The Manchester United Thread X

Gundogan is very good, but he's not a 30m player is he?

Yes.

Thank you for providing a link to an article I already quoted from.

Thiago is "likely" to join.

Meaning at the time of print, it was thought by most journalists that he would, not definitely mind you, but "likely" join.

And not every transfer story is the same my friend. The Ronaldo speculation was /is based on nothing other than United fans wishing it to be the case.

Mazinho travelled to Manchester to speak to United officials.

Okay?


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But Martinez solved probably their number one problem, vulnerability to counter attacks, and works unbelievably well alongside Schweinsteiger. I dont understand tinkering with that.

Ribery has been unbelievable but perhaps he'll be phased out with Kroos moving wide and Thiago playing as no.10. Arjen Robben's career is surely over though.

You have no chance of getting the last three. They are all indispensable to their respective clubs. You have a chance of getting De Rossi, he would be a very astute signing. Certainly better than Fellaini.

But Martinez solved probably their number one problem, vulnerability to counter attacks, and works unbelievably well alongside Schweinsteiger. I dont understand tinkering with that.

Ribery has been unbelievable but perhaps he'll be phased out with Kroos moving wide and Thiago playing as no.10. Arjen Robben's career is surely over though.

I don't think most journalists knew anything.

They just copied the story from each other.

Not necessarily. Martinez is more than capable of doing a job similar to Pique. Pretty obvious what Pep is trying to do here. He's trying to replicate the system he used at Barca. Thiago will play similar to Iniesta, Schwein similar to Xavi, Gotze similar to Messi etc. Kroos doesn't have the pace to play on the wings so I think he'll start as the no.10. If I was Muller I'd be very worried, he's a bloody brilliant player but I don't think he's technical enough for a Pep side.

Fairly confident that Pep's reputation will take a hit at Bayern Munich. He's about to break up the best midfield (by some distance) last season to give a Barcelona squad player game time. No doubts that he'll win the league, but the real test is to win the Champions League. No team has ever won it twice in a row. He'll have to make history and break records, otherwise the critics will be all over him. Pressure is on.

Can't believe it's Chelsea he's rumoured to be going to and not us, Chelsea have a loan deal as per their arrangement with Roma, don't see why you've ruled out Modric, they've just signed Illaramendi and Isco, so surely SOMEONE in that midfield has to leave.

Who's going to be Busquets? Was sure it'd be Schweiny as Busquets, Thiago as Xavi, Muller/Kroos as Iniesta and Gotze as Messi.

Some will never learn

Amazing how within a week he signs for another club. Some highly placed source there.

Want me to dig out many articles saying United are preparing to bid for Ronaldo as Real can be easily tempted with it. Using that ubiquitous highly based source with inside knowledge of course.

Surely they knew something?

Otherwise Thiago to Bayern would be a shock move, which it isn't.

I think we're entering a minefield here.

Where did you all hear about the buyout clause?

Just because journalists don't know everything, doesn't mean they don't know anything.


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Who's going to be Busquets? Was sure it'd be Schweiny as Busquets, Thiago as Xavi, Muller/Kroos as Iniesta and Gotze as Messi.

As other have said, I think we're past the point of looking for a £Xm player, we are looking for a player, and looking at our squad it more or less the only player we need. That was an option last summer or the summer before, or lining up the deal ready for this summer. Now I think simply need to get the player and if we have to pay through the nose, then its the club's fault for leaving it so we couldn't really walk away. If we don't get a midfielder of some quality, we can write off anything silver this season unless its the LC, or the CC.

Not necessarily. Martinez is more than capable of doing a job similar to Pique. Pretty obvious what Pep is trying to do here. He's trying to replicate the system he used at Barca. Thiago will play similar to Iniesta, Schwein similar to Xavi, Gotze similar to Messi etc. Kroos doesn't have the pace to play on the wings so I think he'll start as the no.10. If I was Muller I'd be very worried, he's a bloody brilliant player but I don't think he's technical enough for a Pep side.

Schweinsteiger is a much better player than Busquets imo. I think even Bayern hierarchy have said he's the Xavi of Bayern. I'm just wondering how good Bayern will be when they get Lewandowski next year (on a free!). They are cleaning up in terms of transfers. Also weakening their main rivals in the process. Such a good strategy.

Finally, we can move on from the Thiago drama that has been overshadowing the thread for months on end. ledleyking will be devastated, if that's an understatement.

I don't think we can understand why he's gone to Bayern besides his friendship with Pep but good luck to him. We'll see this time next year if his motivation for his decisiont to leave, i.e. to get into Spain's WC squad, was justified.

In regards to journalists and sources, it's a very rarity for a journalist to get a big exclusive scoop that turns out right. The competition is so strong the world of sports journalism that BS comes out regularly; journalists follow each other's stories; they think something might happen - it's just the way it is. Only recently, Sam Wallace of the Indy was saying two weeks ago that Mkhitaryan was joining Borussia and not Liverpool and it turned out just like that.

Time to move on to new targets. Modric maybe?

IIRC, they only started reporting that he was going to join Bayern on the back of Pep's quote earlier in the week. Nothing linking him with Bayern t earlier times. It was constant story of how he was going to join you this week, next week.