The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd be tempted to let him go. With the saved wages and fee it's a couple of million. Which is better in our bank or spent on another player than having Vlaar in our treatment room and buggering off for nothing in the summer.

[Hoppo]

Do live on here Toronto? It's a known fact players feign injury, get sent off to miss certain matches,get booked on managers orders sometimes. I personally believe that Vlaar is desparate for a move and may 'conveniently' be sidelined for the month.

[walsall villain]

Do live on here Toronto? It's a known fact players feign injury, get sent off to miss certain matches,get booked on managers orders sometimes. I personally believe that Vlaar is desparate for a move and may 'conveniently' be sidelined for the month.

I don't. I think he is a player who has had a poor injury record and probably always will. If that wasn't a real injury he ought to try his luck in Hollywood because he has me convinced.

[PaulWinch again]

I'd sell him but I'd expect a bigger fee.

[Ger Regan]

Do live on here Toronto? It's a known fact players feign injury, get sent off to miss certain matches,get booked on managers orders sometimes. I personally believe that Vlaar is desparate for a move and may 'conveniently' be sidelined for the month.

How exactly does one go about faking an injury for a month? Does he just tell the medical team that he's done his knee in and they take his word for it rather than doing any tests?

[Damo70]

Young lad in club shop said we are supposed to be giving trial to out of favour Italian player, he didn't have a name

We were linked with Pazzini last summer. Who fits the bill above.

But I can't imagine we're giving lists of transfer targets to the kid on the till in the club shop.

Maybe he has a clever computer programme which comes up with footballers names when he puts in the amounts of different letters they have ordered for shirts and he noticed a bizarrely large order of 'z'.

[Toronto Villa]

Do live on here Toronto? It's a known fact players feign injury, get sent off to miss certain matches,get booked on managers orders sometimes. I personally believe that Vlaar is desparate for a move and may 'conveniently' be sidelined for the month.

How exactly does one go about faking an injury for a month? Does he just tell the medical team that he's done his knee in and they take his word for it rather than doing any tests?

Ger, disappointed in your scepticism. I think you'll what happens is that during a game he decides to fake tearing a muscle or ligament. He then manages to con the high tech equipment providing the MRI's and various other scans into reporting an injury that isn't there, therefore duping the independent medical staff as well as team doctors, the manager, trainers etc. Having done that is able to continue being paid until such time he can come back and start the process all over again.

[Hoppo]

So. You believe every injury that allegedly your told about.?
In Vlaar's case yes he has a problem, I'm sure he could/has played on it, I personally believe its not as bad as were led to believe. Vlaar expected Man U to call in the summer I believe he has sulked ever since.

[PeterWithesShin]

You'd have to be pretty dumb, or brave, to be an injury prone player wanting one last big move and pretending to be injured having missed a lot of the season already through injury.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

If he's gonna go let's get something for him.


But...I never really thought that ManU would come in for a player with his injury record and certainly wouldn't be wanting to pay a decent fee for him.
The injury looked genuine...but players have feigned injury before for a variety of reasons...so wouldn't be surprised...wouldn't be too upset to see him go.

[wolfman999]

Can he beat the ridiculous signing of grant Holt?

Yes, Yes he can and probably will.

[Dante Lavelli]

I don't see the issue with Holt.  It's not as if he played lots and was shit.
The gossip/inside info at the time was that Lambert wanted an ally on the training ground and if he helped with that, and bearing in mind how little he cost, then the loan was pretty neutral.  Did the two coaches leave shortly after?

There's a long list of MON signings which are much more deserving of your angst.  Cost the club a fortune and denying subsequent managers a decent transfer kitty.

[supertom]

Do live on here Toronto? It's a known fact players feign injury, get sent off to miss certain matches,get booked on managers orders sometimes. I personally believe that Vlaar is desparate for a move and may 'conveniently' be sidelined for the month.

I don't. I think he is a player who has had a poor injury record and probably always will. If that wasn't a real injury he ought to try his luck in Hollywood because he has me convinced.

Ron doesn't strike me as the sort of person who would ever fake an injury. He may well want a move but he's the sort who would go about things the right way and bide his time. He's just injury prone. No conspiracy.

[supertom]

As far as selling Ron goes, I would definitely take any reasonable offer we might get in January. It's highly unlikely anyone will come in for him though. They'll take a punt on a free in the summer, as long as he holds up in the medical. I think this season has pretty much ended any hopes he had of moving to a CL club. He'll end up moving to Europe or staying in the Prem at a club around our level who might pay him more. Too many injuries.

[OCD]

I think if Vlaar was going to pick up a convenient injury that it would have happened in training. I have no evidence to doubt his character and think that he would be irresponsible enough to feign injury during a game. He takes his role as captain seriously so if there was a move on the cards and he didn't want to be involved in games, he would have used other methods.

The performances of Clark, Okore, Senderos and Baker this season mean that we don't have to worry if Vlaar were to leave. It might be worth looking at the loan market for an experienced centre back though for cover. We need to know how injury prone Senderos is.