"mmmmmm...donuts"David Gill says United were offered Javier Mascherano (twice!) but chose not to sign him because "while he is clearly a very good player it was decided he wasn't required at the club".
WHA...???
Calm down Bhavesh. Count to 10.
1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
That didn't help. It's news like this that reduces me to a spluttering buffoon (though it could be argued that I don't really have too far to go in order to become a spluttering buffoon). Is John O'Shea really that much better than Javier Mascherano? Who do we require then? Another reserve goalkeeper or a left-back? I know, let's sign a 14 year old Norwegian and watch him rot in the youth team!
Not required at the club? A club that has been crying out for a world-class holding midfielder proceeds to miss out on the best young holding midfielder available, that too in a summer where Emerson and Patrick Vieira were also available at bargain prices! We may have Michael Carrick, but he's primarily a playmaker. We still lack a genuine ball-winner, and Mascherano would have given us that option. When you're just one or two players away from having a top-notch squad, as United are, you sign those one or two players and mount a serious. You don't just sit around smugly while half the world's players move clubs to anywhere but Old Trafford. Moreover, you don't place your faith in a 33 year old, injury-prone left winger, a 31 year old, injury-prone creative midfielder, an expensive gamble who can't tackle and...John O'Shea/Darren Fletcher to take you through the whole season and actually expect to win something. This summer has been tough to stomach as it is, with players either rejecting moves or having them blocked by their clubs, but this takes the cake. You know what, I can understand it when the club does its best to attract new players, but when you don't show any ****ing ambition, we have a problem.
To add insult to injury, the article states that United were never interested in Tevez. And why would we be? Gill and the Glazers clearly have their sights set on relegation anyway. Next season's transfers will probably include Ade Akinbiyi and Noah Hickey.
Each and every one of those quotes has "come back to bite me in the ass" written all over it.
WHA...???
Calm down Bhavesh. Count to 10.
1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10
That didn't help. It's news like this that reduces me to a spluttering buffoon (though it could be argued that I don't really have too far to go in order to become a spluttering buffoon). Is John O'Shea really that much better than Javier Mascherano? Who do we require then? Another reserve goalkeeper or a left-back? I know, let's sign a 14 year old Norwegian and watch him rot in the youth team!
Not required at the club? A club that has been crying out for a world-class holding midfielder proceeds to miss out on the best young holding midfielder available, that too in a summer where Emerson and Patrick Vieira were also available at bargain prices! We may have Michael Carrick, but he's primarily a playmaker. We still lack a genuine ball-winner, and Mascherano would have given us that option. When you're just one or two players away from having a top-notch squad, as United are, you sign those one or two players and mount a serious. You don't just sit around smugly while half the world's players move clubs to anywhere but Old Trafford. Moreover, you don't place your faith in a 33 year old, injury-prone left winger, a 31 year old, injury-prone creative midfielder, an expensive gamble who can't tackle and...John O'Shea/Darren Fletcher to take you through the whole season and actually expect to win something. This summer has been tough to stomach as it is, with players either rejecting moves or having them blocked by their clubs, but this takes the cake. You know what, I can understand it when the club does its best to attract new players, but when you don't show any ****ing ambition, we have a problem.
To add insult to injury, the article states that United were never interested in Tevez. And why would we be? Gill and the Glazers clearly have their sights set on relegation anyway. Next season's transfers will probably include Ade Akinbiyi and Noah Hickey.
"We were never interested in Tevez," United chief executive David Gill told BBC Five Live. "We were also offered Mascherano, but we didn't want to go for him.
"We were offered Mascherano for a significant sum at the start of the summer and also last week on a loan deal.
"We had watched him last season but the manager (Alex Ferguson) and his staff didn't want to pursue him.
"While he is clearly a very good player it was decided he wasn't required at the club."
Each and every one of those quotes has "come back to bite me in the ass" written all over it.
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I cannot fathom this...Absoltely unbelievable...
Grumpeet
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