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[Will]

quality TV last night watching Sky Sports News, well pleased United got Berbatov, and totally shocked that City got Robinho, the poor lad, someone probably said the word Manchester to him and he thought that he was gonna get to sign for United, bet he'd never even heard of City

Don't be so facetious, they're obviously gonna be a bigger and better Chelsea so obviously plenty of players are gonna be interested in that in this day and age. It's not as though United's players are all there because of the history and that's all they care about, far from it.

City could conceivably win the title this season, they're 3rd at the moment and brought in some good players, and if they can keep things going 'til January - far from impossible, they could splash loads of money and then mop up in the 2nd half of the seaon.

[Will]

Just as not one United fan on here has the balls to admit the actions of there football team the other night were underhand and illegal.

Paying Tottenham not to report them?? WTF is that all about..

I mean do they FA actually need them to be reported surely just by watching SSN the other day would of proven what they were up too..

Its just a P8sstake really all you scum supporters were on the board about the Ronaldo saga and then the barry saga, Tapping up blah blah etc etc, your club come out and commit a more henious tapping up scandal and you all go quiet and not one of you on here have said that your club were out of order..

Any opinions from glory hunting scum supporters shouldnt count anymore on this board as they only want to give them when it suits..

I'd have thought it was all above board in fairness...

[DJ RE:HAB]

I'd have thought it was all above board in fairness...

What meeting a player from the Airport when the club had not authorised the player to speak them?

I suppose its above board if its united..

[Insomnia]

I agree with you Re-hab..

Same old story, Man utd get there man by anyway it needs done...

[Numeric]

Don't be so facetious, they're obviously gonna be a bigger and better Chelsea so obviously plenty of players are gonna be interested in that in this day and age. It's not as though United's players are all there because of the history and that's all they care about, far from it.

City could conceivably win the title this season, they're 3rd at the moment and brought in some good players, and if they can keep things going 'til January - far from impossible, they could splash loads of money and then mop up in the 2nd half of the seaon.

you honestly think City have a chance of the title? get real mate, Robinho isn't enough to keep them challenging until January, and even if they buy big then, the new players are probably gonna need time to bed in, when Mourinho took over Chelsea he inherited a squad which was much better than what City have at the moment, and can you honestly see the big teams letting there star players go to City? and, would the big players even want to go to City? despite the dollar, it's never been the most glamorous of clubs

Robinho was in a situation where he would have gone anywhere to get out of Madrid, he was desperate, Chelsea wouldn't pay the doe that Madrid were askin so Robinho was forced to go to City, i bet he regrets it already

[Numeric]

Paying Tottenham not to report them?? WTF is that all about..

I mean do they FA actually need them to be reported surely just by watching SSN the other day would of proven what they were up too..

there's no proof whatsoever that United have paid Spurs to keep quiet

and Spurs are happy now so there's no point in getting upset about the matter

[Insomnia]

and Spurs are happy now so there's no point in getting upset about the matter

I woudn't say they were happy mate, they only got Simpson on a loan deal till the end of the season, by the time the transfer went through they had no time to splash the cash...

[DJ RE:HAB]

there's no proof whatsoever that United have paid Spurs to keep quiet

and Spurs are happy now so there's no point in getting upset about the matter

There is no proof no but it has been reported through various media outlets Numeric. Which would suggest it holds some water @ least.

Spurs would be happy though to some extent wouldnt they...

I mean they have just extorted another £6 Million over the asking price from you... Who wouldnt be...

Manuchos got his permit now aswell. Its a good problem having the quality you have on the bench. But Berbas renowned for sulking, Rooneys not playing at all..

Who wil go on the bench you reckon..

Doesnt Tevez need to be signed permenantly next summer for like £30 Million or something.??

Facts are though what happened was illegal, Transfers shouldnt be allowed to happen like that, and they should be reprimanded by the FA or the law changed @ least. I mean Spurs couldnt really do alot, once Berbatov was @ OT and had had his medical but be forced to except the deal on some term? Thats were you should be reprimanded, Fergie meeting him @ the Airport.

Come on that cant be in the rulebook

And Its not that i want him to be @ United, infact i dont think hes united calibre or a fergie player, hes too lazy, arrogant, and seems selfish and i reckon he could cause problems. Its just the way you got him there, and they way spurs were dealt with which is a joke...

Hypocrisy has always been fergies thing, hes been the master of it, but with what happened in the summer, this took the mickey bigtime.

[Numeric]

mate, most of what the media report is bullshit, just because the media reckon that United paid Spurs to keep quiet doesn't mean it's true, and yes you're right, Spurs did get more doe out of us and Frazier Campbell for a year so they should be happy

the reason why Berbatov was a bit of drama queen down at Spurs is because he was playing in a team that was vastly under achieving, no wonder he was disheartened, he'll be fine at United, i expect him to get a lot of starts playing at the head of 4-3-3, flanked by any combination of Rooney, Tevez or Ronaldo, there's well enough games in the season to accommodate all our big players, the top teams need strong squads if they expect to challenge on all fronts

[Numeric]

I woudn't say they were happy mate, they only got Simpson on a loan deal till the end of the season, by the time the transfer went through they had no time to splash the cash...

it was Campbell that they got wasn't it?

true, they didn't have time to spend the doe from the Berbatov deal but that was their own fault, the deal could have been wrapped up weeks ago

[DJ RE:HAB]

it was Campbell that they got wasn't it?

true, they didn't have time to spend the doe from the Berbatov deal but that was their own fault, the deal could have been wrapped up weeks ago

Surely this goes both ways?

[Microdot]

What meeting a player from the Airport when the club had not authorised the player to speak them?

I suppose its above board if its united..

and of course you know for a fact that Utd weren't authorised to speak to him, despite the fact that he was flying to Manchester in the first place.
Do you think they should have just left him to make his own way to carrington form the airport?
look past your bitter skause blinkers and realise that clubs always pick players up directly from the airport when they already have agreed to sign them from another club, which I imagine is what has happened in this case.
I think you need to stop taking the tabloids so seriously sunshine...

[Microdot]

There is no proof no but it has been reported through various media outlets Numeric. Which would suggest it holds some water @ least.

Spurs would be happy though to some extent wouldnt they...

I mean they have just extorted another £6 Million over the asking price from you... Who wouldnt be...

Manuchos got his permit now aswell. Its a good problem having the quality you have on the bench. But Berbas renowned for sulking, Rooneys not playing at all..

Who wil go on the bench you reckon..

Doesnt Tevez need to be signed permenantly next summer for like £30 Million or something.??

Facts are though what happened was illegal, Transfers shouldnt be allowed to happen like that, and they should be reprimanded by the FA or the law changed @ least. I mean Spurs couldnt really do alot, once Berbatov was @ OT and had had his medical but be forced to except the deal on some term? Thats were you should be reprimanded, Fergie meeting him @ the Airport.

Come on that cant be in the rulebook

And Its not that i want him to be @ United, infact i dont think hes united calibre or a fergie player, hes too lazy, arrogant, and seems selfish and i reckon he could cause problems. Its just the way you got him there, and they way spurs were dealt with which is a joke...

Hypocrisy has always been fergies thing, hes been the master of it, but with what happened in the summer, this took the mickey bigtime.

pot, kettle, black....
you crack on about the tevez deal, but the mascherano one was exactly the same.
you're taking any excuse to have a pop at Utd, and I don't blame you.
I remember being fairly bitter when liverpool were the top team in the country (before alot of folk on here were born).

[Microdot]

hahahaha, Robinho doesn't even realise which club he's joined:-


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