought Hernandez and Smalling for a combined £17m - not all paid at once but crucially I don't think either is on more than £30k per week in fact I would think smalling is on perhaps 15-20k a week with Hernandez 20-25k per year.
Now if Ozil does come he would be on near £100k a week so add that to a potential trasnfer in the region of £12-15m we are looking at another £17-£20m down without any major sales.
Now if Ozil does come he would be on near £100k a week so add that to a potential trasnfer in the region of £12-15m we are looking at another £17-£20m down without any major sales.
We sold Foster & Tosic for £6m each.
Would he feck.
He'd be on around £60k-£70k. Theres no way Ferguson would have a 21 year old would come in and become one of the clubs top earners straight away.
That'd be more than Giggs and Scholes who have been here for 20 years and won the club so much.
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this but Wednesday may prove to be a key day as Bremen have a CL game. If Ozil does/doesn't play for them might be an indicator of his future destination.
Only about 900 times.
Why would he even consider us then when he could earn twice that at Real, Barca, City & Chelsea?
A week on Wednesday, still 9 more days of this.
I cant wait til the end of this, one way or another.
3,000+ posts is alot to read to see if its been mentioned. Thanks anyway.
I read on another website that it was this Wednesday.
Nah, next week and the week after.
Nope, 18th V Sampdoria.
Giggs and Scholes are on £85-£95k - ie over £4m a year. Well Ozil will know Chelsea could offer him around £100k so United will have to at least be in the ballpark if we have any chance of him coming.
If Ozil does go to Real Madrid I'd like to see us go in for Rafael van der Vaart
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