I agree to a point, I actually think we need both styles. It wouldn't hurt to get Sneijder as he can actually take quality corners and free kicks on a regular basis. Also a very smart player, he would be my first choice of "realistic" player to sign but it seems like we're going for Nasri instead. Having said that, I still feel we lack an aggressive midfielder who is constantly pressuring opponents. Maybe Anderson can be that guy (I'm not convinced)... better get himself in better shape though.
Nasri To City - Done Deal!
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I agree to a point, I actually think we need both styles. It wouldn't hurt to get Sneijder as he can actually take quality corners and free kicks on a regular basis. Also a very smart player, he would be my first choice of "realistic" player to sign but it seems like we're going for Nasri instead. Having said that, I still feel we lack an aggressive midfielder who is constantly pressuring opponents. Maybe Anderson can be that guy (I'm not convinced)... better get himself in better shape though.
Im assuming by "you" you mean in general and not actually me?
Aside from that, fair points made.
Couldn't give a monkeys! Would definitely improve our chances of another League Title though, which is all I'm interested in...anything else is a bonus.
The only way to beat Barca is to stop their MF and stop playing 4-4-1-1...
Also, we need a more mobile DM who will get stuck in to stop Messi from running at our CB's.
Also, we need a more mobile DM who will get stuck in to stop Messi from running at our CB's.
Why the concentration on Barcelona? We constantly need to improve and players like van der Sar, Giggs or Scholes will need some kind of replacement either way, Barcelona or not. Plus, other teams are not sleeping and it's not like the only club we have to think about is Barcelona. People should not underestimate Barcelona or for what it's worth Chelsea and ManCity.
Perhaps because we are looking to improve enough to beat the best team in the world by some distance so that we can win another CL?
No, you don't get my point (it might well be because I didn't express it very well): When someone suggests improvements, there's almost always someone else moaning why we are questioning our squad due to one lost game. My point is it's not only about Barcelona and not only about one lost game. Even if we had won the final, we would still have looked for new signings.
A lot of tomorrow's papers saying United have open talks with Nasri. Guardian, the Daily Mail and the Independent all saying there could be an £8m bid, which seems kind of low to me. Must be driving Wenger crazy all the same and there where times last year when Wenger was close to the edge.
"Shut up, Phil Weathers!"
So Times, Independent, Daily Mail all going with a same story that United have held preliminary talks with Nasri. I think it might be true, guys.
I'm not saying that he'll join us, but I think we're definitely interested and he might be too.
Manchester United open talks with Samir Nasri | Mail Online
United open talks with £8m Nasri - Transfers, Football - The Independent
I'm not saying that he'll join us, but I think we're definitely interested and he might be too.
Manchester United open talks with Samir Nasri | Mail Online
United open talks with £8m Nasri - Transfers, Football - The Independent
The prices being quoted are too good to be true for someone of his quality. Mind you, if we got him for those prices it would be absolutely fantastic. The more I read about him, the more I want him here.
Well you have to remember Barcelona are pretty much a settled team. We're making a lot of important changes to the team. The problem against Barcelona is ball retention/winning the second balls
I don't think it is but obviously it'll boost the dressing room and when you factor in youth we'll only be better for it, but in the long run. If we get to the champions league final in the next few seasons, then Sir Alex really has cracked it. The average age of the team/squad has gotten an awful lot younger and if we accepted a bid for gibson/brown/oshea it's incredible how much experience we are willing to let go of in one summer.
£8m for (23yr old) Nasri - definite value!
Worst case scenario - Jones to play CM to allow Nasri to play in a 4 man midfield while he works on his tracking and competing
Like with Hargreaves and Anderson while Anderson was learning the role of a central midfielder
Would hardly be the end of the world would it
Like with Hargreaves and Anderson while Anderson was learning the role of a central midfielder
Would hardly be the end of the world would it
I can't see Arsene letting him go for £8m.
More like 18 mil.
They may just be circle jerking eachother. Reporting the same information the other is, thereby giving the impression its legit. Not saying it couldn't be true, but that's how the media works, especially with gossip.
I simply cant see Wenger selling him to us at all, no matter if we were to bid £50m.
Even that would be a decent price for his quality.
Well, the longer this supposed contract negotiation of theirs drags on - and should Nasri go out in the near future to claim he wants to join us - then there is very little Arsene can do about it.
Very true.Different situation to the Fabregas to Barca.
Arse can't hang on to him forever when his worth will plumet each day his contract draws to a close
add the Telegraph to that posse of papers - doesn't mean anything concrete of course but they have more credibility than most papers
8m would be hilarious
8m would be hilarious
I don't even know what to think. Where do we play him?
Good point. If SAF were genuinely interested then he would have thought long and hard about where Nasri fits in and future of one or two players already at the club.As we've never bought a player purely because he's good then as an after thought debated where to play him....this still leads me to think it's a good bit of spin
He would be an excellent signing for us. He just needs to add a bit of consistency to his game. Being surrounded by winners will do that.
At £8m it might be a case of snapping him up because the price is too good to ignore, much like the Cantona signing (might being the operative word, of course).
This will end in tears after he signs his contract extension.
If it happens, there's no way it would be 8m. We're getting Young for double that, in a similar situation, except he's not coming from a direct rival.
Well, taking into consideration what Wenger said (something along the lines of "One thing is for sure; we won't sell him to United" I don't think this is gonna happen.
On the other hand..
Chris Coleman, the Fulham manager, said Louis Saha would leave the club "over my dead body" after an inquiry about the striker from Manchester United.
and surprise surprise, Saha ended up playing for us with Coleman alive.
On the other hand..
Chris Coleman, the Fulham manager, said Louis Saha would leave the club "over my dead body" after an inquiry about the striker from Manchester United.
and surprise surprise, Saha ended up playing for us with Coleman alive.
There's also that one that some guy said about a virus
Robben was only supposed to sign for Chelsea instead of United only over his father's dead body. His father is still alive...
There were other factors in that deal
Well yeah, of course. I was just making the point that Ferguson might have only just been made aware of the possibility of getting Nasri for a steal and acting on that basis, rather than Nasri being a long term planned target. In that respect I think it bears similarities to the Cantona signing.
This is all hypothetical, obviously - I don't personally see it happening.
when the offical website says " watch this space" there will be some truth to this
They know as much as we do.
Surely the whole point of this is he has no say really, unless he wants to lose him for nothing?
I feel a bit sorry for the Arsenal fans. If one of our top players was behaving like this and making eyes at one of our rivals I'd be fuming. Even if it comes to nothing and he signs an improved contract, and he comes out and says "I would never have gone there, I love this club!" he clearly is at least encouraging us and considering coming here, so he's been a bit of a shit to them.
I would think he'd be that creative central midfielder that we are looking to sign, so no modric or sneijder. I've been reading some articles of him, and they claimed that he did play in a deeper central midfield role when he was at Marseille and that his defensive capabilities are actually underrated.
certainly if Jones has been signed to play in deep midfield and Nasri ahead of him we will see a reshaped midfield at Utd
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