I competely agree its because he couldn't be relied on. However Jones is similarly injury prone but I suspect is being given a lot of slack because he's younger.
I don't know about that. LVG only has this season and next and thats it for him in football. When it comes to the first team he's going to be as ruthless as ruthless gets. Jones is not as injury prone as Rafael. He still manages to play a good number of games and actually finish full 90 minutes
Good luck wherever you go Rafael. (actually hope he ends up staying in England.)
I'm going to remember the good times until he has officially left
Its mad.
Yeah Fergie's last title winning team is gone, sad in a way but it had to be done i guess.
Sorry, honestly not sure to what comments you're reffering to?
There ought to be much better clubs happy to take him.
Last week there was a little bit about Turkey, wouldn't surprise me given how hard they are chasing some players.
Why? He's a United reject whose also injury prone. Southampton would be a great club for him. The new 'Roberto Carlos' Da Silva ended up at Cardiff
Because he is a very good player, who can probably be bought for a low fee. If he gets over his injuries he can still be a top player.
Juventus never wanted Henry to leave. He was being played out wide because Juventus were well stocked upfront, then his patience ran out and he left to Arsenal. I don't know the details about Robben but considering that Real are involved than I guess that they have found a more expensive toy to play with. Rafael's story is quite different though. Our RB had been screaming for quality 2 years before Gaz retired. Instead of United buying a fullback, they went to great measures (playing CBs and wingers there) just to keep on giving Rafael a chance until finally patience ran out.
Fenebache to become a world power?
Im not saying a move to Southampton wouldn't be good for Rafael it could be.
Well he couldn't play for us despite we've been screaming for a decent right full back for years. It would be better for him to lower his expectations. Big clubs wont be showing the same amount of patience that we did
You don't think he should have made a cursory mention of Rafaels service to us? Bit of a strange attitude.
That's for sure. So I don't see the point in getting riled up over nothing when he's bound to say something properly controversial at any time. In that particular presser the stuff about Valdes really was the sort of thing people can criticise. The Rafael/Darmian comments were nothing really. Just him bigging up the new boy.
Only United supporters are surprised at the lack of interest in him from any serious clubs.
I'm not sure what that even means to be honest. He arrived in 2008 when Brown was our first choice RB, quickly established himself as first choice and despite his injury problems has played the best part of 200 games for United averaging 25-30 games a season, not bad.
I have no idea what his expectations are but i would imagine he will have no problems getting a CL club most likely in Italy or Portugal.
Wes Brown was never a natural right back. He was just one of the many CBs which was thrown there to accommodate the smooth transition between Gaz and Rafael similarly as many others did like Jones and Smalling. Valencia was also played as RB for the very same reason. Gaz was first team RB back then playing around 28 games back in 2008. That's more games than Rafael played during the 2009-2010, 2011-2012 and the 2014-2015 season and nearly at par to what he played in 2010-11 and 2013-2014. We're talking here of a then 33-34 year old full back who was already carrying his share of injuries. In matter of fact Rafael was only able to beat the 40 games mark in just 1 season. Gaz did it consistently between 1998 and 2005, went close in the 2006-2007 with 35 and then the injuries started kicking in. So seriously no one can argue that Rafael isn't unreliable and a crock.
Sorry who exactly is trying to say this, what is it we're talking about here?
I much doubt it. He's 25 and he has produced just 1 decent league as a regular full teamer. His career was plunged in injuries and while he's excellent in going forward he's rash in terms of defending. Much bigger names in his circumstances had not been able to continue playing at top levels, one of which was Paul Parker Gaz, predecessor. The fact that he's Brazilian (apologies if it does sound a bit xenophobic but Brazilian talent do have a reputation of not fulfilling their potential or have their career cut short for one reason or another) doesn't help.
They have already signed a rightback as his replacement. Would like to see Rafael go to a good club where he gets appreciated though.
I can, perhaps not in terms of wages but in stature and CL prospects certainly. He has been linked to Roma and Benfica wouldn't surprise me if he went to either.
If he leaves he will never be back even if he gets over his injuries and fulfills his potential, why would he want to return to a club that froze him out completely and got rid of him.
I cant speak about Benfica, although the Portuguese league isn't what it used to be. However I have been following the Serie A since forever so I know Roma well. Their fans absolutely adore those who give their heart to the team but won't be that keen for players who vanish in the treatment room for much of the season. They may easily take it as someone trying to get a free meal.
Bergkamp moved to a club who hasn't won the talk in half a decade in a league which clearly lagged behind the Serie A. Van Der Sar moved first to Fulham
Im referring to his move to arsenal
