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21 May 2015 13:54:21
Hey to whichever Ed is around, was just wondering if you were aware of anything new regarding Otamendi? Ed002 previously said there was interest but it would be difficult as he only recently moved to Valencia. I feel like the internet has gone crazy re. a move to us after one or two dubious reports, but it would be great if it was true!
{Ed001's Note - there is nothing new, not right now. It is just an assumption after the comments regarding Hummels coming out of Dortmund. All that was actually said is that Hummels is no longer looking to force a move, that he will be happy to stay if no deal is done. Personally I doubt Dortmund will do a deal, as they are going to be losing Klopp and Gundogan, so they will not want too much turnover. In that case, Otamendi is the next on the list and United have been watching him closely, so it would be likely that talks will begin the moment Valencia are ready.}
1.) 21 May 2015 14:32:21
Thanks ed, appreciate the info!
2.) 21 May 2015 15:19:47
was we the club that had a bid rejected in january for otamendi?
{Ed001's Note - I don't know to be honest.}
25 Feb 2015 17:48:46
Hey ed(s), was just wondering what you make of what Andreas Pereira has come out and said about considering offers from Juve and chatting to Pogba? I've heard great things about his ability but seems like he's getting a bit ahead of himself here. i'm guessing he might be thinking by name-dropping Pogba that the club will be forced into avoiding another perceived embarrassing situation and deliver his payday. Was just wondering if you knew a little more. Thanks in advance!
{Ed001's Note - it is a similar situation, he is looking to leave as he knows he will get a big payday and playing time elsewhere. Not sure he is the same level as Pogba, but he looks to me to be good enough to have got in the team this season in midfield. Especially when there were injuries.}
1.) 26 Feb 2015 14:32:17
if a player has got that attidute, rather than keeping his head down and working hard to try and get in the team then good riddance,
hes done nothing to warrant a place in the team or anything to get a big pay raise
19 Aug 2014 09:21:56
Hey Ed002 if you've got a minute. Obviously the whole 'glazers out' thing has escalated again because of the Swansea result and the lack of transfer activity or whatever, but I can't help feel like it's an overreaction - regardless of what the Glazers pocket themselves or how they operate you can't deny how they've increased the value of the club. To me it seems that our failure to address key areas is just as much down the manager as it is anything else. My question was, do you have any insight as to why our business is being conducted this late in the window?
You have informed us on numerous occasions that we're going to be rebuilding over the next 3 windows and that significant business is looking to be done in the remaining few weeks of the window, so is it as LvG has said and that he has been assessing the squad and who he thinks the right players for his system are? Our deals for Shaw and Herrera, pre-determined targets, all seemingly went off without a hitch and now LvG has come into the job he has had to identify his own targets. So I am sceptical when all these journalists and supposed ITKs talk about all the people we are failing to get.
{Ed002's Note - I am not so sure that the Glazers played that badly against Swansea. It will simply be the fickle fans. Another loss or two and they will want van Gaal out. I explained my views on van Gaal when we first understood he would be joining and I will stick by those warnings. I am not going to open it up again.
There are efforts being made over Vidal, Cuadrado, Benatia, Rojo, Di Maria, Blind, Depay. There will be other options if deals cannot be done. People suggest the likes of De Jong - I don't know. There was an enquiry made about Manolas but he is seemingly off to Arsenal. Sitting in the background is Veltman - could be a shrewd move and he is known to LvG. Memphis Depay could add options in attack. A bid for Arda Turan certainly would not be a shock. The club might go back after Hummels; Toby Alderweireld has not settled in Madrid and is known to LvG - perhaps someone from Sky Sports will mention on Twitter he is on his way to Manchester.
There is a lot of time left and a lot of business is being lined up by some of the major clubs. Everything will be fine - in years to come we will laugh over this.}
1.) 19 Aug 2014 10:46:52
Love your last sentence ed, I look forward to the day we all laugh, as this place is very depressing lately, bit like last year again.
2.) Thanks for that ed, great to have some insight about who we are going after. Didn't know there was any interest in Veltman or Alderweireld.
{Ed002's Note - Read it again slowly Fresh!. Have you visted the new Team and Formation page yet?}
3.) 19 Aug 2014 11:23:44
top reply Ed002, pretty much answered every question I've been thinking about lately.
4.) I am concerned that we will put all of our eggs into one basket, trying to sign the likes of Vidal & Di Maria and when they fall through players like Carvalho & Cuadrado are long gone.
{Ed002's Note - I assume that you have visited the new Teams and Formations page Syd? Dedicated to those who care where players stand before kick off.}
5.) Cracking update there Ed, lots of names mentioned. Hopefully deals are starting to be done, should give us lots to read over the next four weeks.
6.) I think that the difference in MUFC the "Franchise" and MUFC the football club is what is causing the problem. We keep hearing "biggest club in the world" which we know currently isn't true on the football side, but nobody can argue the global appeal on the business side.
What we do have linking the two together is Edward Woodward who is renowned for his expertise on one side and is still learning the ropes on the other and will be keen to avoid what happened last season despite how things are looking with two weeks to go.
We all think that we can see things that club officials cant. Holes in the midfield, weak links here there and everywhere. You can guarantee that LVG, EW, SAF, Bobby Charlton and anyone else you care to mention will know this too. I think fans get frustrated because MUFC don't flaunt it all in the media (lessons learned from last year) and keep cards close to chest. A lot can happen in two weeks and think/hope that people will see that "they" knew what they were doing all along.
7.) Thanks 002, always appreciate your informative responses.
8.) I think the whole Glazer thing is unwarranted. The biggest problem people had with them was the massive debt they took to buy the club. With our new sponsorship deals in place with Chevy and Adidas and the ones that will probably come in later seasons, I don't think it will be long before we are debt free. People are using them as a scapegoat to the lack of transfer activity, but I don't recollect them ever stopping deals because of the money. The Glazers are businessmen, and they don't know much about football, which is why they leave football matters to those that know it. I would choose the Glazers over Abramovic any day. I think Van Gaal should be putting Ed Woodward under more pressure to get the deals done, it's good that he's trying to get deals done cheaply, but that's why we haven't been able to bring in the players we want. Clubs know we NEED the players so they raise their price, we either pay them what they want or we risk a similar season to last, it's as simple as that.
9.) Fantastic update Ed and very welcome to see some of those names are still live on the list of people the club are working on. Would love Hummels over the other defenders but wouldn't say no to any of them at this point. Here's hoping to Di Maria, Hummels, cuadrado and Vidal just because I'm greedy.
10.) Great insight ed thanks for the reply! I think some fans are under the impression that LvG is a wizard and Woodward & the Glazers are Beelzebub n Co
11.) Unless Utd pull a 'rabbit out of a hat' the Rojo signing will be the last before the window shuts:
Vidal - Staying at Juve
Di Maria - Agreed loan to PSG
Hummels - Going to Barca
Cuadrado - Probably going to Barca
Benatia - Probably going to Bayern
Blind - Van Gaal doesn't fancy him as we could have signed him any time during the last 4 weeks and still haven't done so!
Depay - Possible but honestly he's no better than an in-form Valencia or Januzaj.
Veltman - Possibly but young, raw and no better than an in-form Jones.
Reus - Staying at Dortmund then going to Bayern in 2015.
Like I said. unless Utd come up with someone that no one in the world of football has linked them to yet, Rojo will be the best they buy.
12.) Eric, how do you know all this? You are just guessing. You can't just state players will join clubs because the press have said it.
If we were to believe the press we would have players such as cavani and kroos.
We have great chances of buying Vidal and benatia if we negotiate to a decent fee.
Bayern have increased thier interest in Godin, they won't buy both benatia and Godin.
When did reus say he was going to Bayern?
13.) Eric mate a vast majority of what is out there in the press is conjecture and speculation so I would hold off with the pessimism until September 2nd. If we haven't signed anyone by then you can satisfy yourself by saying you told us so
14.) Guys don't feed Eric, its what he wants, he's wot we call an attention seeker, he likes to be noticed and has zero imput worthy of the other pages so just types junk like this over and over again to get noticed!
If we pull off a few top signings he will disappear not to be seen until next transfer window.
Sorry if that was a little to much eds :-)
15.) With numerous reports suggesting Bayern are unwilling to pay what Roma want and increasing their interest in Godin, Benatia is probably not going there.
So he is still a viable target.
Rojo, Benatia, Shaw and Herrera will be a pretty good window. We know that the club is looking to rebuild over 3 windows, so that means we'll be looking to do more business in January and next summer before the team is really where it should be.
16.) Thorne, sorry but that would be a shocking window and we will struggle to get top four.
17.) How many are you expecting Syd? We aren't going to rebuild the whole team in one window, and too many new players in (especially when they are going straight in as 1st choice) is disruptive to the team.
This is still mostly the team that one the league, season before last. We've got great options up front and in the no 10 role, Herrera improves our midfield immensely, as does Fletcher finally being back to full strength.
I reckon that replacing our older defenders and adding Herrera to our midfield gives us a good platform to build on in January and next summer.
More particularly, it will keep us in competition for top 4 until January, when we are likely to add Strootman, and hopefully one or two others, and our summer signings will have had time to settle.
18.) Fletcher isn't good enough Thorne mate. We NEED one more top midfielder, a top CB & a top wingback. Only good signings is going to improve our massive loss in confidence.
19.) Syd, if Darren Fletcher is not good enough, what about Cleverley? Fellaini? Anderson? Carrick? All these players are not good enough, I rate Fletcher higher than Cleverley, Fellaini and Anderson. I agree with you on the rest.
Thorne, I agree with the idea that we should rebuild over three transfer windows, but I don't think Rojo, Benatia, Shaw and Herrera would be a good transfer window. We were short in defence before we lost Rio, Vidic, Ferdinand and Buttner, so I still think we need another defender and midfielder to go with those signings.
19 Aug 2014 01:16:56
Rojo has confirmed on an Argentinian radio station (Radio Continental) that he is on the way to united.
Says he spoke to Veron about what it means to be a united player, and that he will travel tomorrow to meet up with the squad
29 Jul 2014 09:30:04
De Vrij confirmed by Lazio (for 6.7m!). I would only say that we've missed out here if we fail to land Vermaelen or Hummels
1.) Thought we made a mistake by not pursuing de vrij but on the bright side just heard kagawa could be wanted by dortmund so there might be something happening re hummels or different position, reus . fingers crossed
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31 Aug 2014 16:46:39
Ed have united drawn the line with the whole Vidal thing and turned to Carvalho?
{Ed002's Note - Give me a break.}
1.) 31 Aug 2014 20:22:37
Try putting Ed002 in the search function. Ed002 has answered numerous questions on both players in the past week.
The editors here are a great resource when it comes to information - but I imagine there's only so many times they can answer the same question without getting fed-up!
24 Jun 2014 14:46:03
Hey ed just a quick question if you don't mind - up until recently it seems like everything going on behind the scenes from moyes sacking to our talks with kroos has been repeatedly leaked to the media, but now this bid for Herrera has popped up out of nowhere and so did Valencia's new contract. I was just wondering what you make of this? I guess it may just be speculation but could it be LVG's influence or has Woodward finally realised leaking to the media can be extremely embarrassing for the club?
{Ed002's Note - I don't make anything of it in particular.}
06 Jun 2014 14:04:06
Journo Phil Brown (Pilib De Brun @Malachians) reckons that united are very confident on Hummels and Shaw. He also says that he will hopefully pass on some more transfer news later today.
Would be 2 really great signings, both are exactly what we need.
1.) I'd go as far to say that in an ideal world we could do with Mangala as well as those two you mentioned.
2.) Yeah I have seen this. I get the feeling that the Hummels negotiations are true. I just hope we can agree a deal. Shaw and Hummels would be two excellent defensive signings.
3.) He's just said that we had agreed a deal for Kroos and Shaw 6 weeks ago, but pulled out on the Kroos deal because it didn't fit with LVG's direction. Ed's any truth in this if you guys are about? Surprised we passed on him if so
21 May 2014 16:25:27
Just wondering what everyone's thoughts are on Giggs supposedly being the one to veto the deal for Thiago last summer? I know there were a lot of ins and outs to the whole situation but journalist Ian McGarry on BBC 5 Live reckons that Giggs was the one who convinced everyone that he was 'not a united player'.
Pretty weird if you ask me, he's miles above anything we already have and even weirder considering we signed Fellaini
1.) If indeed it was Giggs who said "No" to Thiago and "Yes" to Fellaini, he will need more than 3 years to step up to the managers post.
2.) I really hope that isn't true. I like Giggsy, and want him to be our future manager; but if he is coming out with that kind of crap, I will have to evaluate my position.
Thiago is a top draw player.
3.) Its weird with Giggs. He never said much as a player in the media, all most people know is that he was a great player and played for us all his career - why does that mean he will be a good manager Personally I can't see it, he doesn't seem intelligent enough for me but the club look like they are laying the foundations. People often assume quiet people are considered people, maybe they are just quiet because they aren't sure what to say or do? I'm not convinced.
4.) Why would Giggs want Fellaini and not Thiago? Moyes was manager, he clearly wanted Fellaini and if reports are true, thought Thiago was too lightweight for the EPL.
5.) I don't believe a single bit of it, also i'm sure Thiago chose BM over MU himself, Pep talked him into the BM move did he not?
6.) I doubt very much Giggs had any say what so ever who we bought or didn't buy last year.
7.) I just went and listened to it, and it sounds like complete BS to me lol.
Firstly, why reveal such information now? And the way he said it, was as if he was sitting there at this so called meeting himself. He read it out in such a fashion that it makes you believe that he knows exactly what Giggs & Moyes said word for word, along with the reaction of Phil Neville who 'sort of nodded his head'. Sounds like something he thought of the night before.
8.) Maybe moyes is starting to tell people some of the things that went on?
9.) Utter nonsense IMO. How is Thiago not a MU player, yet Fellaini is? Fellaini couldn't be less of a MU player. Moyes wanted Cesc and put all of his eggs into the Cesc basket. Dithered on Thiago, dithered on Herrera and ended up with Fellaini. I don't blame the summer entirely on Moyes, but he isn't called dithering Dave for nothing.
01 Sep 2013 21:26:56
Arsenal in advanced talks to sign ozil according to various reports. If they get him and we end up with the afro I think ill just curl up and cry.
1.) 01 Sep 2013 21:42:54
Okay guys, don't despair; at least we have Bebe. After 3 or so years at the club, he must be able to kick a ball in a straight line. It Would be a big improvement on Young.
:0]
2.) I win my £10 bet with my mate, that Bebe will get a mention in the next couple of days
By the way do you know he was spotted. I'll get my coat
08 Sep 2015 13:51:18
Teddy mate you sound ridiculous! It's been 2 years since SAF and one disastrous season under Moyes where the team looked completely clueless and finished 7th. A year later we've revamped the whole core of our squad - bar a key defender and attacker - and we're back in the champions league. Hardly 5 years now is it?
Sure we have some issues going forward but on the whole the team looks miles better than under Moyes and with the current players and youth in our team it's only going to get better, especially when we make a few more additions. How you can call this situation a disaster is beyond me, especially as it seems the whole outcry is based on some more sideways passing! We don't have Rio vida evra scholes Giggs carrick Rooney Ronaldo to keep us spoilt anymore, we're building now. It is a 'process' no matter how much you're sick of van Gaal being forced to explain this situation
07 Sep 2015 22:08:03
It's getting so boring hearing this every day from every different news outlet or blog trying to get hits on their article. you'd think we're the only top side not playing well given the amount of flak directed at us from the media. meanwhile we're ahead of all the other 'top' teams apart from city.
Van Gaal is rebuilding a team that should have been fixed years ago, instead of evolving over time he's done it in 2 seasons with a massive influx and outgoing of players. Do you think that's easy? 2 players remain from the Moscow squad.
Look at all the money we have spent and we are still complaining about lack of options up front and a dodgy defence! That's because of the sheer amount of other changes we've had to make.
Ed002 said it will take us 3 windows to do this. we've had 2/3 and look pretty good so far. I would love nothing more than to see the swashbuckling attacking football we know united for but can we please stop the NOW NOW NOW attitude that makes our fans seem like spoilt little babies. 2 years in transition without a major trophy, most clubs wait way longer!
13 Jun 2015 11:28:00
How can you say that you feel like we're missing out? According to the media which links us with every player on the planet? The transfer window isn't even open til 1st of July and we've already announced Depay! You should relax mate
23 May 2015 12:05:38
Daz that argument is irrelevant, football is a global industry worth billions, so its a natural progression that the top athletes have pay structures which reflect this! No one is doubting the worth of a heart surgeon or a teacher over someone who plays football for a living but a) it's business, just like any other company which operate and provide services b) it provides global entertainment and livelihoods for many and, c) they all pay taxes which go back into our economy and society! This high and mighty stance that people take is so boring.
Plus a heart surgeon can't score a 25 yard screamer.
21 May 2015 14:32:21
Thanks ed, appreciate the info!
02 Feb 2016 14:27:15
We are the biggest club in the world along with Real Madrid and Barcelona mate, we're just way further behind in terms of being the best on the pitch. In that respect I'd argue we struggle to make even the top 10.
20 May 2015 17:34:16
You should look into what Pep achieved with the Barca B team before saying he hasn't coached anyone at the top of their game
08 May 2015 23:03:10
1. Type 'Vidal' into search bar, press submit
2. Press 'Ctrl+F' (Search)
3. Type 'ed00' and use the up and down arrows
4. ???
5. PROFIT!!!
14 Mar 2015 14:40:46
Mike Keegan from Manchester Evening News tweeted regarding this last night.
"Told tonight United have already agreed three deals for the summer. No names mentioned but it's looking like a better structured window."
Guess we will just have to wait and see!
26 Aug 2014 16:29:44
Balls to do what?