Only the Mirror have exclusively made this stuff up.
Mirror's two massive Man Utd exclusive
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Even that is a lie from The Mirror. This shit is not exclusive either.
The Mirror can just go oh well no one agreed personal terms when Sneijder stays at Inter and Berba stays here.If they are the only one claiming that this is an exclusive then it it is indeed exclusive. They are exclusively claiming that this is an exclusive.
Probably.
Nah. Its a cycle Wibs. See every newspaper goes through it in case of a protracted transfer saga.
Club interested in player, club talks to said player's reps/club, club lodges bid, the clubs tussle on the bid, club accepts bid, player asks for wages, buying club and player tussle on wages, transfer close to being sealed within the week, transfer breaks down and repeat.
All newspapers claim exclusives, yet every step happens about ten times in the said transfer saga.
Now later in the week, see another newspaper reporting an 'exclusive' rehashing this same crap. Best was during the Sanchez saga, Sanchezter United.
For all we know, maybe we didnt even make an official bid after the player's reps informed us of Barca's interest and Sanchez's preference.Hopefully both stories end up being true.
You want the leagues top scorer to go?
We survived the leagues top scorer and the best player in the world at the time leaving, nearly £20M for a 30 year old is too good a deal to turn down in my view.
I don`t Berba leaves the club.......but 20m would be a great deal.
Ronaldo wasn't the leagues top scorer
That's right, Drogba was, my mistake, he was still our top scorer though.
didn't gill said berba is staying, so he is a liar then.
Drogba was also not the leagues top scorer that season
it was Anelka, it wasn't exactly 50 years ago.
Wrong again then, Drogba pipped Rooney the year after right?
No it was 3 years ago. So my knowledge of Chelsea's chart topping strikers at 4am is not great, but the point of getting £20M for someone who will be 31 in January is the main one I was making.
Basically the translation of that is commonly "we have no intention of selling him and are not shopping him out for cheap....but if a good bid came in...yeah sure"
It's a common thing managers/chairmen/etc all say. They say "he's gone" and the price instantly drops.
Unless Berba signs a new deal before the start of the season United would sell him if an offer came in.
The Berba to PSG rumour isn't excatly new, it's been going on since just after the CL league. It died down after PSG denied they had bid for anyone, and Berbas agent said he wants to stay at United. Personally though, if they are going to offer us near on £19 million for him, then i don't see why we wouldn't bite there hand off.
£11 million loss on a player we've had 3 seasons, whos 30+ and 1 year left on his contract, is not bad.
£11 million loss on a player we've had 3 seasons, whos 30+ and 1 year left on his contract, is not bad.
We sort of survived the departure of Ruud and his 21 league goals in 2005/06.
I doubt any club would really pay 18m for Berba but if they do, we really can't turn that down.
how is he going to sign when the club still have not offer him a new contract, its a crazy situation that we don't seem keen to give him one?
Where will the goals come from and all that
exactly. United always talk about "resale" value.
well, 20m for someone who is already 30 is bloody good resale value
I dont mind Berba, he has his moments, but we'd survive without him. Plus his wages would free up for someone else..
Mixed one, shame to see him go if he does, because the bloke is just pure class.
However, his talent deserves to be on show more than I reckon it will be at United next season, and in 12 months time we won't get anywhere near that amount for him.
In hindsight, with Owen signing on for another year, that was the writing on the wall for Berbatov, I reckon.
I'm a massive Berba fan and I'd be gutted to see him go but I'd understand if the club accepted an offer of £20m.
Maybe his agent is holding out for a longer contract.
I'd feel comfortable going into a season with Rooney, Hernandez, Owen, Welbeck and Macheda as our strikers. I like Berbatov, but £19m is a very good price + it'd free up about £100k in wages every week.
I guess if that offer is real and Berba wants to leave we won't stand in his way.
It was made pretty obvious where he lies in the pecking order after the CL Final last season.
How many years does he have left on his contract anyway?
It was made pretty obvious where he lies in the pecking order after the CL Final last season.
How many years does he have left on his contract anyway?
One apparently.
Hmmmm. Doesn't look good then. Of course he could just decide to sit on it if he doesn't fancy France.
He has one year left on his deal but we could extend it by a further year on similar temrs due to a clause in his contract.
This year and then an option for an extra year I think Gill said recently.
Me too. I also think it would make Sneijder an absolute dead cert to join us, as well.
Berbatov and Owen won't be here in 12 months time. Welbeck and Macheda can fill their boots.
How so? Sneijder hates Berbatov or what?
I think its likely he would - big money on offer and a club that seem keen to compete, if of course United make it clear he's surplus to requirements.
i think he(bera) should move on.
but if he goes and we don't get a forward, and we get sneijder, let's forget 4-4-2 for most games.
with park, nani, valencia, young as wide options, and sneijder in a 3 man midfield. i am really ok with that.
with chicha on the bench, a 4-3-3 will be great.
but if he goes and we don't get a forward, and we get sneijder, let's forget 4-4-2 for most games.
with park, nani, valencia, young as wide options, and sneijder in a 3 man midfield. i am really ok with that.
with chicha on the bench, a 4-3-3 will be great.
Owen will more then likely stay at United as long as he scores goals when he's called upon. He's inexpensive, we're unlikely to get anything for him and he's a model professional. His injury record for us isn't as bad as people expected and he more or less seems to be on the up, he's a good option to have.
As for Berbatov, right now its arguable if he's even ahead of Owen going by pre season, and for somebody earning twice his money, it's not really good enough. If even a 15 million pound offer came in, I'd expect United to bite their hand off. Berbatov is only as good as he can be when he's the main man and he won't really get that opportunity again.
I can't see that we learnt anything new from these 2 'exclusives', or did I miss something?
We learnt that neither of them were actually an 'exclusive' for a start.
I never expected that though...