QUOTE (Danny @ Aug 18 2014, 04:54 PM)
Utd linked with a £100M bid for Di Maria. Money has no value any more in football. None at all.
'Want that player? Sure! Let's just throw as much money at them as we can'.
Unless you're Milan of course.
I can't see this happening, I see a knee-jerk coming but not this. If they're going to throw £100m at people they may as well go after Cristiano again. That's paper nonsense though if they're projecting that as a transfer fee.
United are an odd one at the moment, everyone was expecting a big surge of transfers and they've actually been pretty poor again. Shaw was an ok buy but for £30m+? That's ridiculous. Herrera I'm still yet to be convinced by and again I think they overpaid.
They are still an illustrious club I don't buy this whole they aren't in CL now so no one wants to go there. We're still in a generation where Manchester United have been and continue to be one of the biggest clubs globally in the world, they still have a lot of allure. Something is going on in the background though, most likely the Glazer's just aren't putting money back into the club.
That team needs a lot of financial backing at the moment, it did with Fergie and it certainly does without, everyone could see that at the weekend. I can't see how their Exec can be so poor to not get anyone of note, all Cesc, Vidal, Di Maria, Kroos, Bale, Cuadrado, Strootman even dare I say it Cristiano have slipped through the grasp. You could be the worst salesman in the world and get people to United as long as you have financial backing.
QUOTE (acid911 @ Aug 18 2014, 05:17 PM)
Kurt and Ash are two examples here, there are many more that cry for even smaller clubs.
Yeah, I feel for Dave who has a season ticket to the park to watch the local pub b-team (IMG:
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