Oh god not again, please. 
Sniejder Available For 15m
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss Amad saving our blushes in a win against Southampton as well as our now annual loss at home to Brighton. They discuss Amorim's post-match comments, revisit how mid-table we may or may not be, and discuss some transfer news.
£15million for a player Gala paid about £6million for?
Cuckoo.
Cuckoo.
Wait... Inter sold him to Galatasaray for €7.5 million in Jan 2013.
6-months later at £15 million we are supposed to be interested?
GTFO
6-months later at £15 million we are supposed to be interested?
GTFO
That went well
Not only that, he knew United were after him but his choice was Galatasaray.
He should stay there and stop generating another wave of absolute bullshit.
doubt we'd be interested, that ship has sailed
We were interested in Summer '11. The ship had well and truly sailed by the time he chose Galatasary.
Small point, but isn't the thread title name spelt wrong?
No. Wesley had his chance to make a deal work but chose not to. We've since picked up Kagawa. And Powell isn't that far away from making his mark in the English prem.
If we're going to go Dutch, let's do Strootman. And perhaps steal Van Ginkel from Chelsea before he puts pen to paper.
If we're going to go Dutch, let's do Strootman. And perhaps steal Van Ginkel from Chelsea before he puts pen to paper.
My impression is that he did not join us because of the money. So he can feck off as far as I m concerned. In Summer 11 he was one year into a new contract and the new contract stipulated that if Inter try to transfer him without Sneijder formally requesting a transfer, Inter will have to give Sneijder & co 7 million euros. Apparently the Sneijder entourage did not want to lose those 7 million, which Inter clearly did not want to fork out. (Sneijder knew that Inter desperately wanted to offload him in order to reduce their wages bill but they did not move one inch)
The interested clubs (us included) did not want to fork out more money either, and everything stopped there.
Then a year after, with Sneijder unsettled, they allowed him to move for a smaller fee to Galatasaray in what became imo a lose-lose situation for both parties.
The interested clubs (us included) did not want to fork out more money either, and everything stopped there.
Then a year after, with Sneijder unsettled, they allowed him to move for a smaller fee to Galatasaray in what became imo a lose-lose situation for both parties.
The problem with him coming to United has always been about wages. He was on ridiculous money at Inter and I wouldn't think he took a much of wage cut to go to Galatasaray , so I doubt we are interested in him any more at the type of money he would ask for.
That summer was terrible. All those preseason Inter matches watched to see how Sneijder could play in a 2 man midfield for us...
If we can get City to go for him by bidding 12 million, I say "have at it!"
If I had a quid every time someone posted 'that ship has sailed', I'd have enough money to buy Sneijder. But I wouldn't because that ship has sailed.
I don't know why on earth I'm saying this, but would he be a bad option if Rooney left? I know that 'the ship has sailed' and all that, but I don't think that it's crazy to think that we'd at least make a bid.
Yeah, for a straight swap with Bebe and a 100k wage cut.
If it makes a difference the quoted price is "in the region of €15million" - that's £12.75m. And the phrase "in the region of" suggests they'd accept less.
He's shot, rather like Kaka - do not want, needs to join a team which plays at a slower tempo.
We might have like a dutch quartet next season if we sign Strootman and Sneijder.
If we lose Rooney, I'd like to see Lewandowski brought in to pick up the slack (which isn't going to happen, but that's what I'd like to see). Robert is, today, is better pure finisher than Wayne. However, we'd still need to deal with the midfield situation, even after we procure Ronaldo. Do Strootman and take our chances on Cleverley progressing from last season and Fletcher making his triumphant return. And if Fletcher does not make a triumphant return, then use Jones as a spot defensive midfielder until he's needed full time at center-back.
Best case scenario, we bring in Ronaldo, keep Rooney and Nani, sell Ando and bring in Strootman (I'm assuming there's no chance in hell we're going to snag either Fabregas or Alcantara). Adding Ronaldo and Strootman would be a sufficient net upgrade to allow us to compete for the CL title, and sock away the prem title fairly easily. I do see huge upside in Cleverley and Powell to get us through those dreary days at the Brittania Stadium, the Stadium of Light and others places where we wouldn't necessarily want to waste Ronaldo's talent.
This rumour needs to be killed. With fire. And then buried. At sea. In a cement filled coffin.
Adding Ronaldo would be sufficient.
What the feck dude?
Obviously, you're a one dimensional thinker.
To explain the obvious, we don't need nor do want to go in for Sneijder, even on a free transfer. I hope you'll agree this is a Sniejder thread. You don't go in for Sneijder not because he's no longer a quality player. I haven't seen him much lately but it's safe to assume he can still put in a decent performance here and there. You don't go in for him because he doesn't fit into any reasonable plan for United going forward. Everyone has their own ideas on how to move forward, but I think we would all agree that Sneijder's proverbial ship has sailed and I think we would all agree there are interesting options available to us in midfield. We've discussed several of those options -- whether they are "real" or not I have no idea -- on other threads. While I have no objections to a new Sneijder thread I really do hope we don't get caught up in the kind of frenzy we were wound up in a few summers ago.
With respect to the point re Lewandowski, I was responding to the point another poster made regarding the prospect of losing Rooney. Although I don't see it happening, there is a chance we could sell Rooney. If so, we have one more thing to think about. Whether we sell Rooney or not, I would advise against procuring Sniejder. My two cents...that's all.
He should go to Stoke.
Has he been any good this past 2-3 years?
Anyone see his goal today? Sign him up, Moysey!
He was impressive and controlled the game today, albeit against weak opposition.
He was impressive and controlled the game today, albeit against weak opposition.
somewhere Lou Macari is crying
I can't decide whether to get my cock out or not.
A problem with your CM in the past few years is that it's aging. He'd add to that at 29. Aye, you can bring up RVP being that age but with him you had a player coming off one of his best, if not his best season ever. With Sneijder you have a player who hasn't been the same really since the Treble year.
for 5M probably he's worth the risk, he's only 29 after all, and with this being a WC year and all.
For 15M though... that'll be another story.
For 15M though... that'll be another story.
He is not a CM either.
Just No