Wesley Sneijder

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The Italian Journalist(Paddy Agnew) basically just said the same thing that Sneijder will join Manchester United.
 
Red Defence said:
Yes, I've noticed that Talksport say something different every day. Getting tedious now but the muppets thrive on it and it does help increase the listening figures for Talksport.

Nasri, Sneijder and Uncle Tom Cobbly and all. Gonna have a squad of 70 at this rate.
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Aye, it's got out of hand now. I used to think SSN were quite conservative with what they put on their channel, but now they react to any story and attempt to pass it off as fact, happily contradicting themselves over and over.

This transfer malarkey has become big business for the media over the last few years.
 
Maybe we really are interested in Sneijder, and Rene said those quotes because we are interested, but the last time we did that it was a diversion. So he knows that City will think it's a diversion, and they will go after Nasri thinking they can nick our player, then we sign Sneijder who we wanted all along and City haven't tried to grab our player.

Or is that a bit too clever?
 
It's summer. Why even have pants on? Let it hang out and enjoy the weather before it starts complaining about the rain.
 
pocco said:
According to talksport and their 'sources', we're after both Sneijder and Nasri then. Somehow, I find that hard to believe.
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Someone on twitter (darren_can) promised each of his follower 1 sterling if we sign them both...
 
Zarlak said:
Maybe we really are interested in Sneijder, and Rene said those quotes because we are interested, but the last time we did that it was a diversion. So he knows that City will think it's a diversion, and they will go after Nasri thinking they can nick our player, then we sign Sneijder who we wanted all along and City haven't tried to grab our player.

Or is that a bit too clever?
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nah, with their inability to spot a good player and a bad habit of stealing our targets I'm tend to agree with this scenario
 
dev1l said:
Someone on twitter (darren_can) promised each of his follower 1 sterling if we sign them both...
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Wesley Sneijder
Back in Milano!! Ready for the first training tomorrow...


Was hoping for something more revealing :(
 
Sneijder is a great player but I just can't see it happening. Would cost an absolute fortune including wages. If it came to the point that we were 'desperate', I'd imagine we'd go for Modric before Sneijder.
 
Looks like this coming week could be decisive, according to Gazzetta and others...


On Monday or Tuesday, Sneijder will meet the team to clarify what he wants to do: leave or stay. The feeling right now? Likely to leave than staying, even on the basis of that "only God knows what would happen," as he officially announced a few weeks ago.
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KM said:
The Dutch Journalist on talksport just said that he will put money Sneijder joining Manchester United, but it will be a saga.
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The interesting thing about that interview was where Van Der Kraan says that Sneijder is being paid around £200,000 a week and with the tax system in Italy, he gets to keep about 70% of it, while in England if he made £200,000 a week more than half of it would go in taxes.

Unless he is willing to take a huge drop in net pay, I don't see how United can sign him.
 
The high income tax rate in Italy is 43% whereas in England it's 50%. If he's on £200k now he'll get around £114k after tax so we'd have to offer £230k for him to bring home the same amount. The differences aren't big enough to stop a move happening.
 
With the transfer window closing at the end of next month, United still want to make another signing to add to the £55m they have already spent on goalkeeper David de Gea, defender Phil Jones and winger Ashley Young.

Manchester United and their noisy neighbours, Manchester City, are poised to bring two of the biggest names in world football to the Premier League in combined deals worth at least £100million.
Inter Milan's Holland midfield star Wesley Sneijder is ready to join Premier League champions United while Atletico Madrid striker Sergio Aguero - Diego Maradona's son-in-law - is close to signing for FA Cup winners City.

The two deals would make a dramatic impact on English football, with United expected to bid £35m to take Sneijder to Old Trafford and City prepared to pay £40m for Argentina's Aguero.
With wages added in, the total outlay by Manchester's two clubs would top the £100m mark.
Sneijder has been United's No 1 target all summer and an Old Trafford source said last night: 'Wesley is obviously a top player and we would love to sign him.'
But United have insisted that he has to drop his £250,000-a-week pay demands if he wants to become their latest signing, following the £55m they have already spent on goalkeeper David de Gea, defender Phil Jones and winger Ashley Young.
Sneijder favours a move to Old Trafford rather than taking up an alternative offer from Spanish club Malaga, who are now funded by Sheik Al Thani, of the Qatari royal family.

Sources close to negotiations say they expect significant progress on a move to Old Trafford this week. A deal would take United's summer spending to a record £90m.
Agreeing the fee with Inter could yet be a problem and delay the move, but the Italian club are understood to be searching for Sneijder's replacement.

In demand: Sergio Aguero may join Manchester City
The big stumbling block to any deal is the 27-year-old Dutch World Cup star's £170,000-a-week San Siro wages.
Because of Britain's higher tax rates, United would need to dig deep - far exceeding the £220,000 a week they pay top earner Wayne Rooney - to match Sneijder's current net earnings.
United would not countenance paying Sneijder more than Rooney, given the struggle there was to agree a contract with the England striker last autumn when he threatened to leave the club.
The Old Trafford source said: 'It will be a question of whether Wesley will accept a salary which puts him on the same level as Wayne.'
City, meanwhile, are close to clinching a deal for Aguero, which would pave the way for the departure of leading goalscorer Carlos Tevez to Spain or Italy.
Although Atletico were previously reported to be holding out for £50m, it emerged last night that Atletico could be willing to accept £40m - and City have the cash ready.
City manager Roberto Mancini and his squad were already heading for a pre-season tour of California last night. But the Italian is being kept abreast of negotiations.
Aguero would be City's first major signing of the summer and is likely to be followed by the arrival of Arsenal's Samir Nasri for £25m.

Role to play: Dimitar Berbatov has a future at Manchester United
Back at Old Trafford, Sir Alex Ferguson has assured striker Dimitar Berbatov that he has a future at the club, despite the enormous disappointment the Bulgarian suffered when he did not even make the bench for the Champions League final defeat against Barcelona at Wembley.
Despite finishing joint top scorer of the Premier League with 20 goals last season, Berbatov has increasingly been reduced to a bit-part player, with Rooney and Javier Hernandez preferred for the biggest games.
But Ferguson said: 'It was a difficult decision to leave him out of the final and I know he was disappointed.
'But we have had a long chat and he has accepted the decision and is looking forward to the new season.'
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The rich kids: Manchester rivals splash out for two of the most expensive names in football as Wesley Sneijder heads for United and City line up Sergio Aguero | Mail Online

Written by the same Bob Cass whose word was taken as gospel when he said that Nasri is signing for City, let's see how many of you believe this.
 
Inter ready to agree Sneijder sale to Man United

Inter Milan’s board will meet on Tuesday to sanction the sale of Wesley Sneijder to Manchester United.

And Inter boss Gian Piero Gasperini said: “I try not to be worried about Sneijder.

“He is one of the best players in Europe. But I am convinced we can find a new player when he goes.”

Sneijder, 27, will be the £35million replacement for Paul Scholes.
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Manchester United target Wesley Sneijder will be allowed to go as Inter Milan board prepare to meet and sanction his sale - Transfer News - MirrorFootball.co.uk
 
Xavi and Iniesta are hardly hardmen in midfield, so it might work. Then again, we probably will get one out of the two or none.
 
KM said:
The rich kids: Manchester rivals splash out for two of the most expensive names in football as Wesley Sneijder heads for United and City line up Sergio Aguero | Mail Online

Written by the same Bob Cass whose word was taken as gospel when he said that Nasri is signing for City, let's see how many of you believe this.
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Actually that isn't what Bob Cass said at all.

He said that SAF said that he thought Nasri was going to City. Now - we all know that SAF plays mind games so take anything SAF says which a pinch of salt. He knows how to play the game.

Like Meulensteen on Stekelenburg when we knew that De Gea was the main target.

I don't know whether SAF said this or not, but Cass said he did so I can only take him at his word.
 
tintedsepia said:
Actually that isn't what Bob Cass said at all.

He said that SAF said that he thought Nasri was going to City. Now - we all know that SAF plays mind games so take anything SAF says which a pinch of salt. He knows how to play the game.

Like Meulensteen on Stekelenburg when we knew that De Gea was the main target.

I don't know whether SAF said this or not, but Cass said he did so I can only take him at his word.
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The last time SAF said a player was going to another club, he did. (Neuer)

I hope to god it's Sneijder and we get him.
 
Crustanoid said:
How are Nasri and Sneijder going to fit into our team?
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Pretty easily I would have thought. Both can play a variety of positions in midfield. I would have originally thought as 2 out of the central midfielders as they're both intelligent, can play 1-touch football, are creative and their link-up with Rooney would be immense.

SAF needs to make us less predictable and able to hang onto the ball in central midfield (the main criticism of the CL final). Other than that he has a dynamic Central Midfield in mind and with players having the intelligence and ability to keep 'swapping' positions these signings would certainly do that.
 
This is probably bullshit. We´d never match the wages Inter are paying him.
 
I fecking hate the transfer window, this won't happen.
 
Getting both would be absolutely massive for us, it'd necessitate a change to 4-3-3 and probably end Chicharito's chances of starting a lot for us but we'd be vastly improved as a team. A midfield 3 of Carrick Nasri and Sneijder would be the dogs bollocks, we certainly wouldn't see it dominated by the likes of Aston Villa in the League, and with Rooney dropping back as a false 9 I would expect us to give anyone in Europe a run for their money.
 
Six Month Samir can piss off.

This, I will believe, when I see him in a United shirt, at the press conference. To announce his signing. For us.
 
kietotheworld said:
Getting both would be absolutely massive for us, it'd necessitate a change to 4-3-3 and probably end Chicharito's chances of starting a lot for us but we'd be vastly improved as a team. A midfield 3 of Carrick Nasri and Sneijder would be the dogs bollocks, we certainly wouldn't see it dominated by the likes of Aston Villa in the League, and with Rooney dropping back as a false 9 I would expect us to give anyone in Europe a run for their money.
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Fergie's master plan potentially beginning to come to light here.
 
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