Daniele De Rossi 'would have taken his own life' at Manchester United

Wouldnt we all

The coveted Italian midfielder Daniele De Rossi has said that a move to Manchester United in the summer would have made him suicidal.
Manchester United made a bid for the midfielder towards the end of the summer transfer window, according to Roma's coach Rudi Garcia, but it came too late for the club to accept.
"I said to him that I couldn't lose him at the last minute so we fixed a date after which he would not move," Garcia told L'Equipe.
"The first league match came and a few days after Manchester United called the club, called him, but the date had passed and he didn't move."
Reports at the time suggested United had offered £12m for the player, who was also a target for Manchester City under Roberto Mancini in 2012, a move he turned down.
"It was a good thing that I didn't go to Manchester, now I would have committed suicide!" he told Corriere dello Sport.
It was unclear whether De Rossi was commenting on United's struggles this season or expressing relief that he was part of a renaissance at Roma that has lifted them to second behind Juventus in Serie A. Or, indeed, giving his opinion on the Lancashire weather.
However, it may also have been an expression of the rediscovered form that has made the 30-year-old a certainty for the Azzurri at the World Cup finals in Brazil this summer.
"Last summer I didn't feel comfortable, I didn't recognise myself in the relationship with my team-mates and with the fans," he said.

@#%&!

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...chester-united

Not surprisingly is it we're pretty much the laughing stock of European football at the moment

Comment from the local rag journo who speaks Italian:

Frankly, the reporting in England of the Daniele de Rossi interview is an embarrassment to journalism.

Cheeky ice cream making greasy @#%&!. Should put a bid in for him pronto.

No need for suicide - Moyes training regime would have killed him.

Originally Posted by waynes ear's

Or, indeed, giving his opinion on the Lancashire weather.

Manchester - 828mm of rainfall per year
Rome - 804mm of rainfall per year

I do wish they'd stop with that weather trope

An Italian Roy Keane if there ever was one. Fair £#%&!s to him staying at his boyhood club, this seasons probably the best shot they have at winning serie A since he's being in the side.

Load of shite...

Originally Posted by dragflick

Load of shite...

and some people actually take these @#%&!s at the guardian seriously

Originally Posted by Denis Irwell

and some people actually take these @#%&!s at the guardian seriously

No one and I mean no one, does a spider graph like the guardian.... In fact for broadsheet imagery to get across a point on East African candle production figures you show me a better paper..

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

No one and I mean no one, does a spider graph like the guardian.... In fact for broadsheet imagery to get across a point on East African candle production figures you show me a better paper..

Bono's bog roll

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

No one and I mean no one, does a spider graph like the guardian.... In fact for broadsheet imagery to get across a point on East African candle production figures you show me a better paper..

ok ok, granted - but I mean apart from that.....?

Guardian mention they may get the interpretation wrong literally in the line after the quote

Originally Posted by Johnaldo

Guardian mention they may get the interpretation wrong literally in the line after the quote

Exactly. This story smacks of a come and get me plea in the Granuiads eyes

It is a shit article. No wonder noones put their name to it

Who is noones? Is he on twitter?

Originally Posted by waynes ear's

Who is noones? Is he on twitter?

Brother of Waynes

would have been shite on the wing anyway etc

you £#%&!ing @#%&!s

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

would have been shite on the wing anyway etc

you £#%&!ing @#%&!s

This guy.

Probably played him at right back