Manchester United 2011/12

[bapa]

We can't let the scousers have all the fun

[bapa]

Arriving

Steven Defour (£15m, Talksport)
Alexis Sanchez (£30m, The Sun)
Phil Jones (£16m, Daily Mirror)
Ashley Young (£16m, Daily Mail)
Ricky Alvarez (not stated, Calciomercato)



Leaving

Wes Brown (Sunderland)*
Jonny Evans (£8m, Bolton)
Darron Gibson (Sunderland)*
John O'Shea (Sunderland)*
Danny Welbeck (loan, Everton)

[bapa]

Ps, these are rumors!

[BTAC]

Ps, these are rumors!

Oh really? I thought United had already signed all of those players.

[Bomber]

Boring topic

[PhilDunphy]

Usain Bolt 'good enough to play football for Man Utd'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/13708993.stm

Olympic 100m and 200m champion Usain Bolt says he wants to play football when he retires from athletics and believes he is good enough to play for Manchester United.

The world's fastest man also says he still has more work to do to get back to "tip-top shape" after an injury-hit 2010 season and aims to work on his technique when he returns to Jamaica.

Bolt was speaking ahead of the Diamond League meeting in Oslo on Thursday night where he will compete in the 200m.

[Bomber]

Usain Bolt 'good enough to play football for Man Utd'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/13708993.stm

Olympic 100m and 200m champion Usain Bolt says he wants to play football when he retires from athletics and believes he is good enough to play for Manchester United.

The world's fastest man also says he still has more work to do to get back to "tip-top shape" after an injury-hit 2010 season and aims to work on his technique when he returns to Jamaica.

Bolt was speaking ahead of the Diamond League meeting in Oslo on Thursday night where he will compete in the 200m.

He'd be called offside too often (if linesmen could keep up with him)

[Hawkseys Double]

Mods lock this topic please. I find the word "Manchester" to be both offensive and unnecessary.

[Convict878]

Manchester

[Hawkseys Double]

Manchester

Well done "Convict"

[Litmanen]

This thread sucks

Also, Sanchez will go to Barca if anywhere.

[bapa]

typical, hijacked by scousers, chelski and tottenscum supporters!!!!!

[Chelsea4thewin]

Alexis Sanchez 30mill - The Sun

[bapa]

Alexis Sanchez 30mill - The Sun

it actually 29.5mill!

[El Capitano]

This thread sucks

Are you guys gonna make a Chelsea 2011/12 thread? or are you gonna stick to the "lets all laugh @ Chelsea" thread?

But I agree this thread sucks. Why invite people to flame us...

[Chelsea4thewin]

too early for a thread maybe

nothing but rumour and speculation

[ManU007]

As being a Red devil supporter all my life i am looking forward to the next season as the rumours going around of people signing will take Man U that one step closer to acheving the 20th title. Phil Jones and Ashley Young look like they are already signed and will give more depth to the squad.

Jones will be the 3rd or 4th choice centreback and with this signing i can see both Wes Brown and John O'Shea sold as Jones can also play in DM like O'Shea can if required.

Ashley Young will most likely play in the hole behind the striker if Man U play the 4-5-1 formation. He can also be deployed as a winger as an alternative to Nani and Valencia. With this signing i see Gibson leaving for Sunderland.

What players Man U need?

They desperately are in need of a Playmaker in that CM role. Personally i would love to see Wesley Sneijder as he has the vision and class and reminds me a lot of when Scholes was younger.

An alternative to that is Luka Modric. Great player who can pick a pass and good on his feet but his one downfall is his goalscoring from midfield. I don't see him in the 90th minute at OT coming up with that goal to get the winner that Man U score so often.

They to me also require a natural out and out winger for the left as they seem to have only Nani for the position. My ideal replacement would have to definately be Gareth Bale. Also can slot into LB when Evra is out. This kid gets down the wings with pace and reminds me of Giggs in his younger days.

Alternative to this would be Alexis Sanchez. This guy is phenomenal he reminds me quite a bit of Ronaldo. Has great pace and awesome skill. Although it looks like he is heading for Barca Sir Alex may have something to say about that.

BTW i have way too much time on my hands at work today lol

[Hawkseys Double]

Chelski? A man u fan

[The Kop]

Arriving

Steven Defour (£15m, Talksport)
Alexis Sanchez (£30m, The Sun)
Phil Jones (£16m, Daily Mirror)
Ashley Young (£16m, Daily Mail)
Ricky Alvarez (not stated, Calciomercato)

Sauce fail.
Why not goal.com and tribal football too????

[ManU007]

A name to get me behind enemy lines

[Chaos]

Arriving

Steven Defour (£15m, Talksport)
Alexis Sanchez (£30m, The Sun)
Phil Jones (£16m, Daily Mirror)
Ashley Young (£16m, Daily Mail)
Ricky Alvarez (not stated, Calciomercato)

Sauce fail.
Why not goal.com and tribal football too????

El Diego not quite thinking properly ahead of the long weekend

[Litmanen]

This thread sucks

Are you guys gonna make a Chelsea 2011/12 thread? or are you gonna stick to the "lets all laugh @ Chelsea" thread?

But I agree this thread sucks. Why invite people to flame us...

I don't see the point in the "Team" threads, specific threads get derailed, let alone one's about 1 team for a whole season!

ps: This thread sucks

[Le King]

Ins seem to be young, jones, nasri and de gea
outs oshea, brown and gibson

Would love to either get modric or sneidjer

but id be happy with them four ins, as cleverly is back from loan and hes gonna be a great player for us in midfield

[Facts and Stats]

you missed an out.

[paul merson]

Arriving

Steven Defour (£15m, Talksport)
Alexis Sanchez (£30m, The Sun)
Phil Jones (£16m, Daily Mirror)
Ashley Young (£16m, Daily Mail)
Ricky Alvarez (not stated, Calciomercato)

Sauce fail.
Why not goal.com and tribal football too????

Ketchup?

[Hawkseys Double]

[Hawkseys Double]

[PhilDunphy]

Wesley Sneijder pledges future to Inter Milan

Wesley Sneijder has moved to end speculation over his future by insisting he wants to stay with current club Inter Milan.

The 27-year-old playmaker has been mooted as a target for Chelsea and Manchester United but is set to remain at the San Siro.

"Milan is marvellous, picturesque and full of elegance, unlike Manchester. I love it," Sneijder told the Inter website.

"At the moment I am very happy here and I don't see why I should leave, plus the weather's poor in Manchester."

The Holland international joined Inter in the summer of 2009 and played a major part in helping Inter win the Treble of the Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia in his first season.

The Italian club finished second in the league and got to the last eight of the Champions League during the last campaign, with their only trophy coming when they beat Palermo to win the Coppa Italia.

Sneijder, who scored four goals in 25 outings in a season hampered by injury, has a contract running until 2015 with Inter and his commitment to the club will disappoint potential suitors.

"There is a family atmosphere at Inter and there are all the ingredients to aim high," added Sneijder.

[The one and only]

As being a Red devil supporter all my life i am looking forward to the next season as the rumours going around of people signing will take Man U that one step closer to acheving the 20th title. Phil Jones and Ashley Young look like they are already signed and will give more depth to the squad.

Jones will be the 3rd or 4th choice centreback and with this signing i can see both Wes Brown and John O'Shea sold as Jones can also play in DM like O'Shea can if required.

Ashley Young will most likely play in the hole behind the striker if Man U play the 4-5-1 formation. He can also be deployed as a winger as an alternative to Nani and Valencia. With this signing i see Gibson leaving for Sunderland.
What players Man U need?

They desperately are in need of a Playmaker in that CM role. Personally i would love to see Wesley Sneijder as he has the vision and class and reminds me a lot of when Scholes was younger.

An alternative to that is Luka Modric. Great player who can pick a pass and good on his feet but his one downfall is his goalscoring from midfield. I don't see him in the 90th minute at OT coming up with that goal to get the winner that Man U score so often.

They to me also require a natural out and out winger for the left as they seem to have only Nani for the position. My ideal replacement would have to definately be Gareth Bale. Also can slot into LB when Evra is out. This kid gets down the wings with pace and reminds me of Giggs in his younger days.

Alternative to this would be Alexis Sanchez. This guy is phenomenal he reminds me quite a bit of Ronaldo. Has great pace and awesome skill. Although it looks like he is heading for Barca Sir Alex may have something to say about that.

BTW i have way too much time on my hands at work today lol

as a man u fan why would you want that rooney played that role so good in the second half of the year once he got his mind on football with chicharito up front

[manU4life]

transfer fee for jones is extraordinary, its only because he is english and home grown players seem to be worth more. they could spend the money on gary cahill and charlie adam and have change. i think united will also land young which will be a great signing. as for the keeper, im not so sure bringing in such a young keeper is ideal and united never really get the keeper sigining right, more duds then success stories