Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - Mod Note in OP, 13/8

Lord TSC

Anyone wanna tell him its just a friendly?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NbyWnPqDTI

ShoulderChip

Nuts102 wrote: »

Really surprised we are third favorites for the league and Liverpool are double our price. I think City, Chelsea, Arsenal are well clear and we will be run close by Liverpool for 4th.

United fans vote in numbers it drops the odds everytime, it is the same for the England national team.

irishfeen

Copper_pipe wrote: »

The mammy went out and purchased a hair straightener today and left it on the kitchen worktop. Walked past it and something caught my eye....

ArturOn!

What's Mom like?? :P ... take a pic of her testing that vidal hair straightener out...

scudzilla

MrMac84 wrote: »

My jerseys arrived both of them! Delighted! Haven't been online since last night... Whats the latest news today?

Ed Woodward said that due to the fcuk up with the jerseys and having to honour the price we can no longer afford Vidal, he said something about asking everybody sending them back to the club

Manutd_4life

How the f**k did Chelsea manage to sell Lukaku for 28 million!!! They know how to do business.

ShoulderChip

Manutd_4life wrote: »

How the f**k did Chelsea manage to sell Lukaku for 28 million!!! They know how to do business.

We only paid 11 million for him too, and got a 3 million loan fee last year

MagicIRL

Manutd_4life wrote: »

How the f**k did Chelsea manage to sell Lukaku for 28 million!!! They know how to do business.

He's a serious talent, that's how.

Vic Vinegar

Lukaku is a really good player, imo. That fee is about right in this era of megadeals

Blatter

ShoulderChip wrote: »

We only paid 11 million for him too, and got a 3 million loan fee last year

Where are you getting £11m out of? Was fairly sure it was ~£20m.

ShoulderChip

Blatter wrote: »

Where are you getting £11m out of? Was fairly sure it was ~£20m.

It was 11 rising to 18 million based on add ons, so it got widely reported as 18 million at the time, but as he only started six games for us we never paid any of the add ons, I'm on my phone so can't get a link right now.

LightningBlue

Blatter wrote: »

Where are you getting £11m out of? Was fairly sure it was ~£20m.

It was £11m with add ons to bring it to £18m based on games played and goals scored. He didn't make enough appearances to trigger the add ons.

Cantona's Collars

Manchester United are to sell 8 million new class A shares to be traded on New York Stock Exchange.

No coincidence this is at the same time the Club are on tour in the USA.

More money to pay off the debt,at this rate it'll be gone within months.

J. Marston

zerks wrote: »

Manchester United are to sell 8 million new class A shares to be traded on New York Stock Exchange.

No coincidence this is at the same time the Club are on tour in the USA.

More money to pay off the debt,at this rate it'll be gone within months.

Not so fast.

tariq panja
@tariqpanja

Manchester United won't receive any of the money raised from the new share sale, statement says. All money raised to controlling owners.

Cantona's Collars

J. Marston wrote: »

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Not so fast.

At least they won't be taking money directly from the club.

DM_7

zerks wrote: »

Manchester United are to sell 8 million new class A shares to be traded on New York Stock Exchange.

No coincidence this is at the same time the Club are on tour in the USA.

More money to pay off the debt,at this rate it'll be gone within months.

http://ir.manutd.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=133303&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1953153&highlight=

MANCHESTER, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 30, 2014-- Manchester United plc (“Manchester United”) today announced the offering of 8,000,000 of its Class A Ordinary Shares by Red Football LLC (the “Selling Shareholder”). The underwriters will have an option to purchase up to an additional 1,200,000 Class A Ordinary Shares from the Selling Shareholder. Manchester United will not receive any proceeds from the sale of any Class A Shares by the Selling Shareholder. The Class A Ordinary Shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “MANU.”

mewe

irishfeen wrote: »

What's Mom like?? :P ... take a pic of her testing that vidal hair straightener out...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS8FWNEjOIU

RichFTW

Just when I think I can't possibly have a bigger man crush on Mata...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=554121988066671&set=vb.338233632988842&type=3&theater

I see there's a new webpage up and running...

http://www.haveunitedbidforvidalyet.com/

Backstreet Moyes

I think with Vidal back Monday if anything was going to happen it would be close by now not looking good.

GSPfan

Fook Vidal.

bucketybuck

Nuts102 wrote: »

I think with Vidal back Monday if anything was going to happen it would be close by now not looking good.

Can I copy your post for a template?

I think with [...........] back [.........] if anything was going to happen it would be close by now not looking good.

It once again seems apt for our transfer dealings.

brinty

Christ its quite in here...
Hope we lose that game v Real and get back to Manchester at the weekend and start the deals
nothing like having cleverly and fletcher shown up by the real midfield to push LvG into action

The_Kew_Tour

brinty wrote: »

Christ its quite in here...
Hope we lose that game v Real and get back to Manchester at the weekend and start the deals
nothing like having cleverly and fletcher shown up by the real midfield to push LvG into action

We thought the same after CL final in 2011.

and here we are.............

Al Capwned

I'm getting uncomfortable on the positivity couch......

The_Kew_Tour

Al Capwned wrote: »

I'm getting uncomfortable on the positivity couch......

+1

brinty

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

+1

+2

ElChe32

Hang in there lads...hang in there

*SQUEAKY BUM TIME*

limpdd

zerks wrote: »

More money to pay off the debt,at this rate it'll be gone within months.

As far as I know they won't be in a rush to do that, I've heard it's good on the books to have some debt apparently the club pays less tax that way.

Whatsisname

Everything will be okay lads. Don't worry.

Cantona's Collars

Whatsisname wrote: »

Everything will be okay lads. Don't worry.

United are monitoring the situation,they seem to do more monitoring than the NSA.

Cantona's Collars

Just to cheer us up while waiting for us to feckin' sign a few more players here's this gem from Stevie G.

“I haven’t lost my man at a set-piece. I haven’t missed a penalty. I haven’t made a bad pass or a mistake. That’s why it was cruel. Every single person on the planet slips at some point in their life, whether it is on a set of stairs, on the floor or whatever.

“For me, it happened on the pitch at a really bad moment. But over the course of 38 games a lot happens for you and against you and that determines whether you win the league or not. That moment happened at a crucial time and I have to face that. And I will do.”

That image never stops being funny.

Maximus Alexander

Careful now, after United's ridiculous season and Gerrard's hilarious slip, an uneasy peace seems to have settled over the rival fans. Don't wake them.

J. Marston

Al Capwned wrote: »

I'm getting uncomfortable on the positivity couch......

Everything is grey and miserable over here on the Woodward is a clown couch.

GSPfan

I'd say we are a CB and maybe a run of the mill CM away from cloaing our cheque book.

I'd also expect Chico, Fellaini and Kagawa to be sold.

bmcc10

zerks wrote: »

Just to cheer us up while waiting for us to feckin' sign a few more players here's this gem from Stevie G.

“I haven’t lost my man at a set-piece. I haven’t missed a penalty. I haven’t made a bad pass or a mistake. That’s why it was cruel. Every single person on the planet slips at some point in their life, whether it is on a set of stairs, on the floor or whatever.

“For me, it happened on the pitch at a really bad moment. But over the course of 38 games a lot happens for you and against you and that determines whether you win the league or not. That moment happened at a crucial time and I have to face that. And I will do.”

That image never stops being funny.

It's all about me with our Stevie.

Pro. F

zerks wrote: »

Just to cheer us up while waiting for us to feckin' sign a few more players here's this gem from Stevie G.

“I haven’t lost my man at a set-piece. I haven’t missed a penalty. I haven’t made a bad pass or a mistake. That’s why it was cruel. Every single person on the planet slips at some point in their life, whether it is on a set of stairs, on the floor or whatever.

“For me, it happened on the pitch at a really bad moment. But over the course of 38 games a lot happens for you and against you and that determines whether you win the league or not. That moment happened at a crucial time and I have to face that. And I will do.”

That image never stops being funny.

What a liar. He didn't just slip. He miscontrolled the ball, then he slipped trying to recover. Every bit as bad a mistake as making a bad pass or losing his man at a set piece.

redarmy

lol:pac: obsessed much

ricero

redarmy wrote: »

lol:pac: obsessed much

Highlight of their season. Christmas could come early for them if they win the guiness international tournament

Will I Amnt

C'mon lads, leave it out, sure they never talk about United.

Liam McPoyle

ricero wrote: »

Highlight of their season.

It really, really was.

When Im feeling blue, when Im having a bad day, I think of it and smile.







I absolutely love it.

dixiefly

The truth is it was their one real chance of the title and they(he) blew it. I actually felt a little sorry for them. However whenever pool supporters started their crap about United that feeling quickly disappeared.

Hank Scorpio

Have had the Vidal page on the caf open in my browser for the last 3 days checking it every few hours, still have a faint lingering hope, something similar to what you feel when the first lotto number out matches your docket

Liam McPoyle

nuxxx wrote: »

Have had the Vidal page on the caf open in my browser for the last 3 days checking it every few hours, still have a faint lingering hope, something similar to what you feel when the first lotto number out matches your docket

I think at this stage its dead in the water unfortunately.

I have faith in LVG and am convinced that if he actually wanted him that we would have made a move by this stage and it would have been put to be officially one or another.

There is still a month left in the window so Im not getting at all flustered.

Larry Wildman

I still believe that we'll get Vidal.

In other brighter news, Fellaini appears to be on the cusp of an £18m move to Napoli. £15m (loss plus wages) is an expensive mistake but getting £18m for him would be a result in my view. On a "cost versus quality basis", he is up there with Carroll as one of the worst players I've ever seen. Good riddance.

racso1975

Larry Wildman wrote: »

I still believe that we'll get Vidal.

In other brighter news, Fellaini appears to be on the cusp of an £18m move to Napoli. £15m (loss plus wages) is an expensive mistake but getting £18m for him would be a result in my view. On a "cost versus quality basis", he is up there with Carroll as one of the worst players I've ever seen. Good riddance.

That is totally unfair on Fellani. Chap done a stunning job for Everton. Did not settle with us and was injured a lot. Remember a huge amout of people were happy we got him and expected lots from him..........no doubt you will tell us how you knew better

Larry Wildman

racso1975 wrote: »

That is totally unfair on Fellani. Chap done a stunning job for Everton. Did not settle with us and was injured a lot. Remember a huge amout of people were happy we got him and expected lots from him..........no doubt you will tell us how you knew better

I have always said that he is not of United standard.

People's judgement is clouded by some "great performances" where the Goodison crowd were baying for blood and Fellaini played as a number 10 getting on the end of long balls and battering people out of the way. He has no place playing for a team like United.

He is also in my view a nasty piece of work from a football perspective (in that he's a dirty player).

There are people who were anti Fellaini and anti Moyes from the start you know...

Mitch Connor

I find it absolutely shocking that United have still not signed a central midfielder to partner Herrera. The thought that one of Carrick, Cleverley or Fellaini are going to be a regular starter for United this season in central midfield is absolutely astounding. I honestly can't believe United are repeating the exact same mistakes as previous years. No lessons learned, not proper improvement in our league standing, imo. Going to be a struggle for 4th.

The Moldy Gowl

Fellini was a good tool to have in the tool box.

It's not his fault he was a hammer and we needed a wrench.

Would prefer to see him not go

newballsplease

Mitch Connor wrote: »

I find it absolutely shocking that United have still not signed a central midfielder to partner Herrera. The thought that one of Carrick, Cleverley or Fellaini are going to be a regular starter for United this season in central midfield is absolutely astounding. I honestly can't believe United are repeating the exact same mistakes as previous years. No lessons learned, not proper improvement in our league standing, imo. Going to be a struggle for 4th.

Think Herrera will make a big difference compared to last year. Him partnering an on form Carrick or a fully fit fletcher wouldnt be the end of the world.
Strootman will be signed in January.

Its defenders that id be concerned about at this moment.

Mitch Connor

newballsplease wrote: »

Think Herrera will make a big difference compared to last year. Him partnering an on form Carrick or a fully fit fletcher wouldnt be the end of the world.
Strootman will be signed in January.

Its defenders that id be concerned about at this moment.

So a Carrick, who will miss the start of the season, we haven't seen in a year and a Fletcher we haven't seen in 3 years. Brilliant.