replace keano with who?

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any truth in this

Lyon 10 million rated Michael Essien is be lined up as Roy Keanes long tern replacement

has any one seen this Michael Essien is he any good i probly know him to see him but the name doesnt ring a bell

Bannor

snoopdog wrote:

any truth in this

Lyon 10 million rated Michael Essien is be lined up as Roy Keanes long tern replacement

has any one seen this Michael Essien is he any good i probly know him to see him but the name doesnt ring a bell

Essien's agent has been touting him around Europe. They met with Madrid back in January and there has been contact with Arsenal too. Madrid lost interest when they were told the asking price was €20M.

Mark van Bommel's agent has also been touring the Premiership clubs. His services have been offered to Arsenal, Man Utd and Liverpool.

dcarroll

€€€€€€€€ or well maybe £££££££, that's all that'll even enter his head, he won't care where he's from or who he's playin for

gsand

Had another think about this and I suddenly wondered what about: owen hargreaves...he is sort of available, energetic, young, fairly good and could certainly improve...

In addition van bommel isnt bad and essien appears to have some talent but in terms of value for money i think hargreaves would be a good buy...

LegacyUser

...I do not want him at Utd. He is a bloody average player. No more average crap players.

PHB

He couldn't replace Keano, would be a stopgap measure, and he'd cost a little bit of money, if he can't beat Gerrard and Lampard into the English team while Scholes could right now, he isn't good enough

gsand

who are they going to buy who will be better than gerrard or lampard lol

now that would be some scouting missioN!

PHB

I can think of about 10 players better than both of them imo, at least better than Gerrard of late.
Keano at his peak was better than Gerrard or Lampard now, since they are not at their top form yet.
If you want to replace Keano, you need somebody better than these players.
Essien looks like a possible replacement, every time I see him I see his skill.

LegacyUser

Where do you see so much of him? I do not even know who he is. Well I know he is French and highly rated but that is media talk.

valor

he isnt French

jesus_thats_gre

Gerard and Lampard are not the same type of player as the existing Keane either.. maybe Keane back in the day...

SteM

cheesedude wrote:

Where do you see so much of him? I do not even know who he is. Well I know he is French and highly rated but that is media talk.

He's Ghanaian and plays for Lyon. He had trials with United when he was younger. I'd certainly prefer him to Hargreaves who looks one of the poorest of the current crops of England internationals to me.

Fergies last signing from France..... Heinze, 'nuff said.

From manutd.com dated 16/01/05:

Giving Essien shirt shrift so costly for Sir Alex
Manchester United missed out on the new Roy Keane – because of a row over missing kit! And United chief Sir Alex Ferguson now faces the impossible task of raising the cash it would take to outbid Chelsea and Arsenal for Lyon’s £17million-rated Michael Essien – when he could have had him for next to nothing. The Ghanaian arrived at United as a highly-rated 17-year-old five years ago. But after little more than a week at Old Trafford, Essien was sent packing. He had asked if it was okay to take some kit and got permission – only for United to find out he had taken a few more tops, shirts and socks than they thought was right.
Alan Nixon, The People

PHB

Eurosport highlights and CL highlights, which I've watched just about all of this season, then you see how well he has preformed this year.

They aren't the same players, but what I mean is United shouldn't sign aplayer like Hargreaves who isn't going to get to the level we need in midfield, they should sign someone who could