Mirko Vucinic

I don't think even he can believe those sums himself..

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Talented but shite attitude and determination

Would be good for us, but he has extended his contract with Roma some week ago
 
Mirko Vucinic says he is flattered by reports linking him with a move to Manchester United, but claims he is content with Roma.

With £80 million burning a hole in his pocket, Sir Alex Ferguson is being linked with a host of major names and reports in Italy have linked with Scot with a bid for the Montenegro forward.

Vucinic claims he is aware of the reported interest, but says he is looking to help Roma win some silverware.

”It is flattering and fills me with pride that such a huge club is interested in me,” Vucinic told Corriere Dello Sport. “But I only know what has been written in the newspapers.

”I am very relaxed about it all, besides I recently signed a new contract and Roma is where I want to stay.”
 
United back on the trail of Roma's £15m hitman Vucinic

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Last updated at 11:30 PM on 17th June 2009

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Manchester United have made a renewed inquiry for Roma striker Mirko Vucinic.

The 25-year-old has been on United's radar for the past two years after he scored against them in the Champions League quarter final back in 2007.

He is 6ft 1ins tall, quick and has the ability to play left wing as well as a central striker which would suit United following Ronaldo's sale and Carlos Tevez's impending departure.

United scouts have watched him several times when he has scored vital goals in the Champions League against Real Madrid and Chelsea. There are reservations about his consistency but his goalscoring record is good.

Montenegro international Vucinic told Italian media last week that he had only heard rumours of United interest via the newspapers but he has since told team mates United are genuine and is hoping the Old Trafford club follow up with a firm offer.

Roma are in financial difficulties and would want around £15m for a player they paid Lecce £7m for in 2006.

United are continuing to scour the market for attacking players.

They hope to conclude a £15m deal for Wigan winger Antonio Valencia over the next week but Valencia striker David Villa wants to remain in Spain with his wife due to give birth in October.
Real Madrid and Barcelona are in a straight fight for the Spain international while they are also in pole position for Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery.

Valencia's David Silva remains another option while Porto claim they have had tentative inquiries for their striker Hulk.
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always been impressed. Don't think he's a replacement for Ronaldo, but he would be handy.
 
dhstriker said:
always been impressed. Don't think he's a replacement for Ronaldo, but he would be handy.
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He s no replacement for Ronaldo for sure but his goal record is good : 56 goals in 196 apps for Lecce and Roma, considering that the 56million man Kaka scored 70 in 193 apps for Milan
 
Anyone claiming his goal scoring stats is good is bizarre. He scores a goal every 3.5 games. It's accepted wisdom, that a goal every other game is the standard all good strikers are measured against.

To compare his stats against Kaka and come to a conclusion that he is good is quite deluded. You would expect a striker to achieve a better goal scoring ratio than a non-striker but Kaka actually holds a far superior stat.

I'm not saying he would be a poor signing. Far from it - I've thought for some time now that he would add certain attributes to our front line that we lack. Height & strength, especially as an aerial threat. He would make an excellent addition to squad now. IMO - not as an immediate 1st eleven but add certain qualities and give us a better overall balance - much like Solskjaer added to us for so many seasons.
 
For 15 mil pounds ,he would be a very good signing.

15 mil isn't too much as we will still have so much left for bigger transfers.

Whenever I have seen him,he has looked very tidy and a player with potential.

His goal scoring record may not be the best,but even Tevez has a worse record.
 
Red17 said:
To compare his stats against Kaka and come to a conclusion that he is good is quite deluded. You would expect a striker to achieve a better goal scoring ratio than a non-striker but Kaka actually holds a far superior stat.
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Comparing Vucinic with one of the best players on this planet is a bit unfair tbh, let alone the fact that Kaka's most valuable asset is his goal scoring ability.

Vucinic is going to be an ideal back-up to our frontline.
 
westlife4ever said:
Comparing Vucinic with one of the best players on this planet is a bit unfair tbh, let alone the fact that Kaka's most valuable asset is his goal scoring ability.

Vucinic is going to be an ideal back-up to our frontline.
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For Roma maybe

For Manchester United? No
 
It's a lot to ask for Welbeck and Macheda to be immediate backups to our main two strikers given how many trophies we try to compete for. They might be up to it as they look talented, but still it's a lot to ask.

I would say a backup striker to Rooney and Berbatov is exactly what we need. A big name signing could cause problems with rotation.

Not necessarily saying Vucinic is the right man.
 
Not every 'big name' is like Tevez. Either Fergie will find a way to accommodate all three of them or we'll rotate. I don't see much of a problem with Macheda and Welbeck being our fourth and fifth strikers. Tevez played 51 games last seaosn, Berbatov 42 and Rooney 48 if memory serves me right. I'm convinced a new striker would be satisfied with that amount.
 
It's not the number of games they get - it's more the issue of certain players who regard themselves as automatic choices not being picked sometimes - i.e. sitting on the bench. It can be a problem - see Van Nistelrooy and Tevez. Some players are fine with it (Solskjaer etc.), some aren't - typically the ones that are fine with it are those with slightly smaller reputations.

Can you see e.g. Eto'O, Villa sitting on the bench happily?
 
Red17 said:
Anyone claiming his goal scoring stats is good is bizarre. He scores a goal every 3.5 games. It's accepted wisdom, that a goal every other game is the standard all good strikers are measured against.

To compare his stats against Kaka and come to a conclusion that he is good is quite deluded. You would expect a striker to achieve a better goal scoring ratio than a non-striker but Kaka actually holds a far superior stat.

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Just 2 things:

- Vucinic was at times deployed as a second striker and sometimes even on the wing.

- He scored half of his goals for a relagtion struggling team like Lecce.


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"It's accepted wisdom, that a goal every other game is the standard all good strikers are measured against"

Tevez scored 26 in 89 games for Wham and MU (roughly the same ratio as Vucinic), does that make him a "bad" striker?
 
I would not be suprised to see SAF bring in Vucinic and Valencia for around 30m combined. They are both the sort of players he likes to buy and work with, raise their games and take them onto the next level. If Valencia turns out as good as he could be and Vucinic is the top scorer in the Champions League by christmas then I think everybody will be calling him a genius. The doom and gloom tabloids will have forgotten about stories of our aging team with no superstar Ronaldo and instead be heralding another masterstroke of selling a player at the right time and comng up with the goods again.

Besides, 30m spent on Valencia and Vucinic and we'll have a fair amount left for big spend, if you want that kind of thing:D
 
Id rather see us sign Yakubu then Vucinic.
 
devilish said:
Id rather see us sign Yakubu then Vucinic.
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It's more important to be multi-dimensional, i.e. Vucinic, than a goalscorer, i.e. Yakubu.

You're one of the few people who still can't see this.

There's a reason why Drogba, Adebayor and Rooney lead the line for 3 of the 5 best teams in Europe.

None of whom are goalscorers.
 
Anduin said:
Macheda, Welbeck. What we need now assuming Tevez is gone is someone who can make an instant impact. Not a back-up striker.
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That is exactly what Vucinic is good at IMO.. Anyway I cannot believe this thread is yet moving forward.. He just signed a new contract a month ago & recently claimed he is happy at Roma
 
Chirag said:
That is exactly what Vucinic is good at IMO.. Anyway I cannot believe this thread is yet moving forward.. He just signed a new contract a month ago & recently claimed he is happy at Roma
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Sure but quite often clubs will get a player on a longer contract to keep the upperhand in terms of transfers and value. However, Roma need cash, that is fact, if we bid for him I'm sure playing for United in the Champions League would be more than enough to convince that that he could be happy elsewhere.
 
Brwned said:
It's more important to be multi-dimensional, i.e. Vucinic, than a goalscorer, i.e. Yakubu.

You're one of the few people who still can't see this.

There's a reason why Drogba, Adebayor and Rooney lead the line for 3 of the 5 best teams in Europe.

None of whom are goalscorers.
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How many times have you seen Vucinic play?
 
The truth is no one knows if we bought him, how he'd do. There is no question he'd get better service here and a quicker pace, intensity might improve his ratio or he might go backwards

I remember seeing him against madrid in madrid when Roma beat them a few seasons back and he was exceptional. It's true madrid haven't been great the last few seasons, but to look as confident as he did at their ground?

I think he's a real option but the press are just guessing anyway
 
Brwned said:
Less than you, but that's besides the point.

You'd seen more of VDS than me, yet you thought he'd be crap.
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How many times have you seen him play? 20, 10, 5 times?
 
devilish said:
How many times have you seen him play? 20, 10, 5 times?
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Yeah, about 20.

You're not doing well at making a point here Devilish, seeing as I doubt you've watched Huntelaar play more than 20 times and you're desperate for us to sign him.
 
Brwned said:
Yeah, about 20.
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And you haven't noticed that he is average? The player is not even considered amongst some of the finest strikers in the Serie A let alone in the world. No Italian club is interested in him.

Now if you want me to do a list of all quality 'multi dimensional' forwards in the Serie A (though I doubt that there are at Manchester United level) then I would mention, Quagliarella, Cassano, Zarate, Pato and even Balotelli. Vucinic is way less rated then these players. Mind you, he has the talent to become a decent talent but that talent is so raw that god knows whether it can be fulfilled. We can and should get better players.
 
What do you mean his talent is raw? It's not like hes an up and coming prospect, he is established the only thing he lacks is consistency.

He is a complete striker, left foot, right foot, headers. Technically very good, I would not be surprised if Vucinic came to the PL and made the same sort of impact Mutu did in his first year. Or even Berbatov for that matter.
 
devilish said:
And you haven't noticed that he is average? The player is not even considered amongst some of the finest strikers in the Serie A let alone in the world. No Italian club is interested in him.

Now if you want me to do a list of all quality 'multi dimensional' forwards in the Serie A (though I doubt that there are at Manchester United level) then I would mention, Quagliarella, Cassano, Zarate, Pato and even Balotelli. Vucinic is way less rated then these players. Mind you, he has the talent to become a decent talent but that talent is so raw that god knows whether it can be fulfilled. We can and should get better players.
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I think Cassano, Zarate, Pato and Balotelli are all good enough for us.

I think that they would all fit in here in terms of footballing style too.

So I'm struggling to see your point.
 
vuc said:
What do you mean his talent is raw? It's not like hes an up and coming prospect, he is established the only thing he lacks is consistency.

He is a complete striker, left foot, right foot, headers. Technically very good, I would not be surprised if Vucinic came to the PL and made the same sort of impact Mutu did in his first year. Or even Berbatov for that matter.
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So you think that at United he will be given that consistency that Roma couldn't afford giving him? Is Rooney/Berbatov worse then Totti/Montella/Baptista?

Mutu at Chelsea was a complete failure and he was/is still rated as a much better player then Vucinic. Stating that the EPL game is totally different game to the Serie A so he may end up making a hit at OT.
 
Brwned said:
I think Cassano, Zarate, Pato and Balotelli are all good enough for us.

I think that they would all fit in here in terms of footballing style too.

So I'm struggling to see your point.
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My point is that if United wants to buy a 'multidimensional' striker from the Serie A then there are much better options. If you had to ask the Italian fans to make a list of the hottest strikers in the Serie A (excluding the big names), Vucinic will not feature in it.
 
Much more expensive ones too. Zarate would probably cost more than Tevez. Pato would cost even more. Quagliarella's just after moving. Cassano has his problems, not cut out for a top club.

No idea about Balotelli actually.
 
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