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Scorpy said:
And yet both of them insist that at the moment nothing is happening with our supposed interest in Vidal. IMO this transfer is likely to drag on, if it happens at all. I'm not buying all these ''United close to Vidal signing'' stories as they all come from shite sources, which reminds me of last summer's Thiago fiasco.

At least this time our interest in Vidal has been reported by reputable sources such as The Guardian, The Times/Ducker and Di Marzio but it's one thing to be ''interested'' in a player and it's an entirely different thing to be ''close'' to getting him. For the moment I think I'd rather believe Ducker and put the checking of flights from Turin to London/Manchester on hold at least until Vidal returns from his holiday.

Like I already said in this thread, I'd be delighted if we get Vidal but if we don't, it's imperative that we bring another midfielder in this summer and it doesn't really matter if it'd be Vidal or Lars Bender or Bastian Schweinsteiger or someone else. Whoever Van Gaal signs, I'm sure that he'll get the best out of him and will fit perfectly into his system. If Van Gaal wants Vidal but we don't get him because of Juventus' reluctance to sell, well, I'm sure we've got back-up targets. Just don't leave it for the last day of the transfer window, for all our sakes.
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I think if this deal happens then I expect Di Marzio to break it before Ducker, watched his webcast earlier and it was a waste of time to be honest.
 
Adnan said:
I think if this deal happens then I expect Di Marzio to break it before Ducker, watched his webcast earlier and it was a waste of time to be honest.
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Suppose so, especially when we've hardly briefed the journos this summer with Ducker and Ogden being no exception. If there's a leak, it'd probably be from Juventus' side so I guess Di Marzio would be better informed.
 
Adebesi post this in the Vidal thread a while ago. Bloody brilliant :lol::lol:

Adebesi said:
Excitement on the RedCafe Excitement Index (REI) inched up today, as baseless rumours circulated that the club had agreed terms with prospective recruit Vidal.

REI had struggled to gain momentum last week as claims and counterclaims were made by nobody credible, with attention firmly fixed on the World Cup.

With players - and managers - returning from Brazil, this week has long been earmarked as the start of Transfer Silly Season. Observers had hoped REI would start trading strongly, as football enthusiasts filled the vacuum in their lives with baseless speculation.

However, many have been disappointed with the persistent pessimism of Man United fans.

@amolbhatia100, from the internet, said: "This is one of those i won't get excited about until it's official." Others nodded sagely from behind their computers.

But there were pockets of muppetry amid the gloom, and with the postcount currently running at around 20 per hour in the absence of actual events, there is a tantalising prospect of triple digit hourly postcounts if market gurus James Ducker or Mark Ogden deign to comment on the matter.

REI is up 124% year to date, though most of this performance was registered in the two week period straddling the sacking of former manager David Moyes. Indeed, 30% of that return came in a single hour following his dismissal, with analysts describing that announcement as "a cyberspunkfest."

Reporting by a very bored person.
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Jamie Jackson seems to be linking us with players left right and centre since he came back on United beat.
 
FromTheBench said:
Jamie Jackson seems to be linking us with players left right and centre since he came back on United beat.
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I feel like none of the journalists no anything with regards to our transfer activity. When they say anything they're pretty much talking out of their arse and are covering all bases while trying to seem in the know.
 
Red Hand Devil said:
Yeah yeah yeah..

You need help alright - help with creating a name that makes any f*cking sense.

You dander in here like the big-cheese & start slaggin off posters with your "bi-polar" jibe & you think thats ok?

You deserve to get slagged, for acting like you're hellbent on pissing folk off. You wont make many friends on here with that friggin attitude!
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No problem, I have plenty of friends in the real world,

He'll bent on pissing folk off? You are a drama queen.
 
.Rossi said:
This guy might be worth keeping an eye on.

I posted this tweet yesterday....He doesn't claim to be an ITK but, he obviously knew something
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.Rossi said:
Oh true of course....But just the fact he knew it would be announced today perked my interest.

And the fact he doesn't claim to be any kind of ITK
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He didn't say he knew that it would be announced today. He said it "may" happen. He was just covering all the bases. It was fairly obvious the announcement was imminent. Even I could have said that it "may" have been announced today based on what I read in the papers.
 
Is the agent/journalist tweet good or bad?
 
Christ sake, so much yes/no going on in here and Vidal thread. My head is going to be baked if turns into a summer saga. Can't take another Sneidjer/Thiago. Takes away the gloss of an impending new season
 
Got a feeling an announcement will come out of the blue, just like the Herrera one did. It's clear that those who we used to think are ITK now are just clutching at straws.
 
dwd said:
I guess so. But there is more than one person to a transfer than just the agent of the player being sold...
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Its true, however the fact they chose to call the players agents mean that their inside track on the clubs transfer dealings (from the club) has dried up, is more the point I am making.

Remember Jamie Jackson said the Shaw deal was off when we announced Evra contract extension. They clearly have no clue.
 
Cassidy said:
Hmmmm so basically the british press have no clue what so ever as has been the case since LVG was appointed.
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The British press don't have a clue and they've resorted to desperate measures now, it's the LVG effect.
 
Oh has anyone posted the Jamie Jackson tweet yet?
 
Cassidy said:
Its true, however the fact they chose to call the players agents mean that their inside track on the clubs transfer dealings (from the club) has dried up, is more the point I am making.

Remember Jamie Jackson said the Shaw deal was off when we announced Evra contract extension. They clearly have no clue.
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It's a good thing that the leaks to the British press have supposedly stopped, but if that is the case then all of this speculation about Vidal moving to us is based on what? The Italian press? A throw away comment by Vidal in that interview?
 
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