Top five transfers that could have been..

Laurencio wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:Zidane to United 1996, Ferguson turned it down because he couldn't think of a way to fit Cantona and Zidane in the side. Cantona retired a year later. Greatest manager in history.

Aaron Ramsey to United 2008, United and Arsenal had bids accepted, Arsenal sent Arsene Wenger to show Ramsey around and woo him, United sent Gary Neville because Ferguson was busy holidaying or something. Unsurprisingly, he chose Arsenal.

Fernando Torres to United, 2005, 2006, United went in for him both times, but he wasn't ready to move. 2007 he was but we decided not to go for him because Ferguson was upset about being rejected

Wesley Sneijder to United, 2009, 2011, after United's central midfield gets brutally violated, the chance is there to strengthen by buying Sneijder for £12m in 2009. Ferguson feels there is no value in the market. Signs Diouf and Owen instead. Sneijder goes on to win the Treble and is top scorer at the World Cup

Arjen Robben to United, 2009. After United sell one of the best wingers in the world, the opportunity arises to sign another for a quarter of the cost. Ferguson feels there is no value in the market, so signs Obertan and Valencia instead. Robben eliminates United from the Champions League with a wonder goal shortly after, and propels the Netherlands to the World Cup Final.

To be fair the wages that Inter and Bayern offered Sneijder and Robben far exceeded what we could ever have offered, especially considering our wage structure at the time.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

ViVaRooney wrote:

Robben was too injury prone. there is a reason madrid and chelsea wanted to sell him

Ramsey.. who the fuck cares, he is nothing special. anderson/cleverley has same potential

Sneijder.. was a failure at madrid in his last season, had off the pitch problems including drinking. would not have been a wise move

Yeah, injury proneness was obviously a big concern, which is why we signed Michael 'Mr. Invincible' Owen.

Ramsey is a cracking player with far more potential than Anderson, and he's proven more than Cleverley. He'd be even better if Shawcross hadn't left him in pieces.

Good point about Sneijder, signing him was a terrible mistake by Mourinho.

ClarkY wrote:Only Nani has had more assists than Ramsey has for United.

ViVaRooney wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Yeah, injury proneness was obviously a big concern, which is why we signed Michael 'Mr. Invincible' Owen.

Ramsey is a cracking player with far more potential than Anderson, and he's proven more than Cleverley. He'd be even better if Shawcross hadn't left him in pieces.

Good point about Sneijder, signing him was a terrible mistake by Mourinho.

OWen was free and was not brought in to replace anyone important. he was back up.

Nah, seen nothing special with ramsey, he has looked out of his depth recently too

it wasnt a terrible mistake, it was a risk... you know what a risk is? also at the time no one was crying out for a midfielder for us

Lux wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

ViVaRooney wrote:

OWen was free and was not brought in to replace anyone important. he was back up.

Nah, seen nothing special with ramsey, he has looked out of his depth recently too

it wasnt a terrible mistake, it was a risk... you know what a risk is? also at the time no one was crying out for a midfielder for us

Yes he fucking was! He replaced Tevez, and somehow managed to score even less League goals than the man he replaced.

Ramsey is a super player, I don't know what you're watching, but he'll be recognised as a really top class player. He didn't look out of his depth when he fired the winner past us in May in a massive match.

Yeah, they were, intelligent people who understand football and watched the CL Final and saw us get completely outclassed in midfield. Even if we weren't crying out for one, signing Sneijder was a risk well worth taking.

ViVaRooney wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Yes he fucking was! He replaced Tevez, and somehow managed to score even less League goals than the man he replaced.

Ramsey is a super player, I don't know what you're watching, but he'll be recognised as a really top class player. He didn't look out of his depth when he fired the winner past us in May in a massive match.

Yeah, they were, intelligent people who understand football and watched the CL Final and saw us get completely outclassed in midfield. Even if we weren't crying out for one, signing Sneijder was a risk well worth taking.

he didnt replace tevez, berbatov who was bought a summer before for £30m was bought to replace tevez

yeah he scored in that match.. so what, he was nothing special in it

thats your opinion, which is not any more correct then mine or fergie's. its a matter of "did we reeeeally need him" and taking into account his ridiculous wages there is no way at the time was it a risk worth taking. if he was available this summer for that price then he would be worth the risk. there is also still the question of whether he can play CM, if he cant its pointless buying him since we would end up still using the same midfielders

ViVaRooney wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Yes he fucking was! He replaced Tevez, and somehow managed to score even less League goals than the man he replaced.

Ramsey is a super player, I don't know what you're watching, but he'll be recognised as a really top class player. He didn't look out of his depth when he fired the winner past us in May in a massive match.

Yeah, they were, intelligent people who understand football and watched the CL Final and saw us get completely outclassed in midfield. Even if we weren't crying out for one, signing Sneijder was a risk well worth taking.

he didnt replace tevez, berbatov who was bought a summer before for £30m was bought to replace tevez

yeah he scored in that match.. so what, he was nothing special in it

thats your opinion, which is not any more correct then mine or fergie's. its a matter of "did we reeeeally need him" and taking into account his ridiculous wages there is no way at the time was it a risk worth taking. if he was available this summer for that price then he would be worth the risk. there is also still the question of whether he can play CM, if he cant its pointless buying him since we would end up still using the same midfielders

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

ViVaRooney wrote:

he didnt replace tevez, berbatov who was bought a summer before for £30m was bought to replace tevez

yeah he scored in that match.. so what, he was nothing special in it

thats your opinion, which is not any more correct then mine or fergie's. its a matter of "did we reeeeally need him" and taking into account his ridiculous wages there is no way at the time was it a risk worth taking. if he was available this summer for that price then he would be worth the risk. there is also still the question of whether he can play CM, if he cant its pointless buying him since we would end up still using the same midfielders

Er...alright then, so Owen was bought to replace who, Berbatov? Because he scored less than him as well.

He was very good, and he's an excellent player, I'm not sure what you're having trouble is.

Well no, my opinion was definitely correct, my judgement was spot on - he was superb the next season, as I predicted, from knowing about his extraordinary talent. We played 4-3-3 for most of that next season anyway, he could certainly have fit into that formation.

Dan wrote:Villa, Alves, Aguero and Silva to us.


Fuck of Parry/Hicks/Gillett.

Dan wrote:Villa, Alves, Aguero and Silva to us.


Fuck of Parry/Hicks/Gillett.