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I do wonder, what with all the chat Hazard is doing in the press about playing in England, is he going to turn out to be a massive flop when he actually gets here? Does seem that the players who talk themselves up the most tend to deliver the least...

 

Hahahaha, Matth, you are going to hilarious when the transfer rumours really start flying around! Please make sure you are online for Deadline day on 31 August?

I agree with Swarbs, I doubt Hazard will be as good as everyone seems to think. And some of the rumours doing the rounds make me think that we'd do well to stay away from him, him and his agent look like trouble. If it's true that he's holding out for ridiculous wages (over 200K a week) and even City aren't willing to pay anywhere close to that, then he's always going to be a disruptive influence. Most of the foreign players we've signed lately have had really good attitudes (on and off the pitch), and a great work ethic, such as Chicharito, da Silvas, De Gea, Lindegaard etc.

 

Kicker reports that Kagawa and his agent took a flight to Manchester on Monday night.

 

The clock at 19.15 Japanese flew to this information, editorial on Monday with Lufthansa LH3434 machine from Dusseldorf to Manchester in order to negotiate with his adviser Thomas Kroth about switching to the English runner-United. It was not until the morning Kroth had told BVB sporting director Michael Zorc that Kagawa would not renew his expiring contract at Borussia Dortmund in 2013 definitely. A transfer in the summer is thus closer. High transfer fee waves expected, internally, it came in spite of the triumph in Berlin is no longer a decision-making change at the noble engineer from the Far East, which will sell the BVB, most likely with a tidy profit increase.

 

Brilliant. I presume this is an English translation of a foreign article translated via Google?

 

yeah.

 

Figured.

 

Patrick P. ‏ @DortmundBlog
Shinji Kagawa is already in Manchester to begin negotiations about a transfer to Manchester United

 

#AFC have made a bid for Shinji Kagawa, but to believe that it's too late and is on his way to #MUFC . (via @GermanGunners)

 

Kagawa was in Manchester today and met along with his agent with SAF and Gill.

 

@dan_bu: Kagawa's agent confirmed that he and his client have met Sir Alex Ferguson in Manchester today. No decision yet

 

if we've met him and his agent, that means we've agreed a fee for him.

 

can he sign before 1st July?

 

we can announce we've sign him but the paperwork won't go through until july 1st.

 

Nope, but the the club/player can make an agreement on the player joining his new club and then when the transfer window opens then they can put pen to paper.

 

Isn't he injury prone though? I did tell you last year that we'd be getting him in the future.

 

Alex Ferguson set to fly to #France tomorrow over a £30m double deal with #Lilles Eden Hazard & Mathieu Debuchy

 

I do remember him having a pretty serious injury last year, but I think it was a broken ankle or something. Most likely from a bad tackle or landing weird on his ankle. I could be wrong though.

 

Japan international Shinji Kagawa revealed Wednesday that he had met Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, as rumours swirl that the Borussia Dortmund star is eyeing a move to the Premier League.

The midfielder said the Scot, one of football's most successful managers, had "good words" to say about him during two hours of talks in Manchester this week.

Kagawa, who still has a year to run on his contract with the German champions and has stalled over signing an extension with the club, said he wanted to "think hard" before deciding where his future lay.

"It was good that I was able to meet him in person and talk," Kagawa told reporters on his return ahead of Japan's friendly against Azerbaijan.

Ferguson "had some good words," the player added when asked by journalists at Tokyo's Haneda Airport about the meeting, without disclosing what they discussed.

The 23-year-old scored 17 goals this season in all competitions to help Dortmund secure a second consecutive Bundesliga title and win the domestic double for the first time in their 103-year history.

He has made no secret of his desire to move to England with United tipped as front-runners to sign him.

Ferguson watched Kagawa score in Dortmund's 5-2 German Cup final win over Bayern Munich at Berlin's Olympic Stadium Saturday.

"I want to think hard before making my decision," Kagawa said, adding that several other Premier League clubs have also expressed interest in him.

"I want to choose a team where I can take on challenges," he added.

Dortmund are in a position to make a handsome profit by selling Kagawa, who cost the German club just 350,000 euros ($450,000) from Cerezo Osaka in 2010 but is now worth around 13 million euros.

Kagawa thanked Dortmund for allowing him to grow as a player, and said he will miss the thunderous roar of home fans and said coach Jurgen Klopp has told him he will always be welcome at the club.

Other big name clubs, including Chelsea, AC Milan and Arsenal have also been linked to Kagawa, media reports have said.

 

"@Mufc_Info: The Kagawa story has also made it to France and @lequipe are reporting that he is close to signing for #MUFC in an €18m deal."