Jan 04
The January Transfer Window – Possible Targets
Well it’s that time of the year again. And with January comes the transfer market where a lot of big talking goes along but not much actually happens! Anyway, I noticed a lot of talk going on in the past few posts so I decided to make one on that subject. I shall cover all the positions and any places we are weak and also any possible buys, so lets get on with it.
There is a lot of talk going on about strikers but I will start at the other end of the field:
Keepers:
There is no need to talk about Keepers because we have EVDS, PIG and Ben Foster as back up.
Defenders:
We are quite equipped in the centre of our defence with Vidic and Ferdinand, who are solid and probably the best in the Prem at the moment. They hardly ever get injured. Anyway, we have Pique as back up with Brown also able to move inside. On the right we have Neville, Brown and Simpson, however, we are slightly short on the left with Evra and no decent cover in case of injury or suspension. A couple of names have come up, including Gareth Barry, but my choice would definitely have to be Lahm; he is relatively young and would cost us around 8-12 mills.
Midfielders:
In the middle of the field I think we are very strong with a lot of competition in there, apart from on the right, where we have the boy Ronaldo! On the left we have Giggs and Nani and, in the centre, SAF is spoilt for choice with OH, Carrick, Anderson and Scholes. Oh yeah, there is Fletcher as well. So I see no need for any improvement in that area of the field.
Strikers:
There has been a lot of talk here. Tevez and Rooney are our only decent strikers with Saha not impressing and Dong not United quality. Many, manynames have come up — Anelka and Berba more that any other. Names like Huntelaar and Agbonlahor have also cropped up. Although I am a big admirer of Agbonlahor and Huntelaar, I doubt we will be making any moves for these two. Anelka and Berba are more likely with both wanting moves away and United admitting an interest in both. However, Chelsea have also shown an interest in both; something which they always seem to do when United are also interested. Anelka has said that talks have been held with Chelsea.
So they might snap him up before we have a chance, Anelka is a good player but has an attitude problem and I wouldn’t like him in the team, I doubt he would like bench warming for long either. I would prefer Berba as he is big, strong, agile and (most importantly) good in the air. He wouldn’t come cheap but United have the money. I think he would work well with Rooney and would battle for a place with Tevez therefore rising making them rise their game.
So who would you guys recommend?
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Meddleuk/RedDevil: My understanding of the Rossi situation is that there is no set buy out clause but we do have first refusal in the event Villareal decide to sell him.
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Ollie; that’s just grand.
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Fergie said the same thing before signing Henrik Larsson, so we will just have to wait and see.
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I say sign Diego Forlan in the summer: he’ll cost less then the other available options and has really proven himself in Spain. Although he had a bad stint at United the first time, he has definitely shown that he is world class and capable of performing in Europe. And to add to all of this, he has stated his desire to play for United. I think he would be happy to come from the bench. Good in the air too.
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Man Utd snub Newcastle Brown bid
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7171748.stm
Wayne Rooney Q&A
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7140527.stm
Just a nice article read it
and yes as always transfer gossip s the best remedy to any websites popularity look at the amount of replues hahaha
i think we just need a cover for evra although oshea can play there (Hell he can play anywhere )
and i really wanna see this manucho in action soon
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i doubt nobody will be coming in.
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I think we will have several additions to the squad for the new year. some names that i can see arriving to OT in the immediate future: G. Neville, P. Scholes, M Silvestre, Park J.S., B. Foster. I’d wager that the quality of players we have returning from injury will match for talent any other side’s January transfers.
If we were to buy i’d fancy Lahm the most. several people are saying that he wouldn’t be content to sit on the bench, and i agree, but i don’t think he’d be doing much bench-warming. Lahm would step straight into the first team as right back. This would allow us to sell Wes instead of letting him go for free. When Neville returns we’d face the mouth watering prospect of selecting at fullback two out of Nev, Evra and Lahm. the best part: we’d never have to see silvestre again.
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OK I think we won’t see any signings so this is purely hypothetical. But we do as always seem a striker short especailly as Saha is yet to recapture his form
Lucarelli apparentely is available on a six month loan now Shakthar are out of the Champions League. i’ve seen him play a bit and while he is obviously cup tied, he’d give us some cover domestically and has the build for the premiership.
Amauri would be interesting. He has an EU passport and would give us an interesting option especially with Saha off the boil
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I doubt Sir Alex will buy anyone. As he said, there is no use in buying a cup tied player! So if he was to purchase anyone this window it has to be someone who is not cup tied. duh. So that means Berbatov and Anelka fit that bill..because we do need a striker! its our 1st priority as solskeajr retired, which i think sir alex did not see comming..it wud of been best if we stuck to rossi becuase i rather see him on the pitch than dong..but if sir alex does not buy a striker this windo he should and most prob would in the summer and in that case anyone can come because we got cash! Well manucho did sign but I don’t think he will get a work permit so we might have to do a dong and send him away for few seasons..if i were to guess who is possibly going to come in january i would guess berbatov or anelka and huntelaar (but i think he is cup tied because he did play in quailifers for ajax) and dats it realli..if in the summer then I would expect people like eto’o, villa, huntelaar, podolski, and someone who plays extremely well in euro 08 to be linked with united.
As for our midfield, its perfect! no need to buy but we actually have to sell. I would want to see fletcher leave and carrick as back up/rotation to play in games which are not so hard and to come when injuries come. My first choices would be OH, anderson and scholes. In the summer we might buy a attacking centre mid to replace aging scholes because i think anderson is his own player, not here to replace anyone. He is world class in the making
Umm defence is awsome but wes brown mite leave and gary neville is ageing so priortiy is a right back. Left back not so much because evra is excellent, o’shea can play there and when silvestre comes back we will be okay. In the summer I would like man untied to buy a world class keeper to replace van der sar who is ageing. I read reports of man untied talking to casillas. Dat wud be amazing if he were to come to united! I dono but i feel foster nd PIG are perfect 2nd choice keepers not 1st.
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I’ve watch lahm played quite a few times this season and he has been quite fantastic. I really believe he is the solution to the full-back situation since now it seems brown is on his way out. He can play on either full-back position which makes him even more valuable. Other than that i don’t see anyone coming in really. It will be a defender if Sir Alex decides to sign anyone this transfer windows.
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I think Nicky Shorey is a great, inexpensive option at left back. And Gudjohnsen would be a fantastic signing.
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why oh why oh why did we sell rossi,
he was young didnt have a big ego and look at him now he’s one of the top scorers in la liga,
why??????????
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Because he wanted to leave, he would never have played as many games for us as he has for Villareal, everyone knew Rossi was a brilliant player when we let him leave, so stop moaning about it now. He won’t ever come back to us unless he feels he can be a regular starter for us. If you think he’s better than any of our three strikers then you’re delusional, he’s a great finisher and is different to any of our strikers, but he wanted to leave, we didn’t want to sell him.
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I say sign Diego Forlan in the summer: he’ll cost less then the other available options and has really proven himself in Spain. Although he had a bad stint at United the first time, he has definitely shown that he is world class and capable of performing in Europe. And to add to all of this, he has stated his desire to play for United. I think he would be happy to come from the bench. Good in the air too.
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“he has stated his desire to play for United”… I doubt it. he had enough chancs to prove himself for us, he won’t be coming back. He has been great in Spain, but that just blatantly proves he is better suited to that league. Its not that I don’t want him, its thats he just doesn’t fit. Plus we’d be a making a huge loss if we bought him back, and we could get Afons Alves for the same price, not that i’m saying he’s be a good signing, but just pointing out there are other, better, options.
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Berbatov or Huntelaar.
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I think they should put park on the trasfer list for a bit sell him to top clubs that might want him .do they need barton?
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Team should be:
VDS
Lahm Ferdinand Vidic Evra
Ronaldo Scholes Anderson Giggs
Tevez Rooney
Subs=Foster Neville Carrick Nani Benzema
In=Lahm(Bayern), Benzema(Lyon)
Out=maybe Brown
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