Fantastic signing if it happens, I'll only believe it when he holds up a man united shirt. Never thought it was possible especially as ancelotti offered him a new contract and his mates begged him to stay. And PSG and Barca made bids. He would have been worth it even if he had cost £100m. (May be that's just selfish me because it us not my money and it forces others to pay big money too. ) I think he will be the catalyst. Never thought that of Fellaini (remember him), mata, Herrera or Rojos. But ADM could well be the one who gets the machine going. Football is about confidence. He may well be the one
75m? At 63m its a bargain. Can't believe that for only 54m you're signing the worlds greatest b2b midfielder (given that it is your priority AND he actually even played there once in a 5-aside training game). Seriously. 45m. An absolute steal. Those 37m wouldn't even buy you his left shoe if it weren't for Woodward's tenacity. This way you're paying 27m for a world class player. Of course the media have hyped up the price so its more like 19 or so, which is criminal. So lucky.
Glory hunter alert. Supporting a team isn't about just winning trophies. I guess you're a child of the 80's from London?
70's from Manchester and it's certain you're no Scouser! Essex chav, hence top button fetish? As far as Di Maria is concerned it's a massive fee. If a club has that kind of money to throw around it should go for genuine quality. For a few million more you could sign Carroll AND Downing who are both world class West Ham players.
Di Maria £64 transfer will cost 4 times as much as £16m Balotelli and will earn twice as much wages. United have been taken to the cleaners here!
Excellent use of mathematics theresonlyonegerrard, in fact I am shocked you managed it. But all it does is highlight who is with each clubs financial reach. With that money we have bought a quality player, whist you sold your racist biting hero for similar money. And then invested that in 5 players with an average of 12 mill each. It's compatible to having a meal at a restaurant and the choice of a quality bottle of wine or 6 bottles of cheap lager.
How can you take the piss of Liverpool's spending when you have spent £30 million on a 19 year old and £27 million on and under performing toilet brush, £15 million on Zaha and your glorious midfield consists of Fletcher and Cleverly, not to mention the state of the defence Liverpool's squad, at present, is stronger than Utd's in every position, excluding the striker position.
This comparison is only relevant if you're buying like for like players. Bonnet uses a fairly good analogy really. Fine wine and cheap lager don't cost the same and Balottelli is cheap lager.
Not wise to make assumptions - you often fail. And on this occasion proves that point. I guess you're talking about the pic in the 'Have you got the Bottle' thread? It's not even a button polo - if you look closely it's a zip. Therefore can only be worn with the zip all the way up - unless you want to look like a complete twat. The question is - do you have the bottle?
... not perhaps the best analogy as ordering a bottle of Chateau LeFart '82 to drink in a restaurant is more often done by knobheads with more money than taste to impress others rather than because they are connoisseurs ... ... as someone from a team that has no 'agenda' with United I would say that you will be getting an exceptional footballer but you will be paying markedly over the odds if the price being quoted is correct ... but I think you have to... I've seen United get relegated in my lifetime (when it seemed inconceivable) and watching the game yesterday that side could be involved in a relegation dog fight if remedial action is not taken and quickly ...
I was a United fan during the relegation period, and we had some pretty grim times. and despite some brainless wum's comments on here, I hold no grudge whatsoever against Denis Law's backheel for City. Law will always be remembered as on of the United legends. As for a relegation struggle this year, nice wum effort, but get real .
