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Hibbert would be a decent backup to Rafael. Smalling and Jones can then focus on CB.

Not really
 
Man-United said:
Hibbert would be a decent backup to Rafael. Smalling and Jones can then focus on CB.
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Then what happens to Rio, Vidic and Evans? At least until Rio retires one of Jones/Smalling should continue to play right back. They are both versatile so I dont see any reason as to why they cant continue to play there for another 12-24 months. And if anything, Fabio can cover as RB for a while if God forbid Rafael gets injured.

Edit: Damn you with your white text.
 
FCBarca said:
Does Ballague still have much insight into what goes on at Liverpool any longer? Or anywhere for that matter

Would suck if true, Barcelona had until the end of May to use their buy option on the player. Started out really out of rhythm with the B side but became one of the most important players in the side, extremely versatile & skilled forward
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I like how Rodgers is casting his net wide. In recent years, I've often felt that we (United) could have better mined the resources of La Liga.

It goes without saying though that a player who's good enough for Pool isn't necessarily good enough for Barca.
 
The next person to name 'twitter' as a source without naming the account they got the 'info' from is getting infracted to death.
 
Man-United said:
Hibbert would be a decent backup to Rafael. Smalling and Jones can then focus on CB.

Not really
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Thank God for the white text.. Baines might be a good signing but apart from that we don´t need any feckin Evertonians, we don´t wanna go backwards do we. IF we sign anyone I hope it really is someone who is in the starting 11 week in week out rather than 5 fecking benchwarmers
 
Magnus said:
Thank God for the white text.. Baines might be a good signing but apart from that we don´t need any feckin Evertonians, we don´t wanna go backwards do we. IF we sign anyone I hope it really is someone who is in the starting 11 week in week out rather than 5 fecking benchwarmers
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Well we could really do with Fellaini, but that's for another thread.
 
Interesting read from Andy Mitten..

Most of Manchester United’s employees on the football side have scattered around the world on holiday. Carrington is dead, with Sir Alex’s office being cleared out so that there’s no trace of the great man. That’s his decision, before he moves into his new office well away from Carrington. The offices of his secretaries are getting the same treatment. They’re leaving too.From Las Vegas to Antibes, Barbados (Rooney, Carrick, Smalling, Phil Neville all went last year) to Portugal, Reds are here, Reds are there. We can only hope that their holidays will pass without incident and the players will return refreshed and fit.

Other players have returned home; Rafael, Anderson and Valencia to South America where several of United’s England players (including a Rooney whose future is still open to speculation and a half-fit Welbeck) will be this weekend as the Maracana re-opens), De Gea to Madrid or Van Persie to Rotterdam.This summer is like no other at Old Trafford since Munich. The manager, his closest assistants and the club’s chief executive are all leaving. All have been involved with the club for over a decade.The players are ok, they have contracts. Some, like hugely popular (with players, not fans) Anderson, hope that their fortunes can improve under a new manager. He’d feared that he was on his way out. Nani still is.

The staff face far more uncertainty. Key coaching staff have gone or are leaving on June 30th. Some will have their contracts paid up and receive decent pay-offs. United don’t mess about with money like some clubs.They depart with mixed feelings. They were part of a team which did what few do in football – experience success. They worked with respected peers and thrived at the highest level in football. Breaking up a successful team isn’t easy in any line of work, but they were sheltered from reality by under the huge umbrella provided by Ferguson. Not even he could guarantee their futures.And now they’re off, with their public and private opinions very different. They’ve heard that new boss David Moyes wants to bring two players in from Everton and they’re worried that they won’t be good enough to play for Manchester United, but that’s their opinion. Everyone has them. But, it no longer matters as they’re no longer at the club.

The changes throw up some interesting questions. Chief scout Jim Lawlor remains for now, European scout Martin Ferguson, the manager’s brother, doesn’t. Ferguson covered more games than anyone else at the club this season. He watched the Iscos (too slow, doesn’t make enough difference) and the Baptistas (too similar to Welbeck). He saw players he liked but couldn’t sign because they had no inclination to move. Thiago Alcantara at Barcelona is one. A great attacking midfield talent who Barça fans preferred to sign over Cesc Fabregas, he’s not played the number of games he hoped for this season, nor the number that his contract is structured around. He’s played less than 30 minutes in more than 60% of Barça’s games this season, meaning his buy out clause drops from an improbably €90 to €18 million until August. Barca do this a lot, they tell emerging talents that they’re likely to play more than they do.Thiago’s not happy, but he doesn’t want to leave Camp Nou. His parents (dad is Brazilian 1994 World Cup winner Mazinho) live in Barcelona, his brother plays for Barça B. But he’s prepared to leave to play more football and boost his chances of playing for Spain in Brazil 2014.I went to Barça’s game at Espanyol on Sunday and spoke to several people either at the club or close to it. They doubted that Thiago wanted to play in England and said Real Madrid was the most probable option.

Had United got wind of his situation, they would have likely made a move for a player they’d long rated. He fits United age/talent profile perfectly and could have been the most reluctant arrival at Old Trafford from Camp Nou since Jordi Cruyff. But he was being scouted by people who’ve now left the club. How much knowledge was shared over potential targets is something only Sir Alex Ferguson and Davd Moyes know.Cesc Fabregas is another who has been linked with United. He wasn’t been

watched last season, only because United thought he wouldn’t leave Barcelona. He still doesn’t want to leave Barcelona, the team he grew up at, supported and played for at 15 and 25. He’s recently become a father for the first time and likes having his parents around, but he may have little choice if a big offer comes in for him. He’s been mediocre this season for Barça after a strained relationship with previous boss Pep Guardiola. A significant number of Barça fans jeered him towards the end of the season.Fabregas now has to fit into an attack which includes Neymar and another yet to be bought forward.

Barcelona want to recoup as much of the Neymar transfer money, which could rise to almost €50 million, as possible. They also have too many players for their attacking three – Messi, Pedro, Fabregas, Neymar, Villa, Tello, Alexis Sanchez and even Iniesta. There’s no chance that all will be at Camp Nou in September, especially as some in the club want to promoted reserve striker Gerard Deulofeu, though he’s more likely to go on loan like Isaac Cuenca. If you’re Fabregas or Thiago and Manchester United come in for you, at the very least you’d give it serious consideration. You also know that change is constant in football.As do the staff leaving United. They’re experienced football people too. They worked at other clubs before United and saw the reality, the constant changes. Not knowing where you will be living in a year’s time is the norm in football.

United was the exception, with so much stability because of the longevity of Ferguson. Mike Phelan, his assistant, has had a good run. His CV has been enhanced by his time at United. He’ll get a decent job. Most Reds remember May 1999 as the month of the treble – for Mike Phelan it was the month he got sacked as Stockport County manager. Football has major ups and downs, that’s what happens to most people involved in it, unless their clubs finish first or second year after year.United are losing some other good people. Like Sir Alex’s secretary Lynn Laffin, who will follow him to his new office, but change is not always bad.David Moyes was given the job because Ferguson, among others, thought he was the best man to take over. And it’s entirely normal for a manager to bring in his own people. It happens at every club, the only thing that changes is the size of the team.

At a club like United it can amount to half a dozen people.Managerial moves are reported as just impacting the individual, but assistants, coaches and physios usually follow the man they trust, their gaffer.I know of one manager at a lower level who has been out of work for a year. He and his assistant are applying for jobs as a partnership.And I know of one former United player working with the coaching staff at a Premier League club. He’s happy. But he’d follow the former United manager and team mate tomorrow if he had a chance. The former United player has told him that he’ll take him…just as soon as he gets another job.

Football is an old boys’ network like no other, the loyalty and suitability comes from years of seeing how colleagues perform under all types of mental and physical conditions rather than from a job interview.So Moyes will bring his own men in, those he trusts. He’s the boss and what he says goes. He’s not loyal for the sake of it, he’s loyal to people who he thinks are the best for the job. And he’s not afraid to make decisions and move staff on who don’t fit in with his vision of the future.These are interesting, exciting, unnerving, uncertain, speculation-rich times for Manchester United. Moyes is now the captain of the ship. Let’s hope he can steer it safely towards more success.
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nigel ‏@nigel160
#Fabregas has told #Barca he will only leave for one English club and that club is #Arsenal #Thiago is also close to agreeing a new contract
 
As much as I love a good Twitter rumour, it's getting pretty ridiculous.

I couldn't make up anything more obvious as a joke than "Football Dave"
 
I love nonsense as much as the next transfer twit but, if we insist on posting it, the usual sad suspects will be starting threads like 'Do we really need a Transfer Forum?', so...stahp pls, before I die from pre-emptive tedium.
 
That Andy Mitten read is interesting.

But saying Thiago is likely to head to Madrid from Barcelona is just plain ridiculous.
 
Sandikan said:
That Andy Mitten read is interesting.

But saying Thiago is likely to head to Madrid from Barcelona is just plain ridiculous.
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Why? if any team meets the buy out clause, then Barca can't stop the player going to that team can they?
 
I hope that those two Everton players are Fellani and Baines as they are the only two that might be good enough.
 
SilentWitness said:
Mirallas has been better than all of your wingers this year.
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He's probably the only player on your team that I wouldn't mind getting. Baines is good enough but that'd mean the end of Evra, which I don't want. Fellaini I've never been a fan of and I don't think he'd be a step in the right direction.
 
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Indeed, but to say that he's definitely not a good prospect is ridiculous. Probably one of our best players already.
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Manhester United though SW. We have aspirations to be the best team in the world. All our wingers are better than him when on game. True they were all tosh this season but class is permanent etc.
 
If i was given the choice between Mirallas/Nani/Valencia and they were all on top form i'd choose Mirallas and Nani. Valencia was a beast that year but he's still too one dimensional for me. Mirallas has more to his game.
 
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