I agree shaggy.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran are here to talk about a frustrating 2 points dropped at Crystal Palace. They then discuss the regeneration of Old Trafford. Finally, Nik is joined by special guest Michael Statham from the Football Oranje podcast - who gives us a more in depth look at our EL opposition FC Twente, and then runs through the (many) Dutch connections currently at United.
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Well you see, these journos have to be spot on just about 95% of the time, otherwise they know "feck all".
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Still nothing from Bayern sources on Thiago Alcantara. I'd treat the story of him joining with extreme caution, to say the least
Still nothing from Bayern sources on Thiago Alcantara. I'd treat the story of him joining with extreme caution, to say the least
CentralSources 
They don't have a clue with a twitter name like that.
They don't have a clue with a twitter name like that.
CentralSources
They don't have a clue with a twitter name like that.
They've retweeted the infamous Indy a few times too I think, so we can take anything they say for granted.
Whenever our name gets mentioned in a transfer we always say they are just using United to get more wages or the that the club is leaking false info to stimulate a genuinely interested club. Most likely this is shit stirring to get us to meet whatever demands are causing the current delay/impass.
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Wasn't that Central sources tweet from yesterday? So it turns out their "later tonight" coincided with when the Thiago-Bayern news started. Good news for United fans indeed.
The way people dismiss reputable journalists as 'bullshitters' is hilarious.
Probably becasue so much proven bullshit has been written by "reputable" journalists in the past.
The Journos have to justify being kept on over the close season. It seems they do this by surveying forums and twitter and writing stories to pander to the muppets fancies - massaging them then dashing their hopes then raising them again
Kenyon fecked that one up.
Have you ever read the sports pages of the daily newspapers?
Take a little look over at our official website and see how many players we get linked with, every single summer. Do you believe for one minute we hold an interest or have made even tentative approaches for every one of these players?
The Mirror linked us with a move for Messi the other week. As a fall-back option if we don't sign Ronaldo. That story was written by a "reputable journalist".
Come on TN, everyone knows Messi's a DONE DEAL.
Well it is. It's as if people think nothing ever happens until it happens. Nobody, not player, not agent, not chairman, manager, representatives, lawyers, board, finance departments or anyone else. They all suddenly wake up and think "feck me we've signed someone" meaning that any journalist getting any information is impossible. It's as if this is genuinely how people think.
He most certainly did not
You do know the majority of the people involved in deals are under obligation, and often contract, to treat any information they have as confidential, right? A lot of transfer journalism is guesswork and speculation. "Sources say" etc etc.
Our club, in particular, gets thrown in when almost every player to play the game is moving somewhere. Currently our name gets mentioned with every player City move for, which to me.l appears to be part of the media narrative of a blue moon rising and a shift in the balance of power in Manchester. Them beating us to every signing they make fits that narrative well. How fortunate that we always want to buy the players they sign, or that we are "set to make a late move" in deals that seem sealed for them, only to be rejected by said player in favour other City.
So the fact we'd agreed a fee with PSG for Ronaldinho, verbally, but Kenyon offered them less money when the official offer came through doesn't amount to a feck up?
We didnt offer him the helicopter he wanted to travel to london on the piss.....
Someone please drop kick this guy.
You're mixing it up with the Robben transfer.
Kenyon played hardball on the Ronaldino transfer and wouldn't go above €20m and thought Ronaldinho would push the move through. Barcelona offered €25 and got the job done.
I know the nature of sports journalism is to get scoops and beat your competition to the big stories, but it's pretty clear that the pressure of needing to be the first to break a big story often leads to journos running with stuff that is more conjecture, rumour and guesswork than fact. Twitter seems to take that all a step further.
You sure? I'm certain I've seen comments from the then PSG chairman who said Kenyon had pulled a fast one on them. Or tried it anyway.
Positive. As I said, you're probably thinking of Robben who we verbally agreed £12m for before Kenyon put in the official bid of £6m when he thought he had Robben set on a move to us.
PSG president at the time, forgot his name, also claimed Kenyon agreed a fee, and then faxed a lower offer.
Nah, we had a €30m deal verbally agreed for Ronaldinho with PSG. Kenyon then got wind that Barca wouldn't go over €27m, so upon hearing this he went in with a €28m offer. The PSG chairman wasn't impressed and told us the deal was off because we broken our side of the deal. They then accepted the €27m offer from Barca, Kenyon told PSG €30m was fine, but PSG said it was too late and preferred to sell to Barca because they had acted more honourably during the negotiations.
Did I stumble into the Ronaldinho/PSG/Kenyon thread?
Apologies if I got that wrong then, it seems Kenyon thought it was a good enough negotiation tactic to use more than once. Insufferable wanker.
I think the comments here show why Peter Kenyon is no longer a chief executive at a football club.
Yeah the whole transfer saga was explained in a Ronaldinho biography. He was a wanker indeed!
That's more like it!
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