Di Maria asked to leave Real as he knows he doesn't have the face or image to be a guaranteed starter ahead of the trophy signings regardless of how well he performs. Fabregas on the other hand was surplus to requirements at Barca, a club in need of squad depth as they are soon to be banned from buying players for a year, as well as Arsenal.
Don't know where he's going to fit unless it's a complete change of formation. His best season was last season when he played in midfield alongside Modric and in front of Alonso, so maybe we're going to 433?
If he plays on the wing, where does this leave Januzai? Can he play on the right as effective as he does on the left?
The reality is that that chav and the RS fan are trying to be killjoys. But the chavs and City were at it well before United. Now United have to play catch up after years of (relative) austerity. We shouldn't really care (for the time being and within FFP) how much we pay for a player. The GGs have now realised that unless United are competitve it does not really matter how much they save from players buys or sales. These will dwarfed by loss of income from reducing sponsorhip deals. All this business about rejects is nonsense too . Of course they are unwanted by their clubs otherwise they wouldn't be available would they? Ballotelli is a reject as he is such a troublemaker and they want to get rid. Ozil was reject because Real wanted the money and they had a replacement. The biggest reject was Fabregas. Barca just wanted to get rid... When a top player becomes available United cannot afford not to look into buying him. Of course you wouldn't expect the chavs and the RS to come here and say: "well done for getting such a good player..."
Perez reject. Everyone else would sell their mum to ms13 to keep him. Try harder though. There is no negative in this transfer.
He didnt matt. He confirmed hes leaving and has said his goodbyes. The media twisted it a little to make out hes on a plane to manchester. Its a bank holiday today and tomorrow so might not be official til tuesday.
Sounds good so far UIR, the one stumbling block is Woodward is on the plane too. My worries are that Woodward misses the plane, or ends up going in the wrong direction
Nicholas Rigg ‏@nicholasrigg 1m Carlo Ancelotti says Di Maria came to say goodbye to his teammates and he wished him good luck for the future. He's going. #realmadrid #mufc Carlo Ancelotti re- Di MarÃa: "The club did all they could to keep him, but he decided to leave. I thank him for everything." Ancelotti: "Khedira is happy here and he is staying. The matter is resolved & he stays at Real Madrid." Guillem Balague ‏@GuillemBalague 3m The price for di MarÃa (in euros): United offered 60m, Real wanted 90. Final figure: 80 million, including adds on. £63.9m
Yeh seen it on redcafe. He will fly in on a private jet so we wont see pictures. Reckon he will come today and everything will be done quietly. Announced either monday night or tuesday morning. Suppose united could announce its done subject to medicals like with roja. Could do that today.
Finish 7th and no europe = sign one of the best players in the world. Finish 2nd, automatic CL qualification = sign dross and balotelli They will be raging.
