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Flash.
K3V0
Angry to be fair that we've even entertained the idea let alone gone and sold him to Arsenal.
K3V0
I think I'm going to fall in
Ninja
Thats what I don't understand, personally I was as happy as you can be that you gave us no chance with Vermaelen, but Van Gaal was said to be livid so why on earth would he sign off on this after that?
I can't put it into words without it sounding weird, but this clubs always done better than simply just spunking a load of cash on 'world class players' and hoping for the best. It's nice once in a while, but we've already done that this window and mercilessly shifting out Welbeck who has done little, if anything, wrong in his United career bar failing to displace RVP and Rooney just because Falcao happened to be available doesn't sit right with me at all.
I'd be fucking livid if I wasn't so upset by it.
Given the fees this year (most importantly Ulloa, Lallana, and Long for this point) he's probably 'worth' £25m. For Arsenal, clearly desperate, it should have been £30+ if they wanted to do the deal.
K3V0
Maybe I'm reading into this maybe a little bit to much but maybe as reported it's already a permanent done deal and this is just a way around FFP for Monaco?
K3V0
This was my concern with bringing Van Gaal in tbh. He'll want to be successful, but he probably won't stick around for a lengthy period of time so he's going to bring in proven world class players rather than allow a player like Welbeck to prove himself. Short term we should be fine and back into the top 4 and competing for trophies, but long term we could suffer once he leaves.
Flash.
He was probably told one or the other.
K3V0
I'm torn over it really. Like having Falcao is fantastic, he's truly world class and I haven't been as excited to see an individual player since Ronaldo. Then again I'm disappointed a lad who came through our academy who had a lot of potential has had to make way and worse gone to Arsenal.
TheClassicK
BR.
Based Jorge
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K3V0
Danny Welbeck is better than Van Persie though
Fuck off Andy
.verse
Interesting to see where this leaves Mata now too.
As for Chelsea, excellent transfer window. Effectively sold those we could expense with for top dollar and then reinvest that money into the likes of Costa and Fabregas. On top of that, we've managed to palm off Torres and effectively use the money we're saving to bring in Remy, who's a proven EPL goal scorer. To do all this business and it effectively only costing us around £11-12m NET is exceptional.
Ninja
What worries me most about the signing is that quote. No doubt a quality player, but I'm not particularly happy with the fact we've been hearing all season about building to a plan and having an unbalanced squad and then we go and buy a player like Falcao just because he happens to be available. Also seems to crush the idea he's been signed as a replacement to an injured RVP.
Complete vanity signing.
Also what absolute knobber put a two week international break 1 day after the transfer window finished?
Carroll.
Ninja
Anyway, I didn't say he was worth £30m. I just said we shouldn't have sold him to Arsenal for less than that because we should be ripping them off.
Carroll.
We signed Sturridge for 12 ffs
Ninja
Welbecks three years younger, has played at a higher level and probably shown an awful lot more talent than Lallana. In comparison to some of the other fees paid for English players £25m is bang in line.
The Sturridge fees the only exception, but I do think you're using the benefit of hindsight. In reality it was a bit of a punt. Spectacularly paid off, true, but a punt none the less.
Franck
Its always been like that.
Ninja
Quite, but we haven't had a shiny deadline day toy to play with (Fellaini doesn't count) since Berbatov.
This international breaks always been a load of shit anyway, no one cares about it hence why they'll be about 67 people at Wembley in a few days time including the players.
Carroll.
Yeah exactly 12 million was a punt, yet you want 25?
16 million is about right for Welbeck
Ninja
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Shola
But yeah, getting the impression Woodward and Man Utd are worried about status and vanity rather than thinking things through.
Carroll.
Just to upset Ninja
Ninja
His goals against Stoke, Real Madrid and Sweden upset me more.
Poe
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Ben Arfa Hernandez Ramirez
That's probably better than Newcastle
Based Jorge
Number 1
Da fuck?