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.verse

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24 Apr 2014 09:59:20

I don't even see why United would be committing to signing players when they don't even have a manager yet. Seems rather daft to go and spend a sizeable chunk of your transfer budget on a player that an incoming manager may not even want. Due to this, I don't see any of talk being true.

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24 Apr 2014 11:05:06

By .verse | On 24 April 2014 - 10:59 AM

I don't even see why United would be committing to signing players when they don't even have a manager yet. Seems rather daft to go and spend a sizeable chunk of your transfer budget on a player that an incoming manager may not even want. Due to this, I don't see any of talk being true.

That's literally how most clubs, including the one you support, operate.

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24 Apr 2014 11:18:59

Shaw to United would be like the Rooney deal from us, £10mill first season, £10mill the next, and the rest built up over appearances, caps, etc etc.

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24 Apr 2014 11:34:27

By Jaygull | On 24 April 2014 - 21:05 PM

That's literally how most clubs, including the one you support, operate.

To a degree, yes. However, our managers over the years have also had a say on transfers too.

That said, the situation with United is that they need some crucial rebuilding to be done. Doing that without a manager first is a risky way of going about it.

Slashman X

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24 Apr 2014 12:01:13

Utd don't have a Director of Football do they?

Jamieandhisego

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24 Apr 2014 12:23:37

I don't see how buying one of the best young full-backs in Europe, thus potentially solving a problem position for the best part of the decade, is going to be too much of an issue. If anything, this is a more efficient process than waiting for the new manager to come in. Had we actually gone through with the transfer deals on the table instead of waiting for Moyes' approval, we may have ended up with Thiago and Garay, instead of Fellaini and fuck-all.

Ninja

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24 Apr 2014 12:46:56

We don't have an official director of football, but its been reported Ferguson acted like one during the Mata transfer and, if either manager we've been linked too seriously i.e. Ancelotti and Van Gaal join then they're both used to acting within that framework.

Carroll.

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24 Apr 2014 18:12:44

Controversial but I don't see Shaw as that good of a player as people make out. Although I probably don't watch him anywhere near enough

VP.

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24 Apr 2014 18:59:54

He gets headlines because of his forward runs and attacking play, defensively he's pretty poor.

Poe

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24 Apr 2014 19:36:02

Most 18 year olds are pretty poor defensively tbf.

He's very good for an 18 year old.

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24 Apr 2014 19:40:54

By Carroll. | On 24 April 2014 - 19:12 PM

Controversial but I don't see Shaw as that good of a player as people make out. Although I probably don't watch him anywhere near enough

Didn't you name yourself Carroll after Andy Carroll, or did I imagine that?

Poe

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24 Apr 2014 19:42:02

Carroll could have been great

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24 Apr 2014 19:45:36

You can teach a player to defend. You can't teach talent.

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24 Apr 2014 23:07:08

By Franck | On 24 April 2014 - 15:45 PM

You can teach a player to defend. You can't teach talent.

Is he talented?

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24 Apr 2014 23:57:54

By TheClassicK | On 24 April 2014 - 23:07 PM

Is he talented?

He must have some talent if he is the first choice left-back at a top-half Premier League team and being talked about as a possible candidate for the World Cup squad.

Saying that, I think Callum Chambers is the best of their two young full-backs.

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25 Apr 2014 09:30:04

By Jaygull | On 24 April 2014 - 20:40 PM

Didn't you name yourself Carroll after Andy Carroll, or did I imagine that?

What has that got to do with any of this?

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25 Apr 2014 10:15:33

By Carroll. | On 25 April 2014 - 19:30 PM

What has that got to do with any of this?

He's saying you can't accurately judge a players potential/ability.

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25 Apr 2014 10:55:09

Southampton have denied a rumour in the Daily Mail that Shaw and Lallana are in talks for a £55M double-move to Manchester United.

I'd be disappointed if they moved tbh - just means its another big-name side hoovering up talents from smaller clubs before they have a chance to make their potential count at their own teams. But that's the way the football world works I guess.

Jamieandhisego

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25 Apr 2014 11:00:50

Signing Lallana would be pointless, given we have Mata, Kagawa, Januzaj and Welbeck to squeeze into the squad as it is. That said, he usually plays wide left, which would mean that Ashley Young might actually be leaving.

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25 Apr 2014 11:07:39

I hope Lallana stays at Southampton for as long as possible given that he's been there since they were in League 1.

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25 Apr 2014 11:57:38

By K3VO | On 25 April 2014 - 11:15 AM

He's saying you can't accurately judge a players potential/ability.

How is the fact my username is the name of a player suggest Im judging his potential or ability?

Slashman X

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25 Apr 2014 12:12:27

Plus Andy Carroll was (and still is), a very very good footballer

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25 Apr 2014 12:19:41

By Carroll. | On 25 April 2014 - 12:57 PM

How is the fact my username is the name of a player suggest Im judging his potential or ability?

So then change your name to Salif Diao then.

Slashman X

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25 Apr 2014 12:25:52

What a stupid fucking argument

Slashman X

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25 Apr 2014 12:47:37

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/11172160.Les_Reed_s_Saints_statement_in_full/?ref=mac

As we stand there have been no enquiries, we have had no bids and we have had no offers for any of our players. That’s accurate, that is the truth and that’s exactly where we are.

Reports that we are about to close deals on certain players are totally misinformed, misleading and are not true. No club has been given permission to talk to any of our players so reports that some of our players are in the process of negotiating stellar transfer fees or contracts are absolutely misinformed and inaccurate.

No club has been given permission to talk to any of our players and that will remain so.

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25 Apr 2014 13:00:13

By Slashman X | On 25 April 2014 - 12:47 PM

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/11172160.Les_Reed_s_Saints_statement_in_full/?ref=mac

Not being funny, but that statement is incredibly naïve if Southampton think their players aren't talking to other clubs because they don't have permission.

Moyes himself admitted to tapping players up just a few weeks ago.

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25 Apr 2014 13:15:47

By Slashman X | On 25 April 2014 - 13:25 PM

What a stupid fucking argument

I really dont understand what hes arguing over or making stupid comments for.

All i stated was that I dont rate Shaw as highly as most. Never said its bad buisness for United, it could actually be a good deal

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25 Apr 2014 20:53:03

Can we get back to the important issues here....

LES REED?

Fucking hell. I hope Steve Wigley is still on the payroll at Southampton as well.

Anyway Southampton could be fucked next year, even if they keep their players. But it must be a wory if Shaw/Lovren/Lallana and Rodrigues have there heads turned.

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25 Apr 2014 21:04:53

By Shola | On 25 April 2014 - 21:53 PM

Can we get back to the important issues here....

LES REED?

Fucking hell. I hope Steve Wigley is still on the payroll at Southampton as well.

Anyway Southampton could be fucked next year, even if they keep their players. But it must be a wory if Shaw/Lovren/Lallana and Rodrigues have there heads turned.

I thought the same when I read the name.

No chance that we're going for Lallana, we don't bloody need him! Money best spent elsewhere.

.verse

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02 May 2014 08:01:39

Few reports making the rounds saying that Diego Costa to Chelsea is a done deal for £35m on a 5 year deal worth about £150k p/w, and was completed soon after the CL second leg.

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