Sneijder to Galatasaray?

His wage expectations have always been over-exaggerated in the media and on this board. 'Itk" and other reliable sources claim he wanted around £150k per week. That's still a lot for an out-of-form star but the reality is he is great, would improve our midfield, improve our tactical flexibilty, and is a proven winner.

His addition would make our central options among the very best in the BPL and improve the on-field performance of anyone on the pitch playing beside him.

This notion he can't play in a two-man midfield is absurd, too.
 
100 said:
You're severely underrating Kagawa if you think that he is far better at this moment in time, the guy has featured three times this season.
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Kagawa or Sneijder?

I'm not underestimating Kagawa, don't forget he has been out for a few months and has found it difficult in the PL which is understandable but Sneijder is a proven world class player who excelled in world cups, champs league and has now played in Spain, Italy and Holland.
 
RedDevilCanuck said:
Time for Arsenal to step up and sign a world class superstar.

Saying that I'm not sure where they would fit him in.
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No chance. He'd destroy their wage structure.

He'll end up at City, PSG or in Russia.
 
Nate Dogg said:
Kagawa or Sneijder?

I'm not underestimating Kagawa, don't forget he has been out for a few months and has found it difficult in the PL which is understandable but Sneijder is a proven world class player who excelled in world cups, champs league and has now played in Spain, Italy and Holland.
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Sneijder.

He's looked far from his former self in the last two years whereas Kagawa has established himself as a top attacking midfielder at Dortmund. I think it shows a lot that Inter aren't prepared to pay his big wages despite only recently signing a long term deal and clearly the likes of Maicon, Cesar and Eto off the books.

I'd be for signing him if we had some way of playing him in central midfield, but I think we're more than well stocked with Kagawa and Rooney.
 
If we did sign him, we should wear an Orange away kit. Considering we have the two best Dutch players.
 
Pointless signing this would be in my view. I am all for signing WC players who offer something we don't already have. But i struggle to see what we would get from Wesley in our usual system.

Sneijder doesn't play in a 2 man midfield, and has not been producing anything like his best form for quite some time now. For me the signing of Sneijder would poses many more concerns than offer assurances. We play a system that really tests our central 2. They are asked to do a hell of a lot of work, with not a lot of help. I just don't see Sneijder flourishing under those conditions.

If we are to change to a 3 to accommodate him, then that would be preferable. As we would at least give him the best opportunity of rediscovering his bets form. But for me i just think the Sneijder ship has sailed back in 2009 when we played a 4-5-1 that would have suited him perfectly. Today i just don't see how and where he would fit in to justify what he would probably cost.
 
I'd have him for £5-10 mil and a heavily incentive based contract. Would be a far better buy than Lampard anyway.
 
Sky Sports - Galatasaray statement: "Begun negotiations with Inter Milan for the transfer of Wesley Sneijder."
 
The fall of this guy has been staggering. Galatasaray? feck me.

We've seen how poor they are and he'll stick out like a sore thumb there. That's if he can be arsed to play.
 
What a massive step down that would be for him footballing wise. You have to think where he would be if he made a move in the summer where the media went crazy over him.

I've no doubt that if he moved to either you or City, or another top club at that time he would still be an excellent midfielder and one of the worlds best in that position.
 
I don't think any big club wants him at this stage. He's been injuried and he wants a lot of money. There are better players out there who won't be as big of a fuzz.
 
Castia said:
Sky Sports - Galatasaray statement: "Begun negotiations with Inter Milan for the transfer of Wesley Sneijder."
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Just goes to show half the stories linking players with us are dreamed up by agents to drum up interest in their clients. Only a few weeks ago we were supposedly in a battle with Spurs for Sneijder and yet now he's going to Turkey. Go figure.
 
I don't want Sneijder. Where would he play? He isn't good enough to play in a two man midfield. Either we'd have to play 3-5-2 to suit him, play him just behind the striker or play him on the wing. Why would we do that? Who would we drop? Drop Rooney to play him behind RVP? Play him on the wing over Valencia, Young or Nani? I don't think so. He is a luxury player and not what we need. We have a younger version of him in Kagawa and I think he can offer a lot more than what an aging Sneijder can.
 
Castia said:
Sky Sports - Galatasaray statement: "Begun negotiations with Inter Milan for the transfer of Wesley Sneijder."
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Translation: "We're going to pay him a bloody fortune, so we want Inter to lower their price."
 
Sneijder will reject the Galatasaray offer according to Gazzetta as his agent says there will be an offer from England in the next few days.
 
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I don't want Sneijder. Where would he play? He isn't good enough to play in a two man midfield. Either we'd have to play 3-5-2 to suit him, play him just behind the striker or play him on the wing. Why would we do that? Who would we drop? Drop Rooney to play him behind RVP? Play him on the wing over Valencia, Young or Nani? I don't think so. He is a luxury player and not what we need. We have a younger version of him in Kagawa and I think he can offer a lot more than what an aging Sneijder can.
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Agreed.
 
Totally different players though in Kagawa and Sneijder.

I don't agree that Kagawa will offer a lot more than Wesley. Kagawa will be a great player, but he still won't reach the level of passing, shooting and precision that Wesley already possesses.

Guys, its Wesley's wages that is blinding most of you, he's an insanely good player, Free kicks, shots, passes etc.... He's like a Scholes and if you say we don't need a player of Scholes in our squad is not quite right.

Not more, he's also as aggressive in tackles as Scholes and he is slightly quicker, he won the CL with inter for a reason and was one of their best players, just because he played with an injury for Holland and hasn't started for Inter doesn't mean he's become shite given his circumstances.

He'd be like an RVP signing, a world class MF who'd instantly get into our team.

I'm pretty sure most people had doubts before signing RVP if a 27 yr old was worth the fuss, voila... RVP showed that it works, there's the Berbatov's which had too much ego and wouldn't run and showed bad body language, but I'm pretty sure Wesley's not that type of player, he'd work his socks off and I still can't believe that RM and Inter are desparate to off load one of the best MF's or if I"d have put it, still top 10 MF player in the world.

He'd be a steal at what 12m ?

Anyways, we're linked with Wesley and Lamps, and Wesley gets my vote, younger, more dynamic, quicker and has a better passing range... You'll see this when he gets the chance to play for a team that plays at a quick tempo and utilizes the wingers really well.

More over, he's long shots will massively improve our range of attacks, he's one of the best out there.

And god no, he's not a luxury player, Lamps at 34 is a luxury player as he has no potential left, at 28 Sneijder still has 6 more years playing time and he's currently fit and not injured as well... He hasn't actually found his team and United could well be the team that fits his style the most.

I'd have Sneijder here in a flash at 12m + wages
 
The question most people are asking him, where would we play him? Who would we drop to accommodate him in the squad?
 
Ayee, signing him to play wide would be a bit mental. If we want someone to play wide then we should just buy a winger, crazy as that sounds.
 
He'll easily take Cleverly's spot in MF.

He obviously won't play wide though he'd still be a very good and dangerous player from there as he's passing is Beckhamesque, but still he'd easily take Scholesy's role in the squad.

I'm also against playing Sneijder too up front, he's not the type of player who is good at holding the ball, turning players, but you'll see him doing an amazing job at what Scholes does and he'll get into that box too as he will definitely have the stamina and ability too.

Carrick-Sneijder....
 
Yeah that is the only way I would take him, if he could adapt his game to play in a two man midfield behind Rooney or Kagawa in AM.

I'm not convinced he could though, it would be a risk paying him huge wages if he couldn't adapt to the role. We would be safer just buying someone who has proven they could play there IMO.
 
If you look at the past year, Fergie likes to have a passer and a runner in midfield.

One to simply sit in the hole so that he can see everything ahead of him and dictate the play (Carrick, Scholes)

Or a runner who will be the more energetic, adventurous player who will make surging runs forward when on the attack. (Anderson, Cleverley)

I don't know where Sneijder fits in there.

He won't sit in the hole and be a passer, besides I much prefer Carrick.

And he probably doesn't have the legs or the energy these days to be the runner, at least not for any prolonged period of time. From what I have seen of him as of late, pace seems to be one of the things he has lacked.

Ahead of the midfield two, I see no place for him whatsoever. Even Rooney will need to be fighting for his place soon with everyone fit IMO due to the fierce competition. And we already have young talents such as Powell and Henriquez knocking on the door as well.
 
I don't think sneijder fits anywhere in the team, he's not like rvp where the question was never that there wasn't a spot for him but the impact in others on his arrival. I don't think he can come out wide, our wingers need to track back well an even kagawa despite not being great at it has shown a good work rate to get back, I don't see sneijder doing that. In the hole we have Rooney and kagawa, we don't need him there and personally I would rather we but a proper midfielder, who both wants to play there and is proven there, rather than another project trying to put sneijder there. Plus also because of the way we play we need our two centre mids to be solid, it's not quite there yet with clev but its coming along, again not sure if sneijder has the work rate for that role. Even if scholes was never a great tackler he always worked hard there to defend and that's a big part of the job.
 
RedThaiDevils#7 said:
He'll easily take Cleverly's spot in MF.

He obviously won't play wide though he'd still be a very good and dangerous player from there as he's passing is Beckhamesque, but still he'd easily take Scholesy's role in the squad.

I'm also against playing Sneijder too up front, he's not the type of player who is good at holding the ball, turning players, but you'll see him doing an amazing job at what Scholes does and he'll get into that box too as he will definitely have the stamina and ability too.

Carrick-Sneijder....
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And where would that leave the likes of Cleverley and Anderson?
 
Some of the arguements against Sneijder are looking very similar to the arguements some had against getting RVP, we don't need him, who would we drop, what about the development of the younger players etc.

If he's on the cheap (which he is) and we can negotiate the wages to a reasonable level I think we'd be silly not to pick him up given his obvious quality. Even if he turns out to not work so well, we'd probably still be able to make the 12 million back in the next transfer.
 
Xander45 said:
Some of the arguements against Sneijder are looking very similar to the arguements some had against getting RVP, we don't need him, who would we drop, what about the development of the younger players etc.

If he's on the cheap (which he is) and we can negotiate the wages to a reasonable level I think we'd be silly not to pick him up given his obvious quality. Even if he turns out to not work so well, we'd probably still be able to make the 12 million back in the next transfer.
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Big difference for me is that v.Persie was/is on the form of his life whereas Sneijder is on the slump of his life.
 
The thing is, we DON'T need him.

Over and over and over, people think he is a central midfielder (no) or he's a classic No.10 (no). So really, for him to be most effective requires a team set-up that I don't think United would resort to.

Anyway, we have the likes of Rooney and Kagawa...
 
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