Re: Festive Football Chat : Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:07 am  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

Rumours that we've signed Marouane Chamakh. Most people on the forums are pretty excited by his signing. Rumour is he'll be having a £12m signing on fee, as well as £60k a week for 5 years. That signing on fee is pretty huge if I'm being honest, but there is no transfer fee involved so we shall see if it's a worthwhile investment. Hope we've signed him, N'Gog is good and he's developed really well this year, but we need another option up front to go with Torres, it's unfair to put so much pressure on N'Gog at his age.

This story has been denied by Liverpool.

Re: Festive Football Chat : Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:12 am  

flipper wrote: echos of thorpe arch Is this the start of the asset stripping? I would imagine that United fans are becoming increasingly worried. We have had financial problems in the past. It's not pleasant.

flipper wrote: echos of thorpe arch Is this the start of the asset stripping? I would imagine that United fans are becoming increasingly worried. We have had financial problems in the past. It's not pleasant.

Re: Festive Football Chat : Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:33 am  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

Rumours that we've signed Marouane Chamakh. Most people on the forums are pretty excited by his signing. Rumour is he'll be having a £12m signing on fee, as well as £60k a week for 5 years. That signing on fee is pretty huge if I'm being honest, but there is no transfer fee involved so we shall see if it's a worthwhile investment. Hope we've signed him, N'Gog is good and he's developed really well this year, but we need another option up front to go with Torres, it's unfair to put so much pressure on N'Gog at his age.

Its aload of rubbish £12M for a player who is a free transfer in the summer and is hardly setting the French league alight would be a joke.

Re: Festive Football Chat : Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:35 am  

Anyone know if you can put a bet on City winning the league in the next 4 years? because its going to happen they won't stop buying and building until the do.

Re: Festive Football Chat : Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:46 pm  

Wire_85 wrote:

Its aload of rubbish £12M for a player who is a free transfer in the summer and is hardly setting the French league alight would be a joke.

He's still a decent enough player and he's much better than Voronin, Kuyt, Babel and N'Gog. Bordeaux are the French champions and he's been one of their best players. Sure, you could argue he doesn't score enough goals, but him playing up front brings out the best in Gourcuff who we all know is the best player in France.

It's been denied but I'm still pretty confident in our chances of getting him. As soon as the Echo reported it and Chamakh came out saying he'll decide by the end of the month, I felt we had a strong chance of getting him. I don't think we're in a financial position to pay that much money to any player as a signing on fee. I hope we sign him but I won't raise my hopes too high with owners like ours, we don't have the best record of signing players when going up against other big clubs, but I'm hoping Purslow can change this.

Re: Festive Football Chat : Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:08 pm  

Wire_85 wrote:

Its aload of rubbish £12M for a player who is a free transfer in the summer and is hardly setting the French league alight would be a joke.

He has "a benetiz signing" written all over him then.

Re: Festive Football Chat : Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:10 pm  

Enfield Exile wrote:

Is this the start of the asset stripping?

I would imagine that United fans are becoming increasingly worried. We have had financial problems in the past. It's not pleasant.

the usual talk is coming out of spain that the big guns over there are planning a big bid for Rooney - the results announced would have been horrific had Ronaldo not been sold - interesting times!!!!

[Matt_Horton]

Re: Festive Football Chat : Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:50 pm  

Brian Laws at Burnley

Re: Festive Football Chat : Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:54 pm  

flipper wrote:

the usual talk is coming out of spain that the big guns over there are planning a big bid for Rooney - the results announced would have been horrific had Ronaldo not been sold - interesting times!!!!

Was that included in the figures? I heard City's "98m" loss didn't include the summer spending. Do the United books published include the Ronaldo sale, Valencia signing etc?

Re: Festive Football Chat : Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:06 pm  

RedTez wrote:

Was that included in the figures? I heard City's "98m" loss didn't include the summer spending. Do the United books published include the Ronaldo sale, Valencia signing etc?

I understand it includes

Ronaldo sale - yes
Valencia signng - no

motwyw