Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[Villa in Denmark]

TalkShite reported this morning Liverpool were bidding £8m for Ryan Bertrand.  Jeez.

I'm sure Dalgleish must still be negotiating their transfers.  Think of a number then double it.

[Smirker]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28460394

"We have four number 10s, so it is not balanced in my eyes," said Van Gaal.

Get Keane to use his Man. United connections and bring Kagawa to VP.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28460394

"We have four number 10s, so it is not balanced in my eyes," said Van Gaal.

Get Keane to use his Man. United connections and bring Kagawa to VP.

Lambert got sneered at for calling an attacking midfielder a number 10.

[Toronto Villa]

so even the great Van Gaal is using the term "number 10". I know Lambert got slated by some last year for using it.

[pauliewalnuts]

so even the great Van Gaal is using the term "number 10". I know Lambert got slated by some last year for using it.

To be fair, I think what he was slated for wasn't that he used the term "number 10", it was because he said "I call them number 10s" as if it wasn't a widely used term.

[Toronto Villa]

so even the great Van Gaal is using the term "number 10". I know Lambert got slated by some last year for using it.

To be fair, I think what he was slated for wasn't that he used the term "number 10", it was because he said "I call them number 10s" as if it wasn't a widely used term.

there was that bit, but also the fact that he used a term that some deemed somewhat antiquated in the modern era of throwing about "falsche neuns" and "trequartistas".

[Rolta]

so even the great Van Gaal is using the term "number 10". I know Lambert got slated by some last year for using it.

To be fair, I think what he was slated for wasn't that he used the term "number 10", it was because he said "I call them number 10s" as if it wasn't a widely used term.

This summer has shown a lot of people up to be gratuitous moaners who need to get a grip.

[KevinGage]

so even the great Van Gaal is using the term "number 10". I know Lambert got slated by some last year for using it.

To be fair, I think what he was slated for wasn't that he used the term "number 10", it was because he said "I call them number 10s" as if it wasn't a widely used term.

Aye, it was that, and the fact that he seemed to know last summer that's what the team needed but didn't do anything about it then or even in the following window.    Budget constraints yada yada yada, but that didn't stop him signing players for positions we were already reasonably well covered in. 

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

Kiyotake has gone to Hannover for €4m.

[Richard E]

Kiyotake has gone to Hannover for €4m.

That's a lot of money to spend on a day trip. We must be paying him a hell of a signing on fee.

[mr underhill]

Being  a tactical genius and one of the world's best managers if Van Gaal wants to call a player a No 10 he can. Lambert isn't, and shouldn't.

[Clampy]

Kiyotake has gone to Hannover for €4m.

Has anyone told that mad Julie woman on Twitter?

[Richard E]

Kiyotake has gone to Hannover for €4m.

Has anyone told that mad Julie woman on Twitter?

They were going to be she'd already found out and committed suicide.

[Toronto Villa]

Being  a tactical genius and one of the world's best managers if Van Gaal wants to call a player a No 10 he can. Lambert isn't, and shouldn't.

that's not at all the point though is it? He's a football manager and was an excellent player so he is justified in having a view on the game. And while it hasn't worked out for him yet there was no real reason to call him out on it. It came at a time where things were going badly, was all rather trivial and it became just another stick to beat him with.

[Damo70]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28460394

"We have four number 10s, so it is not balanced in my eyes," said Van Gaal.

Get Keane to use his Man. United connections and bring Kagawa to VP.

I am not convinced about Keane's 'Man United Connections'. I suspect there may not be a lot of Christmas cards being delivered back and forth each December.