Arturo Vidal

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There's plenty of options we could sign;

Alex Song
Strootman
De Jong
Sven Bender
Carvalho
Javi Martinez
Mascherano

All of these would be a great fit for us IMO.
Song isn't good enough, De Jong is at the wrong age and is a fairly limited player, Strootman isn't fit until January and we cannot be certain he'll come back the same player, not sure on Sven, Carvalho is very very pricey with such high risk, Javi Martinez is impossible and Mascherano signed a new long term contract.
 
Song isn't good enough, De Jong is at the wrong age and is a fairly limited player, Strootman isn't fit until January and we cannot be certain he'll come back the same player, not sure on Sven, Carvalho is very very pricey with such high risk, Javi Martinez is impossible and Mascherano signed a new long term contract.
Agreed. Strootman might be an option in January. The rest I hope we forget about (not sure about Bender).
 
There's plenty of options we could sign;

Alex Song
Strootman
De Jong
Sven Bender
Carvalho
Javi Martinez
Mascherano

All of these would be a great fit for us IMO.
Martinez is the only one who can possibly make up for not getting Vidal, the rest of them are not even close.
 
Rumours that it was off started well before this Juventus presser. Infact most of the news on this since yesterday morning has been negative.



I always thought this was a long shot. Got sucked in and now wishing I hadn't. Doesn't look like happening now.
As I said , until Manchester United FC confirms that weren't in talks over Vidal, then for me it will be put to bed. Until then, who knows
 
I haven't paid much attention to this, thinking we have no chance. But the thing that makes me think that there's something in the works is the fact that we are still after players yet this is the only one with coverage. There's barely been any stories linking us to anyone in about a week yet it's almost certain we're after one or two. It was the same with Herrera but it is interesting that this is the only name being thrown about, apart from the obvious Netherlands links.
 
I haven't paid much attention to this, thinking we have no chance. But the thing that makes me think that there's something in the works is the fact that we are still after players yet this is the only one with coverage. There's barely been any stories linking us to anyone in about a week yet it's almost certain we're after one or two. It was the same with Herrera but it is interesting that this is the only name being thrown about, apart from the obvious Netherlands links.
Yep, and even those are dwindling fast. Janmaat to Newcastle and Martins Indi to Porto. Depay, Clasie, Blind, De Vrij and maybe De Jong still to go though.
 
Unless you contribute more than snide WUMs you're on the next boat.

That's not a wum at all, it's a comment saying it would be a bit of a come down.

Please just ignore me on this forum - you do nothing except contribute snide remarks to people you do not like. Put me on ignore and you'll be a happier poster.
 
That's not a wum at all, it's a comment saying it would be a bit of a come down.

Please just ignore me on this forum - you do nothing except contribute snide remarks to people you do not like. Put me on ignore and you'll be a happier poster.

Not up for debate Al. We've been through this.
 
Looks like that's what we might be doing though hey?

I'd love us to show some actual ambition in the transfer market.
It seems like it a bit yeah, I still think we'll deliver. As Meulensteen said, we're still aiming as high as possible. Nothing should change because of one manager and season.
 
Feck it whilst we are signing midfielders playing in Italy lets get strootman too
 
If we sign Vidal, then it's going to be on off until he gets back from holiday. Juventus were never coming out today and saying any different. We don't gain anything from admitting interest. If we did and we failed, it would tamper the general good feeling. Louis probably wants to access some of the kids in the mean time and you never know.
 
If Arsenal get Khedira and a decent striker, they will be fighting for the title this season.
 
All about Vidal seem to come from Italy and Chile yet nothing but denials from us. I really don't believe we're after him for whatever reason, but those quotes from him confuses it somewhat. There must have been some sort of contact?
 
By midday tomorrow Vidal will be 'on' again no doubt. Silly season.

Is it off? Seriously? Of course it's not. It's just delayed for pre medical knee inspections.
 
I'm just not seeing in the media back and forthing to cause severe depression. This is the most obvious glaring hole in the squad, Van Gaal is no moron and will want to patch up that hole quickly, and the alternatives are not viable for a variety of reasons.

We will stump the cash, Juve will take it and Vidal will come.

There's no reason to look like this:

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Yep, and even those are dwindling fast. Janmaat to Newcastle and Martins Indi to Porto. Depay, Clasie, Blind, De Vrij and maybe De Jong still to go though.
And I love how the papers report these. For Martins Indi, I think it was the Mail (maybe others, as well) had the headline calling it a "blow to Manchester United", and talked about how "United target Martins Indi" signed with Porto.

The papers pull some speculation completely out of their ass, then make it look like we failed in our pursuit. :lol:
 
well shouldn't they have stated that weeks ago? Sounds like they couldn't get him and now are back tracking.

Whatever the situation, you'd wonder who'll we'll end up with. We seem completely incapable these days of signing genuinely world class players in their prime these days, either we go for youth with potential or players coming up the wrong side of 30's!

We've been promised a busy summer and as happy as I am with Herrera & Shaw, its still absolutely nowhere near good enough and we are at least 3 more players short of catching up with the likes of City, Chelsea & dare I say it now Arsenal. Arsenal are really having a great summer already, Sanchez and from the looks of it now Khedera. We fell behind the last few years and now it looks like we may well fall further.
Didn't the Vidal rumours blow up last friday? and monday the club started denying interest. With most coming from Italy and Chile it can suggest info maybe coming from Juve or Vidals camp. Going back I honestly believe fergie had much to do with not paying the extra millions to get a certain player and last summer was just a major f... up. We don't know who VG wants but we clearly havd money to burn and pay top wages so I'll stay calm for a while yet.
 
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