23 Apr 2015 23:38:27
It's that time of year again when were linked with every name under the sun, and a few of our fans and posters get carried away with the journo reports linking us with every tom, dick or Harry. Fresh inperticular gets very excited around about now. I've seen post today saying were signing x, y and z. Some people on here seem to think it's a nailed on cert were signing Hummels, Clyne, Depay, then there's Cavani, Gundogan, Pogba, and even Bale thrown in. Why do some people seem so assured we will be signing these players??
I personally think some might be let down, as I don't see after a big spend last year that we will go and throw another £150m on transfers. Infact it really wouldn't surprise me to see us sign someone like Vlaar instead of Hummels, De Jong in CM, Ings on a free. I can't see huge spend. I'm sorry but Bale isn't going to happen. Kane isn't going to happen ( and shouldn't IMO ), Pogba isn't going to happen.
24 Apr 2015 00:04:28
Not sure people are saying nailed on cert, it's tricky to work out which stories are genuine and which are totally made up at this time of year. I have 'Manchester United rumours' as a Google alert at work and I check it each morning the metro has linked us with a different player, I tried keeping a record last year of all the different players we were linked with but it got too much after about June 1st when I had 30 players on the list.
My favourite is when they say 'Blow for united as major target signs new deal' and it is somebody that they linked us with 2 days earlier, they make their own stories up as they go along but 'blow for united' gets clicks and readers these days unfortunately. United sells so no matter whether the story is true they write it anyway.
I think people think hummels, clyne and depay are the most likely because there has been noises coming from different parties suggesting that there is a good chance of a deal, none of them are done deals but they seem to be the most likely at the moment. I would imagine given vlaars injury record any interest may have gone, and I would imagine with the form of smalling we will only be signing one centre half the summer where at one point I would imagine we were looking for 2.
24 Apr 2015 01:00:47
Don't get me wrong if love us to sign these players, just don't see us signing as many high profile players as some suggest. I think depay looks the most likely. Hummels as you say seems to have legs, although as good a player as he is I'm not totally convinced he's right for us. I think If I had a choice is have verane anyday, after that probably laporte and Godin over hummels. Again not totally convinced clyne is worth a big fee. I think I'd rather Carvahal or even Janmaat. Pogba and Bale just aren't going to happen, and I hope we don't waste big money on Cavani.
24 Apr 2015 01:31:36
Vlaar? No way, he's mediocre at best. I am still a huge advocate of signing Coleman and if Bale became available then we should go all out for him as he is an absolute superstar. Agree with GDS, some rumours are exactly what they are rumours but there are few such as Hummels and Depay who if you were a betting man you would say we will try our damnest to get them through the door.
Also De Jong is a city reject. Even the great LVG knows we need better.
24 Apr 2015 09:13:09
I really hope we get Depay, he is exactly the type of player we need. I hope we get a similar type of player for the Right too, Felipe Anderson would be great. You would then have depay, rooney and Anderson making forward runs pulling players around the pitch creating space for the midfield. We have really lacked pace upfront over the last few years. I like Dyabla too for the Striker role as he's quick, technically fantastic and has an excellent eye for a pass but it doesn't look like we are interested. In conclusion I'd like to see a LW, RW, RB maybe a CB as I think Jones/Smalling could be great. Maybe a young ST (I'd let Falcao and RVP go). I'd also snatch PSG's hand off if they offered our money back on ADM.
24 Apr 2015 09:31:37
no idea whether the above is true or not, however, i did recently view a youtube clip of Depay in action and whereas it is stretching things to say that he is the new ronaldo he certainly has pace, power skill and is able to score goals. IMO £25m would be money well spent and i would certainly rather spend this money as opposed to 3/4 times that on Bale. Yes bale may be a great player but depay may end up just as good and furthermore if te rumours of us having £150m to spend are true i don't want half of that being spent on 1 player esp when that player plays in a position where we are reasonably strong anyway. £75m on Pogba( unlikely i know) yes, since he would play in a position that we need to strengthen but not £75m on bale or for that matter CR7.
Allan
24 Apr 2015 09:48:33
JMB,
Vlaar did have a great world cup so I doubt he is mediocre. But for his injuries i thought he would have been a perfect january quick fix. Maybe a bullet dodged.
I have always said I am a Hummels fan and would love to see him at Utd! 6ft 3 . 26 years old, 2 bundesliga medals, one world cup gold where he scored twice i think. He is way ahead of Mertesacker and Boateng. I rate Godin highly but i think at 29, he will be temporal solution. Shappy made a small write up where he mentioned Winston Reid, I think he will flourish as a defender in a bigger team!
24 Apr 2015 10:15:43
I disagree Allan. Depay looks good and has potential to be awesome and I would like him at the club for certain but not at the expense of Bale.
Ideally if we could get both then fantastic, if we get either then fantastic, but if we could only get one then it's Bale on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday for me. What a player. Absolute gun!
24 Apr 2015 11:22:31
MBD I actually think Boateng is a better all round defender than Hummels.
24 Apr 2015 13:19:01
Let's agree to disagree on that. City however does come to mind
24 Apr 2015 13:54:03
Bayern does come to mind.
24 Apr 2015 13:55:22
Depay will be better than Bale he's more of a complete player. Bale isn't a clever footballer his pace is his strongest asset, I think he's greedy and makes a lot of bad decisions ie shoots when he should pass etc