He and Charlie Adam would be great buys. That said, I think it will be a midfielder and a keeper.
Wesley Sneijder
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I'd rather want us to give Cleverley a chance.
Than sign Sneijder?
Yeah, in many years maybe. Cleverley is a kid. He is not ready to fill Scholes boots and start every game, he's nowhere near, Sneijder is. Cleverley would be his understudy.
I remember a very similarly worded quote from the summer when we were supposedly in for him (£29Million). Sure this isn't just a paper with no story trying to manufacture one by printing old quotes?
English newspapers would never do such a thing.
Top, top player but not as good as some make out. Besides, where would he fit in? He'd be the ideal man in Europe but I could see us having problems in the league. Playing him in a 4-4-2 would be absolute suicide as he's not used to the pace in England, nor does he have great stamina. This story doesn't really excite me to be honest.
I've never noticed a stamina issue, the pace is a non-issue really, no player who comes here is used to the pace in England, ever. So we shouldn't stop buying players because they've never played here before.
He is a player in Scholes mould so if Scholes can play here then he can, he can also take belting free kicks, not afraid to shoot, his passing range is great and he picks out sublime through balls on a regular basis. It's everything we need.
Why the feck did we not get him thrown in on top of 80 million for Ronaldo. They would have done it.
I used to watch him fairly regularly at Real Madrid, and i'm pretty certain he was taken off in almost every match - he couldnt last 90 minutes. Whether this isnt an issue in Italy due to the pace, I dont know, I dont follow Italian football enough. With this in mind though, its obvious he would take some time to settle into the English league.
I remember saying at the time, 60 million and Sneijder and VDV would have been far better.
I seriously doubt they'd have chucked in a £20m asset on top of a World Record transfer fee.
Cock out time?
Not necessarily (Hernandez anyone?), but I'm thinking about 12-18 months. When you break the bank, naturally, you expect players to be performig from the get go. Not sure we could afford to persist playing someone who isnt particularly adept in a 4-4-2 for that length of time. And if we go 4-5-1 in the league, what would happen with Berbatov, Hernandez, Welbeck and Macheda?
This signing wouldnt make sense. I was convinced we needed Ozil (who for my money, will become a better player than Sneijder) last season, but he's not really the type player we need, as good as he is. I was simply blinded by hype and not really thinking further ahead and I think the same applies to anyone screaming out we need to be signing Sneijder. We need orthodox center midfielders, but where do we find players in this position that are better than what we've already got? The only fairly realistic option that stands out is Modric, who is equally adept in a 4-4-2 and 4-5-1. I'd have him over Sniejder any day of the week and twice on a Sunday.
Did caughtoffside.com pay these newspapers to run a rumor like this?
Because he is bald
Madrid were desperate to sign Ronaldo. Probably would have paid whatever for him and still wanted to off load a few players anyway.
VDV, we don't have a place for him in the side in a 442. As for Robben, we had Valencia in mind.
We weren't playing 4-4-2 at the time we sold Ronaldo - only afterwards as far as I can remember, hence why Rooney was pushed out left for half of Ronaldo's last season.
We missed the boat with Robben and Sneijder - the stand our performers in last years Champions League.
Still, easy to say after the event I suppose.
A lot of people were saying it at the time too.
............Rooney
Robben...Sneijder....Valencia
..........Carrick..Scholes
That would have looked damned tasty (and I would say performed brilliantly)
Almost everyone on here who is bitching about not getting those two players then, was calling them Madrid rejects the summer the two left.
Dream on, as if we could afford Sniejder!!
What about Nani?
Perhaps they were. But both have done very well - like I said, hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Back then, he was very close to being shipped out. We may have sold him if we had made those signings - or we may not have bought Valencia, or we may have had Nani as the backup winger instead of Park, for example and we may have seen ourselves in the position now of having Robben, Valencia and Nani to pick from for the wings, which would have been a very good position to find ourselves in.
I would have taken 50m and Robben and Sneijder. In that case we already have two world class players who are young and our midfield would have set for the next 6-7 years with Robben, Senijder, Scholes, Carrick, Fletcher, Ando, Nani, Giggs and Park. I doubt we would have bought Valencia if we had got Robben.
So would I, in a heartbeat, I was objecting to the idea that Madrid would just piss all that money they got for Sneijder up the wall because they were so desperate to sign Ronaldo - they are still a business and they would have had a maximum amount they would go to. I think we would have still bought Valencia though, we had been after him for a long time, and Nani's development was in question at the time.
Wesley Sneijder has offered the first indication he is ready to listen to Manchester United's overtures.
And that could pave the way for a record-breaking bid by the Premier League club, as manager Sir Alex Ferguson looks for the final piece in his latest Old Trafford jigsaw.
The world renowned Dutch international midfielder snubbed a move by United last season, insisting he preferred instead to stay with reigning European champions Inter Milan.
That was a real blow to Ferguson, who had targeted the 26-year-old World Cup star as the last - and most valuable - big-money player he will bring to Old Trafford.
The United boss was so determined to land Sneijder that when he failed he had no viable alternative, so decided not to make any significant summer signing.
The Mirror understands the classy Dutch midfielder has now decided the time is right to move on from the rigid constraints of Italian football and try the Premier League, which he has always admitted was a lure for him.
Sneijder signed a new deal with Inter only last summer when he turned down United's offer, but sources close to the player have made clear his desire to reconsider his situation at the end of the season.
United have been made aware of the player's intentions, and have already been encouraged to make an offer serious enough to persuade cash-strapped Inter to sell.
Inter's president, Massimo Moratti, said only last week that he is determined not to sell to the English club, but if the Holland international remains determined to go and the fee is high enough, he will have few options but to relent.
Ferguson, for his part, has identified midfield as the key area to strengthening his current squad, which has a remarkably young average age, and real, exciting potential.
He has more than a dozen players under the age of 25 with significant first-team experience but wants more bite in midfield and more creativity going forward.
Sneijder is now widely regarded as the best in the world at the latter, and would be an exciting addition to a forward line that already boasts Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez, Dimitar Berbatov, Nani and Antonio Valencia.
Ferguson also wants a mobile, combative, more defensively-minded midfielder, and has made clear his admiration for Everton's exciting youngster Jack Rodwell.
But Sneijder is undoubtedly his number one target, and the latest news from Italy will only encourage the United boss to step up his efforts to land the midfielder as a long-term replacement for Paul Scholes.
The Glazer family, United's American owners, have already sanctioned a significant summer outlay. The Red Devils could be willing to smash their transfer record - the near-£31million fee that brought Berbatov to the club.
The key will be the Dutchman's desire to taste English football, and he has indicated that he is determined to now do that, after spending two years in the tactically constrained limitations of Serie A.
Ferguson also wants a keeper, and sources in Spain have this weekend suggested he has taken a step closer to agreeing a near £15m deal to land Atletico Madrid's highly-rated David de Gea.
Exclusive Manchester United transfer news Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder has hinted he is ready to listen to United overtures possibly paving way for a record-breaking £30m-plus transfer - News - MirrorFootball.co.uk
Apparently now its a "come and get me plea"
Would be quite a signing, but for the life of me I cannot see happening
And that could pave the way for a record-breaking bid by the Premier League club, as manager Sir Alex Ferguson looks for the final piece in his latest Old Trafford jigsaw.
The world renowned Dutch international midfielder snubbed a move by United last season, insisting he preferred instead to stay with reigning European champions Inter Milan.
That was a real blow to Ferguson, who had targeted the 26-year-old World Cup star as the last - and most valuable - big-money player he will bring to Old Trafford.
The United boss was so determined to land Sneijder that when he failed he had no viable alternative, so decided not to make any significant summer signing.
The Mirror understands the classy Dutch midfielder has now decided the time is right to move on from the rigid constraints of Italian football and try the Premier League, which he has always admitted was a lure for him.
Sneijder signed a new deal with Inter only last summer when he turned down United's offer, but sources close to the player have made clear his desire to reconsider his situation at the end of the season.
United have been made aware of the player's intentions, and have already been encouraged to make an offer serious enough to persuade cash-strapped Inter to sell.
Inter's president, Massimo Moratti, said only last week that he is determined not to sell to the English club, but if the Holland international remains determined to go and the fee is high enough, he will have few options but to relent.
Ferguson, for his part, has identified midfield as the key area to strengthening his current squad, which has a remarkably young average age, and real, exciting potential.
He has more than a dozen players under the age of 25 with significant first-team experience but wants more bite in midfield and more creativity going forward.
Sneijder is now widely regarded as the best in the world at the latter, and would be an exciting addition to a forward line that already boasts Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez, Dimitar Berbatov, Nani and Antonio Valencia.
Ferguson also wants a mobile, combative, more defensively-minded midfielder, and has made clear his admiration for Everton's exciting youngster Jack Rodwell.
But Sneijder is undoubtedly his number one target, and the latest news from Italy will only encourage the United boss to step up his efforts to land the midfielder as a long-term replacement for Paul Scholes.
The Glazer family, United's American owners, have already sanctioned a significant summer outlay. The Red Devils could be willing to smash their transfer record - the near-£31million fee that brought Berbatov to the club.
The key will be the Dutchman's desire to taste English football, and he has indicated that he is determined to now do that, after spending two years in the tactically constrained limitations of Serie A.
Ferguson also wants a keeper, and sources in Spain have this weekend suggested he has taken a step closer to agreeing a near £15m deal to land Atletico Madrid's highly-rated David de Gea.
Exclusive Manchester United transfer news Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder has hinted he is ready to listen to United overtures possibly paving way for a record-breaking £30m-plus transfer - News - MirrorFootball.co.uk
Apparently now its a "come and get me plea"
Would be quite a signing, but for the life of me I cannot see happening
No quotes 
But but but they say The Mirror understands? Someone must have told them
It's only 5 months since he signed a new 5yr contract with Inter.
Other than that it looks like last summers waffle re-hashed.
Other than that it looks like last summers waffle re-hashed.
I just find it hard to believe that Fergie only spots players like Sneijder once they've done well for what is their 3rd major club - surely if he liked Sneijder as a player we'd have went for him when he was at Ajax or more likely when we sold Ronaldo to Real Madrid and made him part of the deal.
It's for that reason why I find it highly unlikely that he's a player we'll be in for, likewise Ashley Young - why all of a sudden would we be after him especially when Nani is now in the form of his life and Valencia is back fit again and showing no signs of the injury hampering his form.
It's for that reason why I find it highly unlikely that he's a player we'll be in for, likewise Ashley Young - why all of a sudden would we be after him especially when Nani is now in the form of his life and Valencia is back fit again and showing no signs of the injury hampering his form.
Half? Only some of the big games it's like that. I suppose you thought that Park/Giggs/Nani were playing alongside two other in the middle then? We played with two strikers upfront more often. Rooney further forward, and Berba/Tevez behind him.. in the big games, we play with only one striker upfront, and only sometimes Ronaldo played through the middle.
If he hadn't signed the new contract last summer, this transfer could have been a possibility but now his value is going to be very high and Fergie might end up there is no value in spending so much for him.
As you well know, contracts don't mean much these days except for leverage for the club to capitalise their financial earnings on letting go that player.
Him signing a new contract just means a club wanting to sign a) will have to pay to get him, and b) a lengthier contract means the club wanting him have to sign him for more than they would if he was on a contract due to expire shortly.
Fergie's done it before though; he could have bought for Ferdinand for £18 million from West Ham but ended up paying £30 million two years later, he also could have signed Berbatov for around £7 million from Leverkusen but payed £32 million two or three seasons later.
And this guy is a gem, he's exactly what we want; passing ability, big-game mentality, scoring ability, leadership in the middle, free-kick taker - he's proven in all of these and going from other Dutch players of his calibre, they do seem to fit in the Premiership better than Spain so all this he was a failure for Real is unfounded as so were Robben, Van Der Vaart and Huntelaar and all three have been great successes in England and/or Germany.
Do we sacrifice a winger/striker in the first team to fit him in?
I don't think it's quite that, I think he's hesitant to sign players who look like they're going backwards in their career rather than forwards because it raises issues over their mentality and application. We almost always sign players who are on the up.
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