The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread

[Dante Lavelli]

Do you really think Westwood wages is the going rate for a player who participated in Man U's last championship winning side and has represented England?

Are you kidding ? Lol. He was like an extra in The Ten Commandments .
There's a reason Yanited got shot and he's as far away from the England squad as you and I.

Regardless, he has a CV that will demand more than westwood-esque wages.  Westwood is on - guess - 20k-a-week?

[b23]

Torres signs to AC Milan.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30612861

[Toronto Villa]

Do you really think Westwood wages is the going rate for a player who participated in Man U's last championship winning side and has represented England?

Are you kidding ? Lol. He was like an extra in The Ten Commandments .
There's a reason Yanited got shot and he's as far away from the England squad as you and I.

well let's see. He made 10 appearances in 2011-2012 before getting a bad injury. In the following two seasons he made a total of 44/76 appearances for Man U (just under 60%) of the league games and also played in a number of European and domestic cup games. So he might not have been a regular starter or star player amongst the many talented players they had there but you're wrong about his role at Man U.

[PeterWithesShin]

Considering on a free Marc picked up a reported 35K a week, Cleverley, a player with a better CV, is going to be about 50K a week I reckon. Madness but it's the mentalism of the current going rate.

[Toronto Villa]

Torres signs to AC Milan.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30612861

and will immediately be punted out on loan to Atletico

[silhillvilla]

Considering on a free Marc picked up a reported 35K a week, Cleverley, a player with a better CV, is going to be about 50K a week I reckon. Madness but it's the mentalism of the current going rate.

I wouldn't sign him
A) because he's not worth it
B) because we are well stocked with this type of player - westwood , Sanchez, Delph,  herd, Clark.

Simply put, we need the budget for creative players

[silhillvilla]

Torres signs to AC Milan.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30612861

and will immediately be punted out on loan to Atletico

Shame. Would love him here for 6 months. No brainer.

[Dante Lavelli]

Considering on a free Marc picked up a reported 35K a week, Cleverley, a player with a better CV, is going to be about 50K a week I reckon. Madness but it's the mentalism of the current going rate.

I wouldn't sign him
A) because he's not worth it
B) because we are well stocked with this type of player - westwood , Sanchez, Delph,  herd, Clark.

Simply put, we need the budget for creative players

I agree with that.  Keep him on loan for the rest of the season, but the money could and should be spent on other areas.
...unless he can rediscover that "number ten" quality from days of old.

[Toronto Villa]

Torres signs to AC Milan.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30612861

and will immediately be punted out on loan to Atletico

Shame. Would love him here for 6 months. No brainer.

The PL post injury ended up being too quick and physical for him. Prior to his injury at Liverpool he looked every bit the star forward. Plus he couldn't make it happen at Chelsea where he had all of the creative weapons to service him. He would have no chance with us.

[Toronto Villa]

Considering on a free Marc picked up a reported 35K a week, Cleverley, a player with a better CV, is going to be about 50K a week I reckon. Madness but it's the mentalism of the current going rate.

I wouldn't sign him
A) because he's not worth it
B) because we are well stocked with this type of player - westwood , Sanchez, Delph,  herd, Clark.

Simply put, we need the budget for creative players

I agree with that.  Keep him on loan for the rest of the season, but the money could and should be spent on other areas.
...unless he can rediscover that "number ten" quality from days of old.

See, for me he is never a "number 10". He is a link man that can work between the back four and up to the forward line. If you put really talented players along with him then he can fine them. Don't expect him to be the creative or goalscoring force. I don't disagree with not signing. I would sooner we secured Delph and found a proper attacking midfielder that can create but also get into the box and help in attack. Cleverley fits in better if Delph leaves. If Delph stays then he is too similar to what we have which remains our issue in midfield.

[Pete3206]

Torres signs to AC Milan.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30612861

and will immediately be punted out on loan to Atletico

Shame. Would love him here for 6 months. No brainer.

He'd be as effective as Darren Bent.

[LeeB]

Torres signs to AC Milan.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30612861

and will immediately be punted out on loan to Atletico

Shame. Would love him here for 6 months. No brainer.

It would be a no brainer in as much as you'd have to have no brain to consider it

[pauliewalnuts]

Considering on a free Marc picked up a reported 35K a week, Cleverley, a player with a better CV, is going to be about 50K a week I reckon. Madness but it's the mentalism of the current going rate.

Surely one of the reasons Albrighton got such daft money was that he was signing for a just-promoted club, and clubs like that have to pay over the odds to get players already in the top flight to join them.

Had it been, say, Everton interested in signing him, I don't think they'd have paid that much for a nanosecond.

[pauliewalnuts]

Torres signs to AC Milan.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30612861

and will immediately be punted out on loan to Atletico

Shame. Would love him here for 6 months. No brainer.

It would be a no brainer in as much as you'd have to have no brain to consider it

Indeed, as mentioned above, I see him very much like Darren Bent - so ineffective these days that he is practically retired.

[PeterWithesShin]

Considering on a free Marc picked up a reported 35K a week, Cleverley, a player with a better CV, is going to be about 50K a week I reckon. Madness but it's the mentalism of the current going rate.

Surely one of the reasons Albrighton got such daft money was that he was signing for a just-promoted club, and clubs like that have to pay over the odds to get players already in the top flight to join them.

Had it been, say, Everton interested in signing him, I don't think they'd have paid that much for a nanosecond.

As he was on a free then they probably would. But we'll never know for sure.