So with the shocking news Hargreaves is signing!!!

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

Not really much to talk about from that point of view is there? I mean it's kinda pointless speculating at all.

Shall we close the site down for the summer then?

Originally Posted by dodger

Shall we close the site down for the summer then?

Nah, the Goden Girls still need somewhere to gather.

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

Huntelaar is supposedly around £12 million and we don't know what our budget is so we don't know if that is out of it. You seem to be suggesting that we have the money for Hargreaves and not a penny more, I am unaware if there is any truth in this.

I'd have thought there'd be a bit more cash in the pot thanks to our mainly unexpected league success this year. Enough to cover the purchase of a £12m striker at the very least.

There'll still be the usual departures to offset the spending of couse, but this year I bet we won't make a profit on close season transfers.

Originally Posted by 24hr Leavesey

I'd have thought there'd be a bit more cash in the pot thanks to our mainly unexpected league success this year. Enough to cover the purchase of a £12m striker at the very least.

There'll still be the usual departures to offset the spending of couse, but this year I bet we won't make a profit on close season transfers.

You'd hope not.

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

You'd hope not.

We won't even if we stop spending after Greavsey.

Originally Posted by 24hr Leavesey

We won't even if we stop spending after Greavsey.

Ah but how many departures are on their way?

Torres Bale and Nani can £#%&! off. Nani just signed a new contract and Queiroz said they're not interested.

Torres is overrated and doesn't score enough and as for Bale, 10m, £#%&! him too.

Don't even ask me to name names, what's the point they're not reading this.

But if I had one wish it would be Eto'o.

McCarthy is certainly no Saha replacement. He doesn't have the pace or the workrate to do the job Saha does. He'd be a fantastic replacement for Smith. Perhaps if we offered Blackburn Smith in a straight swap or with a little bit of money to make up the difference, a deal could be done there. They'd be getting a ready-made replacement who is a good four years younger.

McCarthy would be a good squad player for United. Good focal point of the attack, excellent in the air and a top finisher. Would easily get us between 10-15 goals as a squad forward.

If Saha goes, he simply must be repaced with a dynamic, pacey frontman. There are few around of genuine quality, though.

We wont sign anyone else. Last year we payed a similar fee for Carrick and everyone said we needed more players, but no one ever came. No one came in January either. Malc and his merry men are happy with the current situation.

"One big signing should appease the fans".

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

McCarthy is certainly no Saha replacement. He doesn't have the pace or the workrate to do the job Saha does. .

Sit on the treatment table?

Originally Posted by Fatboy Shrek

We wont sign anyone else. Last year we payed a similar fee for Carrick and everyone said we needed more players, but no one ever came. No one came in January either. Malc and his merry men are happy with the current situation.

"One big signing should appease the fans".

No point in you bothering with any more of these speculation threads trhen eh?

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

Sit on the treatment table?

No, that will be Hargreaves' job.

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

No point in you bothering with any more of these speculation threads trhen eh?

I'll do as i please, ta.

Torres for £18m

Originally Posted by Fatboy Shrek

I'll do as i please, ta.

That's your right, kinda pointless you joining in on a thread you think has no validity though. You carry on though.

Originally Posted by rhodzy

Torres for £18m

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Originally Posted by Fuzzy Dunlop

Nani just signed a new contract and Queiroz said they're not interested.

That contract is yet to actually be signed.

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

That contract is yet to actually be signed.

Nobody in the world, even Nani himself, knows if that contract's been signed.

It's one of those situations where the media come out and say a new deal is imminent, but then it doesn't actually happen. He's been linked with United again in the Spanish press, which has been picked up in the Portuguese papers today.

Whatever the reason, there is some kind of delay in signing the deal.

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

It's one of those situations where the media come out and say a new deal is imminent, but then it doesn't actually happen. He's been linked with United again in the Spanish press, which has been picked up in the Portuguese papers today.

Whatever the reason, there is some kind of delay in signing the deal.

the spanish press have their own agendas, though. ronnie to real/barca is the main drum they like to bang and so any 'united after a winger' story is a goer, true or not.

i think united would do better with a flexible attacking midfielder/attacker, given that we haven't really played out and out wingers for a while now and that we need a replacement for giggs, who mainly plays a (very loosely defined) central role. we need someone to fit into that three that has been rooney, ronnie and ryan this year. ideally they'd begin with 'r'. i'd have gone for resley schneider, but i suspect it will be rossi. as long as he gets his chance i think that would be fine, tbh. he certainly has the talent.