He signed some of the best: Robson, Keane, Veron etc. Ferguson didn't need midfielders, just water-carriers to achieve success.
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He signed some of the best: Robson, Keane, Veron etc. Ferguson didn't need midfielders, just water-carriers to achieve success.
Deals are never done over the weekend anyways. I'm going to guess Tuesday it'll be official (if it's really at that stage) subject a medical and all that
Big Ron signed Robbo for Utd in '81
I am very excited about this news about Di Maria, but we need cannot take anything for granted. We need to sign him BEFORE Monday!
Hear that Woody!!!
Hear that Woody!!!
To take on MK Dons? Im sure we will okay without him.
Manchester United has to move away from Fergie, not let him sink his teeth in another footballing role.
Worth a punt at £8m?
Just the five years before Fergie's time. He did sign Neil Webb though.
If he's as talented as ive heard and seen (which isnt a lot to be fair) then it would.
Absolutely I think so. Even if its £10-12m, its not a big risk.
What in the hell is that?
What the feck is it with you noobs and these stupid and/or formations?? Cut it out
That well known 2-5-3 formation with Luke Shaw playing as the defensive midfielder. Do keep up....
Blind has a talent for proving people wrong. He has done it for most of his career. People said he was rubbish in his first few years at Ajax but he emerged as their best player by some distance. People said he was too slow and it would be diaster if he played wing back for Holland at the world cup but he made it into the best world cup 11.
Now they're saying he isn't good enough for Utd. We should all know how Blind will respond by now.
She should probably do the ice bucket challenge again.
No, he was incredible. But everything has to end sometime. Trying to mix Fergie philosophy with Van Gaal philosophy will not lead us into the new path we have to take. Can you seriously not see that?
I'm not one of those people who think Fergie should stay away from the club, not be a director, not come to matches, not be involved. But the football department - that's finished.
Good post. Remember having Sir Matt around after his retirement didn't exactly prove fruitful.
3 players in 7 days? 
Barca are also in for Di Maria? Do they need him? With a front 3 possibly consisting of Suarez, Messi and Neymar (christ!) and a midfield of Iniesta, Busquets and Rakitic, where would Di Maria go? No player there will be looking to be a rotation option. Not that it matters, as it's largely unlikely that Madrid will sell a player to Barca anyway. Especially a player that the fans don't want to lose to begin with.
Perez would rather let him rot in the B team than sell him to Barca.
And after the bargains they have had of us with Ronaldo and Beckham they best play ball!
And after the bargains they have had of us with Ronaldo and Beckham they best play ball!
They're probably doing it to piss off Madrid but if it works out then all the better for them
What did he say about Mata?
Robbo was a Ron Atkinson signing
Who else are we signing then? Need at least one CM and another defender.
To be fair, we all said the same about Zaha and that is now looking like a huge waste of money.
Yeah, according to the reports the Club see it this way too.
I'll guess Blind and De Jong.
We should still be able to recoup most of what we paid for him tho.
Players in the region of 8-12m shouldn't be considered huge risks imo, considering how much we generate, taking a punt at talents in the price range could be well worth it, as long as it's a calculated risk.
That would do me although I quite like the look of that Brazilian CM as well. Blind would be a great signing with his versatility.
We all like the look of a Brazilian
I think we'll be set for defence. We'll probably switch to a back 4 if we get Di Maria. Rafael/Valencia/Jones for right back, Jones/Smalling and Evans/Rojo/Blackett for center backs, Shaw/Rojo for left back too. Most of them are injured at the moment of course but it's only small niggles for most of them and I think if we bought someone else, we'd have to sell one of the center backs.
Herrera, Carrick and Fletcher are good options in midfield, then we have Cleverley and Fellaini and Anderson who are a bit useless. So yeah, I'd agree there that more depth there would be ideal. I think we'll go for Strootman in January, so a De Jong signing right now would be ideal (or Blind even). Someone who won't expect to be a starter long term, just a squad player, as Herrera and Strootman will probably be the 2 main midfielders in the long run. Carrick, Fletcher and Blind/De Jong as the back ups.
The Bebe precedence says yes because at least this guy is playing professionally and is highly rated too.
Also; house > cardboard box.
Dont think we'd need both De Jong and Blind, seems like overkill.
De Jong/Blind and Di Maria would be a good end to the window though.
De Jong/Blind and Di Maria would be a good end to the window though.
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This is the google translation: Phenomenon Di Maria, must flee when the decision makers do not appreciate. That feeling is nonnegotiable.
Now you know why I did not put that in the post
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