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Patrice Evra to Madrid?
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Come here work experience boy. I require you to write a few paragraphs of utter bollocks for our website. Think you can manage it?
IF we ever had to sell Evra I'd be inclined to take a humongous fee for him and let Fabio develop as a natural replacement, getting the chances Rafael has had.
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well hopefully fergus wont want to sell ya paddy
No smoke without fire. Story has been doing the rounds in respectable tabloids for a while.
Fergie may want to sell.
If he wanted to leave, hypothetical of course, it wouldn't be the worst sale if we got rid for £10-15m. We've got a talented player in reserve, so why not?
He might ya know, let Fabio develop now before he retires. Have a young spine in place for the next manager. Use the Evra money for whatever he wants. Who knows?
£10-15m? Are you mental? He is one of the best left backs in the world.. You don't get rid of a player like that for a small amount..
Wouldn't be surprised if these quotes were fake, but I wouldn't be sad if he left. He had three amazing seasons in a United shirt and I don't think we'll see that Patrice again. I don't mean that he's past it, because he's still one of the best left backs in the world, but if a £20m offer came we should consider it.
why would he do that???
the reason this rumour is not going away is because he still hasn't signed a new deal with us.
You wouldnt get a penny over £15m for a 29 year old left back!
Evra still has years left of top flight football, and being one of the best players in his position, should command a higher value than £15..
why would he do that???
the reason this rumour is not going away is because he still hasn't signed a new deal with us.
Who knows, maybe the lad is asking for a giant pay rise or something. Who knows, Fergie may not want to sell.
Well as the club in question is Madrid there's no worries about that.
What so the Times and Telegraph arent respectable?
Fair point, maybe I am over estimating his value. That said, if the likes of Madrid are in for a player then usually a 'fair' value is never in question.
End result: New contract for Evra.
If he was 25/26 then id say that you could have asked for more. But given his age, if somebody offered £15m id accept it.
But, id prefer Evra to stay.
Nothing wrong with those quotes even if they are real. All he says is that if he were to leave United because Ferguson wants to get rid of him then he would rather go to Madrid than anywhere else.
It's not like he says he wants to leave, he even clarifies that in the last sentence.
My favourite player at United but I suppose he will leave us at some point or other. They all do. Rather he stayed for a while yet though.
If he were to leave then yes, Real is understandably the place he'd most like to go.
Can't see Ramos wanting to come to England though. That bit doesn't sound quite right.
If he were to leave then yes, Real is understandably the place he'd most like to go.
Can't see Ramos wanting to come to England though. That bit doesn't sound quite right.
love paddy, dont want the wee mental fecker to go anywhere!
I would have said that last year, but the Vidic episode has made me more confident. Why sell Evra for £15 million? I agree that's probably the most we would get for him, and I would rather his service for another 5 years while Fabio slowly competes and takes his place.
Brilliant forum this is. Half season where he's not been at his best and suddenly all the people who called him Jesus and God and what not are suddenly not averse to losing him? I wish he along with Vidic retires with us. You won't get a better left back than him
He still is Jesus and God, and id like him to stay, but if somebody offered me £15m for him, id consider the bid.
From all the rumours, maybe Fergie would consider it too...
You'd sell Jesus/God for 15m?
People just don't learn from the Vidic saga do they? Their all just rubbish rumors. I'm pretty sure he'll sign a new deal and everyone will be like "ofcourse we would have never wanted him sold blah blah"
Yeah, with those £15m we could probably buy Warnock, or add a few million and buy Baines. Would be an awesome deal indeed.
If Madrid are offering we'd need £25 mil going by their other transfers. Any less and we'd be getting shafted
If he did go, Rafaels progress gives me optimism about Fabio filling his shoes
If he did go, Rafaels progress gives me optimism about Fabio filling his shoes
Yeh I always said we should spend the money on Warnock
The point I have made, is that it wouldnt be the end of the world if he left for £15m. I will say,again, that I dont want it to happen.
But with Fabio coming through, and if he develops like Rafael, it wouldnt be devastating to us.
I don't want Evra to go anywhere, and whilst I believe that Fabio could develop into an equally good player it would take him about 2 seasons to get in and settled. Losing Evra would be a huge blow to us.
It won't happen.
And if we are to sell any decent players, even if to make way for exciting youth like Fabio then can it be to someone else rather than Madrid.
Even our own fans don't understand that we WANT to sell these players and now think of us a feeder club. Better just to feck off selling to them and sell them to Barca/Italy instead.
And if we are to sell any decent players, even if to make way for exciting youth like Fabio then can it be to someone else rather than Madrid.
Even our own fans don't understand that we WANT to sell these players and now think of us a feeder club. Better just to feck off selling to them and sell them to Barca/Italy instead.
I expect I am in the minority here, but I dont think losing Evra would be the end of the world for us. He is a fantastic player on his day, and one of the best LBs in the world, so obviously I would much rather he stays.
BUT
We have a young star in Fabio who - if he is anything like his twin - could very easily become the best LB in the world if given a bit more matchtime. We obviously wouldnt want to put too much pressure on the lad to live up to Rafaels standards, but Fabio was heralded as the better of the two initially, so you never know, look at the rate of Rafaels improvement.
Also, and a bit of muppetry now I guess, but losing Evra might pave the way (and help finance) a bid for Mr. Bale. OK, Bale primarily plays as a winger now, but if he could also fill in at LB along with Fabio it would be even better. We tend to play very attacking fullbacks as it is, so I expect Bale would still do a great job for us there if not playing on the wing.
A realistic fee for Evra, by current standards, would be about £20m I would say. When you look at the fees not only from City, but the likes of Real Madrid etc will pay, £20m for a proven world class leftback is not unrealistic whatsoever.
BUT
We have a young star in Fabio who - if he is anything like his twin - could very easily become the best LB in the world if given a bit more matchtime. We obviously wouldnt want to put too much pressure on the lad to live up to Rafaels standards, but Fabio was heralded as the better of the two initially, so you never know, look at the rate of Rafaels improvement.
Also, and a bit of muppetry now I guess, but losing Evra might pave the way (and help finance) a bid for Mr. Bale. OK, Bale primarily plays as a winger now, but if he could also fill in at LB along with Fabio it would be even better. We tend to play very attacking fullbacks as it is, so I expect Bale would still do a great job for us there if not playing on the wing.
A realistic fee for Evra, by current standards, would be about £20m I would say. When you look at the fees not only from City, but the likes of Real Madrid etc will pay, £20m for a proven world class leftback is not unrealistic whatsoever.
I'm more than happy selling to Madrid, rather Madrid than Barca. Madrid came to our aid in our darkest hour.
Madrid have Marcelo so there's no need to spend millions on someone slightly better, especially when they can blow it on a striker.
A lot better in my eyes.
If we sold Evra we couldn't rely on just Fabio to step up anyway. We'd need to buy another player as cover and as Sarni stated you wouldn't even be able to buy Baines with £10-15m. Unless a retarded offer like £30m came in it would be crazy to sell, you have to remember that in the next 3-4 seasons Fabio will play more and more as Evra won't be played every single game (or may get injured).
Bare in mind that in 3-4 years Fabio will still only be in his early 20's.
Bare in mind that in 3-4 years Fabio will still only be in his early 20's.
Can anyone tell me why Real Madrid is a better option than Barcelona?
Im probably been highly ignorant now but can you explain?