January Transfer Window 2012/2013 Season Rumours/Signings

Yas786 · 7 Mar 2013 at 19:12

Arsenal being linked with Danny Williams from Swansea or so the rumours are circulating.

Read the other day that Wenger wants to add some spine to our defence so is looking at Williams.

cm1179 · 7 Mar 2013 at 19:17

Tom84 said:
So no then

other than the £25m loss, £3m in wages for sitting on the bench for the last season and ferguson admitting he didn't suit their style of play. no.

Tom84 · 7 Mar 2013 at 19:35

cm1179 said:
other than the £25m loss, £3m in wages for sitting on the bench for the last season and ferguson admitting he didn't suit their style of play. no.

We got 4 trouble free years from Berbatov winning 2 league titles and a league cup (the last of those titles Berbatov finished joint top goal scorer in the league). During that time City had 2 trouble free years from Tevez 1 league title and an FA Cup. And Fergie never said Berbatov didn't suit our style of play that came from his agent and even then the actual quote was that Berbatov didnt suit how the manager wanted the team to play in the future.

fez · 7 Mar 2013 at 19:47

I think fergie got the Tevez call right and the Berbatov one wrong myself. I love Berbatov but he wasn't the right type of player for us. Tevez was but he is more trouble than he is worth.

Robbo · 7 Mar 2013 at 19:55

I think Berbatov was worth the money, just not for us. It's an odd one.

fez · 7 Mar 2013 at 20:02

Robbo said:
I think Berbatov was worth the money, just not for us. It's an odd one.

I would say we overpaid a bit but yeah he was / is a top quality player just playing for the wrong club. That was the worst part of it honestly. Watching such a good player sit on the bench game after game after game. Didn't he miss a CL final as well?

Model professional though and I have to respect the guy.

Robbo · 7 Mar 2013 at 20:38

fez said:
I would say we overpaid a bit but yeah he was / is a top quality player just playing for the wrong club. That was the worst part of it honestly. Watching such a good player sit on the bench game after game after game. Didn't he miss a CL final as well?

Model professional though and I have to respect the guy.

Yeah he wasn't in the squad for the final vs Barcelona.

HangTime · 7 Mar 2013 at 23:40

Yas786 said:
Arsenal being linked with Danny Williams from Swansea or so the rumours are circulating.

Read the other day that Wenger wants to add some spine to our defence so is looking at Williams.

Only reason he's looking at Williams was because he tried to kill RvP

Andybtsn · 7 Mar 2013 at 23:43

Was trying to think who the hell is Danny Williams from Swansea. You mean Ashley

Wayn0r · 8 Mar 2013 at 10:00

Oh look, rooney is going nowhere. DIDNT SEE THAT ONE COMING... :/

BaZ87 · 8 Mar 2013 at 10:21

We're taking it as fact that he's going nowhere because Fergie said so? Slightly naive given that he's not against telling the odd lie.

If Utd were looking to sell him, making it public knowledge wouldn't do them any favours.

Robi · 8 Mar 2013 at 10:24

Are you stupid? Why on earth would United want to sell Wayne? All speculation and lies from tabloid newspapers following Tuesdays game with nothing to back the claims up.

He was benched, so what? A lot of people seem to forget he started the first leg.

Morons.

Wayn0r · 8 Mar 2013 at 10:27

Fergie makes a good point about Shinji also, who all the papers had down as a definite for the game.

BaZ87 · 8 Mar 2013 at 10:31

Robi said:
Are you stupid?

No, are you?

I didn't say Utd were looking to sell him or not. As I said earlier in the thread, I have no idea if the stories are true however Fergie (or any manager) ruling the possibility out can hardly be taken as fact.

Regarding the stories - as a general rule, when every rag runs the same story it's a sign that something's there. That doesn't mean the story is necessarily true but they've been briefed by somebody, whether that be the club, player or an agent. It's not a coincidence that they all ran the same story on the same day.

Wayn0r · 8 Mar 2013 at 10:34

Or, its just lazy journalism to sell papers...

Gilly · 8 Mar 2013 at 10:44

Robi said:
Are you stupid? Why on earth would United want to sell Wayne? All speculation and lies from tabloid newspapers following Tuesdays game with nothing to back the claims up.

He was benched, so what? A lot of people seem to forget he started the first leg.

Morons.

Behave.

DanH84 · 8 Mar 2013 at 10:48

BaZ87 said:
No, are you?

It's not a coincidence that they all ran the same story on the same day.

It's almost like there was a big game he didn't start a couple of day ago

BaZ87 · 8 Mar 2013 at 10:56

DanH84 said:
It's almost like there was a big game he didn't start a couple of day ago

Every newspaper running the exact same story? Still a bit of a coincidence don't you think? Then again, you thought the stories about Rooney wanting to leave the other year were just bs made up by the press too.

There's plenty of **** journos who'll randomly make stuff up but as above, when they're all writing the same thing, it's a pretty good sign they've been briefed.

DanH84 · 8 Mar 2013 at 11:01

Yeah it'd be a huge coincidence. None of them had postulated it during/before the match even, looking at their tweets. Had to be a briefing. Thanks for clarifying things for everyone

fez · 8 Mar 2013 at 11:01

BaZ87 said:
Every newspaper running the exact same story? Still a bit of a coincidence don't you think? Then again, you thought the stories about Rooney wanting to leave the other year were just bs made up by the press too.

There's plenty of **** journos who'll randomly make stuff up but as above, when they're all writing the same thing, it's a pretty good sign they've been briefed.

I would be quite amazed if there was anything at all to the story. RvP and Rooney are the two biggest names in our team. If Rooney is not playing in a big match then people talk.

If we actually step back and think about it, it makes no sense. Why would he not play Rooney on the basis of selling him in the summer. Even if he was certain to leave in the summer, why would we not play him for that reason. The only logical conclusion is that it was a tactical choice.

Danny Welbeck isn't half the player Rooney is but he still gets the nod over him when we need a certain type of setup. If we didn't have RvP Rooney would have started with Welbeck.