Sir Alex Ferguson had a key role to play in Manchester United’s signing of Juan Mata, according to journalist Bill Bradshaw who’s been speaking with Sky Sports News Radio. That doesn't surprise me, like Moyes could pull something like that off on his own
It's a bizarre statement from BR that. I just can't imagine why the hell he's said it. If they are still "working on it" then do just that but by telling everyone when he's obviously going to end up on the chavs bench anyway is just weird. It may well be that Jan is a difficult time to buy but shouldn't we expect the "transfer committee" to be able to cope with difficult situations and overcome those difficulties? We should have money to spend and it's not like the Jan window is a surprise, it happens every bloody season
I get the feeling that he wasn't actually thinking about Salah at all but another target that we have not yet managed to buy. As Billy said on another thread, the rest of the statement reads as though he was talking through gritted teeth.
SAF's recent tv interviews were quite 'managerial', obviously he emphasised that he's only at the games as a spectator but his prior comments were like manager speak, so it doesn't surprise me that he's still helping with transfer negotiations, I wonder if there's increased activity for him with the players too.
The rags reckon we offered £13.5m for Salah, with extra's if he played a certain amount of games, etc bringing it up to £18.5m. Chelsea have allegedly offered £20m cash. I know he is supposed to be a decent player with great potential, but surely worth no more than £10m, plus maybe a bit in add on's if he proves himself.
Come on lads! e spent that kind of money on Henderson - the press will still say we spent £20 million
That's an age thing Pretty sure the £20mill figure originated in the Fail so doubt that story's even worth the paper it's written on (and I read it online). Anyway...have we signed anyone yet???
Some idiots think United are monitoring Glen Johnson's contract situation. Dont worry guys, we're not, why would we ever consider him
Some idiots don't appear to actually watch the game they report on. Crooks even had Glen in his team of the week recently when he hasn't had a good game all season. Still good enough for you lot, though.
He'd be out 9th choice right back. 7 midfielders ( we only have 5 ) would start right back before Johnson. Our reserve keeper would get game time before Glen
