United's strange new transfer policy ?

Originally Posted by Ginners

good business sense really. theres plenty of world class players we can get who are under 26 anyway

Spot on. Don't get why anyone would moan about this, United have always operated like this really. The article doesn't say we won't be signing anyone over 27, it says we won't be paying big money for anyone over 27. We may still buy 1-2 experienced players who are cheaper over the next few years, like we have done in the past.

Most big stars are under 27 anyway.

Originally Posted by dunk

Well, he is currently 28, so that may give it away.

There are some on this site that claim he is 33 next year however.

ah, made my morning dunk. maybe it's the berba haters on here that have swayed me but i swear i thought i read in a big paper that he was 29.

Originally Posted by Smeggs

ah, made my morning dunk. maybe it's the berba haters on here that have swayed me but i swear i thought i read in a big paper that he was 29.

the guardian?

Originally Posted by koppas

Moves like a 33 year old tbf.

Everybody knows Berba does not move

Originally Posted by Ginners

the guardian?

times

Bearing in mind this 'Over 25' rule, how many 'Big' signings are actually open to us?

Benzema - 21
David Silva - 23?
Fabregas - 22
De Rossi - 25 (Borderline)
Aguero - 20
Ben Arfa - 21
Torres - 24
Agbonlahor - 21
Young - 23
Tevez - 25
Robinho - 24

any more?

When you consider that the majority of the list above are no-goes for one reason or another, you see the problem we have atm.

I personally am hoping United's scouts have been working damn hard and there a few unknowns coming to the party.

Originally Posted by dunk

Bearing in mind this 'Over 25' rule, how many 'Big' signings are actually open to us?

Benzema - 21
David Silva - 23?
Fabregas - 22
De Rossi - 25 (Borderline)
Aguero - 20
Ben Arfa - 21
Torres - 24
Agbonlahor - 21
Young - 23
Tevez - 25
Robinho - 24

any more?

When you consider that the majority of the list above are no-goes for one reason or another, you see the problem we have atm.

I personally am hoping United's scouts have been working damn hard and there a few unknowns coming to the party.

yup some good points there, theres literally nobody for us to sign.

Originally Posted by carlosartorial

Danierl Taylor has a very good track record.

Possibly the best hack covering United.

Yeah, his story about Anderson when he first arrived was spot on

Originally Posted by Ether

Yeah, his story about Anderson when he first arrived was spot on

Being loaned out because he wasn't as good as we'd hoped?

I remember that. About a month into his first season wasn't it.

Great story that about Anderson. Weren't he being shipped back to Porto?

Originally Posted by dunk

Being loaned out because he wasn't as good as we'd hoped?

I remember that. About a month into his first season wasn't it.

Yep, was after the Carling Cup game against Coventry. Would be stuck in the reserves, loan back to Porto, year off the pace etc.....

A week later he had that stormer against Wigan.

Erm....isn't this always the way we have conducted business?

Berbatov is an exception to the rule, being a big money signing over the age of 26.

I can only think Mr Taylor had nothing else to write about.

Originally Posted by Ether

Yeah, his story about Anderson when he first arrived was spot on

agreed. That article was awful.

taylor is a cretin tbh.

This new policy will be the end of us all.

Originally Posted by Coracao

Erm....isn't this always the way we have conducted business?

Berbatov is an exception to the rule, being a big money signing over the age of 26.

I can only think Mr Taylor had nothing else to write about.

That's exactly the point. He did the same thing with the anderson story.

they all do it tbh.

how the £#%&! does he know anything about transfer policy? he doesn't. that article could have been banged together with a list of our last 20 transfers and the players dob's.

maybe putting this out there into media make believe land is a good way for United to rubbish about 50% of the %@#$&!s these @#%&!s write and still sticking to the club policy of very rarely responding to speculation

Taylor was banned from OT at one point, so the idea that he's ITK enough to get details of our wider transfer policy is pretty laughable.

Originally Posted by Ether

Taylor was banned from OT at one point, so the idea that he's ITK enough to get details of our wider transfer policy is pretty laughable.

I thought that.

I was going to post it but wasn't 100%

Was it after that article saying united were finished etc and slagging carrick etc?

we certainly have a strange transfer policy at the moment.

'sell best player, replace him with winger from wigan'.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

we certainly have a strange transfer policy at the moment.

'sell best player, replace him with winger from wigan'.