The Manchester United Thread

Well it's the same photo that Sunil posted lol..
 
Ravel Morrison has just pleaded guilty to charge of criminal damage and fined £600. He denied assaulting girlfriend and charge dropped #mufc

Good to see the assault charge has been dropped. Hopefully he can stay away from any trouble now.
 
DMF post = Fail :P

On topic though, Very happy for Morrison. Very young player and hope he sorts it out. He has got excellent future only if he leaves out all the **** he loves to hang out with..
 
CtPauley said:
Ravel Morrison has just pleaded guilty to charge of criminal damage and fined £600. He denied assaulting girlfriend and charge dropped #mufc

Good to see the assault charge has been dropped. Hopefully he can stay away from any trouble now.
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Does this mean that he is finally free from any charges from the court? Hopefully he had finally learnt his lesson and will from now on concentrate on football.

Found an article on it:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/s...ungster-ravel-morrison-fined-by-court?cc=3436
 
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Manchester United's owners have made it clear to Sir Alex Ferguson that he has a substantial transfer budget at his disposal for big-name targets during a summer in which the club's bank account will swell to £170m.

The £17m signing of the Atlético Madrid goalkeeper David de Gea will not be the last big signing during a close season in which the club will spend more than in recent years, and Ferguson has been given the green light to target the best players in the world.

The Glazers have consistently maintained that the manager has funds to spend, but fans have questioned the club's ability to compete for the biggest names in recent years, amid concern at the club's debt levels and interest commitments.

Having smashed the pay ceiling to give Wayne Rooney a contract worth around £200,000 a week in the wake of his threat to leave, the owners are said to be relaxed about the prospect of Ferguson breaking the bank to sign a marquee name.

It was the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid for £80m in 2009, followed by the departure of Carlos Tevez to Manchester City weeks later, that raised concerns among Manchester United fans worried that the demands of servicing the loans loaded on to the club had left it unable to compete for the best players.

Club insiders say that any acquisitions will have to fit the template followed by Manchester United under the Glazers, with an emphasis on younger players who will retain value. The club has bought one player in the past 14 years who was over 27 and cost more than £3m – Dimitar Berbatov for £31m.

According to Manchester United's most recent accounts, the club have £113m in the bank. That has fuelled suspicions that the owners will withdraw some of it in dividends but insiders claim it is there for transfers and to guard against unforeseen events.

That figure will rise to £170m by the end of the summer, once season-ticket revenue for the coming season is banked. Despite racking up a record pre-tax loss of £109m last year, much of that was attributable to one-off costs associated with a £500m bond issue.

The chief executive, David Gill, has repeatedly stated that the club will comfortably be able to pay the £45m annual interest on those bonds, especially as it now owns 26% of them itself, and still has about £60m in cash every year thanks to global growth in commercial and TV revenues.
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Can't wait for the transfer window.. Muppet mode ON ftw..
 
Happy 102nd Birthday to Sir Matt Busby. For you, we'll bring the Champions League trophy home once again.

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After holding the Premier League trophy aloft, Dimitar Berbatov has now got his hands on a personal trophy for his efforts during the title-winning campaign.

The Bulgarian’s 20 goals were enough to share top spot in the scorers’ chart with City’s former Red Carlos Tevez and pick up the Golden Boot award from Barclays.

In a season where the classy striker hit three hat-tricks, including an incredible five-goal show against Blackburn, the prize is certainly well merited.

“On a personal level I’m delighted to win this award,” he told ManUtd.com. “To finish as the joint-top scorer in the best league in the world is a huge honour and something I’ll always be very proud of. I love scoring goals and providing entertainment for the fans – I hope I’ve done that this season.

“Most importantly, though, I feel happy knowing that my goals helped the team win the league. We made history this season by winning the title for the 19th time and it was a great feeling to be involved in that achievement. Individual awards are fine, but they mean nothing if you don’t win trophies as well.

“I want to thank the United fans for their support and, of course, my team-mates, who make it very easy for me to enjoy my time here and score goals.”
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Pure class.. I love him and want him to stay here and retire here. Long live Berbatop..
 
Glad he won it!!! He was great this season!He's touch and technique is out of this world!!!!
 
Just want to say,

19 feels so ******* great( i wasnt around when we won it) so it may be late. But SAF is a god and we are top of the ******* perch now.
 
With the season over, now its time to assess our squad.

Our full squad and the players who may be released/retired/sold.

Goal Keepers
Edwin van der Sar (Retired)
Anders Lindegaard
Ben Amos
Tomasz Kuszczak (Sold)

Defenders
Gary Neville (Retired)
Patrice Evra
Rio Ferdinand
Vidic
Wes Brown (Sold)
Chris Smalling
Fábio (U21)
Rafael (U21)
John O'Shea
Jonny Evans
Ritchie De Laet (Sold or Loan)


Midfielders.
Owen Hargreaves (Released)
Park Ji-Sung
Michael Carrick
Nani
Paul Scholes (Retired maybe)
Anderson
Darren Fletcher
Antonio Valencia
Gabriel Obertan (Loan or sold)
Ryan Giggs
Darron Gibson
Bébé (U21)
Ravel Morrison (U21)
Oliver Norwood (U21)
Ryan Tunnicliffe (U21)
Matthew James (U21)
Paul Pogba (U21)
Robert Brady (U21)
Tom Cleverley

Forwards
Javier Hernández
Michael Owen (Released)
Dimitar Berbatov (Sold, sadly)
Wayne Rooney
Danny Welbeck (U21)
Federico Macheda (Loan to PL club)
Mame Biram Diouf (Sold)
Will Keane (U21)
Joshua King (U21)
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With this we have 19 players who should be registered. So we have 6 more slots for new players.


Hopeful squad for 2011/12 season.
Goal Keepers
De Gea (NEW GK) (U21)
Anders Lindegaard
Ben Amos


Defenders
Raphaël Varane (Hopefully) (U21)
Patrice Evra
Rio Ferdinand
Vidic
Chris Smalling
Fábio (U21)
Rafael (U21)
John O'Shea
Jonny Evans



Midfielders.
New CM (Destroyer)
New CM (Creative)
Park Ji-Sung
Michael Carrick
Nani
Anderson
Darren Fletcher
Antonio Valencia
Tom Cleverley
Ryan Giggs
Darron Gibson
Bébé (U21)
Ravel Morrison (U21)
Oliver Norwood (U21)
Ryan Tunnicliffe (U21)
Matthew James (U21)
Paul Pogba (U21)
Robert Brady (U21)


Forwards
If Berbatov is sold then new striker.
Javier Hernández
Wayne Rooney
Danny Welbeck (U21)
Will Keane (U21)
Joshua King (U21)
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I have included a lot of youth players as they are assigned shirt numbers. Hopefully few will get games in CC. And with this squad only 22 players can be registered..
 
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I think the game last night exposed how badly we need top quality central midfielders. Personally, my dream transfers would be De Gea + De Rossi + Modric, as I believe that would plug the holes in our midfield and provide us a successor to VDS. If Berbatov do leave, hopefully chances will be given to Welbeck and Keane, whom I rate pretty highly. Raphael Varane would be a good purchase as well.

An exciting summer to look forward to IMO.
 
dasty said:
I think the game last night exposed how badly we need top quality central midfielders. Personally, my dream transfers would be De Gea + De Rossi + Modric, as I believe that would plug the holes in our midfield and provide us a successor to VDS. If Berbatov do leave, hopefully chances will be given to Welbeck and Keane, whom I rate pretty highly. Raphael Varane would be a good purchase as well.

An exciting summer to look forward to IMO.
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I agree with this pal but I am not sure about De Rossi, for me he would just do a similar job than Carrick but he does have better attributes. But why would United want to spend big on him when they have a similar player and they need to strengthen elsewhere?

For me you were definitely right, it did show how our squad needs improvement, especially in midfield, definitely a creative midfielder, unfortunately I can not see it being Modric, but that is not the end of the world because there is plenty of great creative midfielders out there. I know Wesley Sneijder has said he is staying with Inter, but I would keep an eye on him still, you never know. If not I am sure Fergie will do a fantastic job and get us a great creative mid.

What I hope does not happen, is that we rely on Scholes again for another season, as a reason not to buy a creative midfielder. (Scholes has shown his age for quite a few games now, like last night against Barcelona when he came on passed it straight to a Barcelona player in our own half).

Not sure whether this goalkeeping situation has been sorted either, I am not fully convinced De Gea has his heart set on Manchester United, Spanish players rarely come to Premiership. Probaby because they do not like the physical side of it.
 
I think, were keeping berbatov and mechada and having 4 strikers now, owen will go. and yea besides from that, ur squad was right.

also, i think kushzak will stay on the bench.

but i want Phil Jones for defence, Wilson Palacios (very strong and enforcing) and nasri (very good playmaker and prem proven), bet we could get them a bit cheap. and De Gea if rumours are true has already signed so all good,
 
Aneil14life said:
I think, were keeping berbatov and mechada and having 4 strikers now, owen will go. and yea besides from that, ur squad was right.

also, i think kushzak will stay on the bench
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Berba clearly had a falling out with SAF and I can't see him staying with you guys after leaving wembley before the match. And Kuszczak said he'll leave if another keeper is signed since he wants first team footy to get a place in the Poland squad.
 
Gladbach's sporting director confirmed the signing of Manchester United's Joshua King on a one-year loan deal.
 
I doubt that Diouf will be sold, every time Fergie talks about young players coming back, he seems to not include Macheda, but always says Diouf, Cleverly and Welbeck, I have a feeling Macheda will resign with Sampdoria on loan with a move to a full transfer.
 
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I doubt that Diouf will be sold, every time Fergie talks about young players coming back, he seems to not include Macheda, but always says Diouf, Cleverly and Welbeck, I have a feeling Macheda will resign with Sampdoria on loan with a move to a full transfer.
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Agent - Macheda set to stay | Sky Sports | Football | Premier League | News

Slight chance of him leaving. Personally I feel he will be given one more season to prove that he's good enough, if he fails to do so then I think he will be sold.
 
CtPauley said:
Gladbach's sporting director confirmed the signing of Manchester United's Joshua King on a one-year loan deal.
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Good player. Hopefully he comes back even better.

Jay Pricey said:
I doubt that Diouf will be sold, every time Fergie talks about young players coming back, he seems to not include Macheda, but always says Diouf, Cleverly and Welbeck, I have a feeling Macheda will resign with Sampdoria on loan with a move to a full transfer.
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Sampdoria got relegated so couldn't see them signing him. I'd loan him to the likes of Everton or Sunderland for the full year and see how he develops

My transfer would be:

IN
David de Gea £16m
Ashley Young £15m
Jack Rodwell/Marouane Felliani £20m
Wesley Sneijder £10m + Nani
Luka Modric £20m + Berbatov

OUT
Kuszczak £2m
Brown £2m
Obertan £5m
Nani
Berbatov (don't want him to leave but after last nite I think its almost certain)
Macheda (loan)
Bebe (loan)
 
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