I don't know why but this has the same feel of inevitability as the Valencia transfer. I suspect the deal was done a while back.
From what I've seen he's good but not great. Though I'm open to correction on that.
Perhaps Ferguson will rely on Welbeck and Hernandez's progress to replace him, with Young or Nani playing off another striker if necessary, or Macheda will come back. I'd keep Berbatov if it was up to me, but I'd be surprised if we bought anyone to replace him. There's no-one whose going to be happy to play the role that Berbatov's playing this season, save perhaps Owen.How about replacing the player that has made 16 apps, scored 8 and assisted 2.
That's Berbatov by the way.
I guess Will Keane could be promoted or that we will be in the market for either a young prospect or an ageing star capable of 'doing a job'.
If you're in slot No. 4 you don't need to play regularly. Ferguson's been quite happy to go into a few seasons recently with only 3 first team strikers anyway, 07/08 and 08/09 we only had 3 reliable strikers in the team with other players occasionally shifted into the side, and in 06/07 we only had two with Solskjaer and Smith coming back from injury.SAF likes to have four first team strikers, end of. Owen isn't going to play regularly ever again, so who will take up slot no. 4?
We aren't signing gaitan. Take it or leave it, but we aren't.
I don't see the point in signing any more 'good' players... we've plenty of them.
What we need is a pair of real class players to notch this team up a level so we can at least compete in the CL again with a chance in hell of winning it.
It would be disappointing to see another summer whereby we may good signings but our opposition make class ones
He isn't 39m pounds worth of player no matter how many rocks of crack you have smoked.
There are no agreements to a final transfer for any player.
1h Gonçalo Lopes @_GoncaloLopes
Although that is not a final agreement to a transfer. Example: If #Benfica accepts 30m€ from #mcfc or other #mufc can equal and buy them
1h Gonçalo Lopes @_GoncaloLopes
Both #Benfica and #mufc have a verbal agreement on Gaitan and Javi Garcia. That agreement only says that #mufc could equal any other offer
1h Gonçalo Lopes @_GoncaloLopes Today Record's front page says #mufc gonna offer 25m€ for Benfica's Nico Gaitán. #Benfica will say no to this offe
Well, I guess it would mean that if someone makes an offer Benfica would ask us if we want to equal it, while without the agreement the deal could be done without us knowing. Other than that, yeah, it's pretty pointless.
Well, I guess it would mean that if someone makes an offer Benfica would ask us if we want to equal it, while without the agreement the deal could be done without us knowing. Other than that, yeah, it's pretty pointless.
I thinks its a safeguard against City. The agreement is that if City puts in a 30million bid, then we match it and they'll sell to us rather than City. It would require us to match and large bid however. It's not pointless by any means.
And it might avoid the issue of a bid-war, as we simply have to match a bid rather then top it.
Then what happens if the other club ups its bid once its been matched?
Does this guy have a good record on transfer predicitons? Just becuase he seems to be the only english tweeting journalist on twitter it doesn't mean we should believe it. Not a cat in hells chance that we will pay 39 million for gaitian, maybe for them both but not for him alone.
Does this guy have a good record on transfer predicitons? Just becuase he seems to be the only english tweeting portugese journalist on twitter it doesn't mean we should believe it. Not a cat in hells chance that we will pay 39 million for gaitian, maybe for them both but not for him alone.
All I know is that he was invisible in Benficas last CL game and he was invisible too in Benficas big clash with Porto a week later and was taken off in the 60th minute.
But he was impressive against us. The talent is there no doubt. City will probably sign up Hazard ever since they saw Fergie on TV at a Lille game so Gaitan might actually be available to siGN over the summer.
Manchester United continue to negotiate a summer deal for Benfica winger Nicolas Gaitan but are reluctant to pay more than £22m.
The Argentine's buy-out clause is around £40m.
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson wants four new players for next season.
According to their forum, Benfica fans would be glad to get rid of him for something like 20 million euros. Read into that what you will.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...a-winger-Nicolas-Gaitan-stalls-22m-offer.html
I love a good in-depth article, £22M seems steep nevermind £40M.
I thinks its a safeguard against City. The agreement is that if City puts in a 30million bid, then we match it and they'll sell to us rather than City. It would require us to match and large bid however. It's not pointless by any means.
I thinks its a safeguard against City. The agreement is that if City puts in a 30million bid, then we match it and they'll sell to us rather than City. It would require us to match and large bid however. It's not pointless by any means.
think people are buying too much into the jorge mendes aspect of this story
I thinks its a safeguard against City. The agreement is that if City puts in a 30million bid, then we match it and they'll sell to us rather than City. It would require us to match and large bid however. It's not pointless by any means.
Why the feck would City want Gaitan when they have Silva and Nasri?
To prevent us from getting him?
