Manchester United

Boy, are you gonna be disappointed.

You really think Ronaldo's coming back?

anything possible hope barca gives us thiago also lol

Some people need to wake up Ronaldo ain't coming back

^^^Agreed there's a bigger chance of Rooney staying at United than Ronaldo coming.

Neat story. I do find it interesting how the article points out that they were trying to shun the past, even though the club stood up to the Nazi Party. Totally different perspective.

why would you try to bury or shun that type of history? it's the kind of stuff that transcends football. well done bayern munich! very interesting story.

I mean, ask a German. whether you bravely took on the Nazi's or not, it must be a hard reality to touch on. maybe it takes time.

I have a feeling a 0-1 win to Dortmund. Reus with the winner.

2-3 for dortmund for me

2-1 dortmund. lewa, and reus with the winner. mandzukic for bayern

3-1 bayern ribbery, muller, Mandžukić, Raus for dortmund

it means villa is out, how do you figure it would affect thiago?

Two bids have been accepted for Neymar. People think the bidders are Barcelona and Real Madrid.

I personally believe those two bids are from Barcelona and Chelsea. Barcelona would be ideal for Neymar but he would be over shadowed by Messi so I don't think he will pick Barca.
I think we could see Neymar in England next season. Ramires, Luiz, Oscar, Piazon have all been sweet talking him into joining Chelsea and I don't see why not.

@SIF
I think Prophet was looking at it in terms of shirt numbers?

I hope we get Thiago

can we forget about thiago? he's supposed to replace iniesta at barca and he's not interested in joining us. furthermore, we need a midfielder with wide shoulders who can hold the line, our man moyes will want a physical player. not a skinny catalan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHw55Le-q5g

I wholeheartedly agree

Thiago's quite a talent, I wouldn't mind some defensive steel like Wanyama but the thought of the one-twos between Kagawa, Thiago is mouth-watering.

iniesta is 29, far from being displaced in the barca set up (xavi is 33, and his successor cesc is only 26). you have to wonder how long thiago plans on being second fiddle when his career can take off elsewhere.

and with the neymar bid, i had no idea he was going to be sold for so little. now i wonder if barca even have to sell thiago to balance the books, because villa will be sold (if he wants any chance of playing for spain in the WC).

From what I see is with Neymar coming in, Iniesta will go back to his old position LAM instead of LW, this make him have to compete with Fabregas, Iniesta and probably Xavi that a lot of games to miss out

^Iniesta has been in mid for most of the season, Cesc was used more at the front in the past few months

Jesus christ do i have to spoon feed y'all everything...lol

Just add 1 and 1 and you'll get 2. Neymar would play in the false 9 position that Fabregas often plays moving him further down the midfield to compete with Xavi and Iniesta and with them three in there what chance would Thiago have if any...probably even less than he use to making him push for a move more than usual.

Moura is a bigger prospect than Neymar to be fair... I doubt we would have offered 30 million in the first place if he wasn't.

Neymar is grossly over-rated that is the correct price for him and it's nice to see Barca doing good business for a change rather than the stupid fees they have been paying in recent years.

UPDATE:

Although I am to understand that Barca have only purchased 55% of the player with the usual dodgy part ownership deals you get in Brazil.

That would put the final fee at 42-60 million depending on add-ons etc should Barca wish to buy 100% of the player rather than one of his arms and both legs.

?? moura is not a bigger prospect, look at the contribution for the national team between both players. it's not even close. neymar's was always rated as brazil's best youngster.

but moura definitely fit our style better, imo, but no worries. i hope we will be going for lamela this summer but who knows if utd even have that as a priority.

176 games for Santos.
101 goals.
(approx.) 70 assists.

32 games for Brazil.
20 goals.
13 assists.

Argue with that!

Besides, Barça have done brilliant transfers only when Rosell took over. Alexis Sánchez was coveted by so many top clubs it's a miracle we only paid €26m for him. Same for Fàbregas. And both of them got their transfer value back in less than a year.

The 23 raising to 30 million is for only 55% of his rights which Santos owned.

It's not an argument.

Moura was brought to Europe younger and sooner than Neymar for a reason.

@Jeroen

Stats really dont interest me at all.

Defending in the Brazilian league is comedy at best.

His stats for the national team are misleading, he has not featured in any major tournaments yet and has done little to nothing against major sides.

He has a lot of potential but Moura is the bigger prospect and I also think Chelsea's Oscar is a bigger prospect as well if were on the subject of Brazilian youngsters.

lmao arms and legs. how bizzare, 55%? what does that even mean? lol players bought and sold in chunks like slabs of meat...!

mufc what on earth are you talking about, neymar was always rated the biggest prospect. who cares who went to europe first? he was the most paid, the one with all the publicity; i didnt hear pele giving moura advice every other week in the media. moura was a big talent, top 5, but not the biggest -- that title went to neymar. why else would neymar be an automatic starter for brazil while moura was coming off the bench to replace hulk?

Neymar is on a different level than Lucas.

@SoccerIsFootbal

We'll see.

Neymar is Robinho 2.0, it all went exactly the same with a young Robinho as well.

Pele even labelled Robinho his "heir apparent"

lol

MUFC, I respect your opinion, but I think every single Brazilian, including Moura and Oscar, think Neymar is the biggest talent. The guy does well in every big game too, which is what convinces me he'll be great in Europe as well.

@Jeroen

Honest truth I really don't care but Neymar is well over rated and I like Moura and Oscar more.

What big games are you referring to?

WRONG!!! Rafael Da Silva is the biggest Brazilian Prospect.

yeah i mean no one knows if it will work out or not, but he's the one with the greatest expectation to lead brazil to WC glory.

i think he's got potential to be world class, one of the best, but nowhere near ronaldo or messi in terms of goalscoring. he needs to muscle up a bit, cut out showboating and be more direct, but i see him as more creator than goalscorer anyways.

@Somere

Amen to that brother.

Overrated.

I think Neymar will be a flop. Moura on the other hand looks to be settling in well with European football albeit in a French league which isn't the strongest but he more than held his own against Barca and other teams in the CL

No Brazilian great ever had the burden of a nation on their shoulders at such a young age , except maybe Pele himself. Year after year Brazil was always one of the best if not the best in world football. For the first time in ages Brazil find themselves in a weak state. They tout Neymar as their savior and the boy is not even 22 yet, under so much pressure of course he'll crumble.

When Neymar wasn't really much of a phenom yet, he played way better.... and I wouldn't blame him. Ever since he had to carry the weight of the whole world on his shoulders , people are constantly breathing down his neck.

The fact of the matter is he was never overrated ,the media simply over-hyped him before he even got the chance to mature. He has everything necessary to be world class as much as any other prospect.

But in order to do that he has to make the jump to Europe first...

^ I don't think Oscar would be in the same bracket as Moura let alone Neymar

@RedDevil - Eh, put Oscar in Ligue One and he'd do just as well as Moura. Moura is more an exciting winger, Oscar is an intelligent CAM. Same bracket? Most of Brazil beg to differ. I could agree that Oscar has not had as consistent of a season, but not in the same bracket?

Jury's out. Talented but we'll see. Time always tells. Bale was thought to be overrated but look at him now. Worth every penny of his potential 30+ million transfer fee

@Ayyam It's just my opinion that I don't think he is potential equal/ or better than those I mention, I think Coutinho is a better comparison

Oscar has great potential , but atm Scolari regards Hernanes as the better no.10 , he deploys Oscar as a false 9 lately

One of the all time great troll accounts.

This ain't Mancity my man.
You can't just keep a rotten apple in your squad.
We all know what a rotten apple does.

I have found it strange that there's been little to any real interest in him so far.

No comments from players, managers or owners of other sides... Not even any solid "rumours".

I know the window isn't open yet but its already transfer seasons more or less as Untieds season is finished and the top clubs get business done quickly.

Maybe no one wants him. I have said before that his wages are absolute madness.

lol maybe with ffp no one that truly needs him can afford him

besides most clubs set transfer budgets and targets long before the window opens. not many clubs need another striker for 40 million.

Nice to know that Moyes takes no prisoners.

I am sure Moyes will have this supposed "meeting" with Rooney soon to get some resolution on his future.

The club will not want this turning into a saga.

I think you forgot the link D, but everyone knows what you're talking about. Moyes immediately said Fellaini was wrong and did the opposite of that other coach from Liverpool, Dalglish, who defends the undefendable.

This is one of the reasons I said Moyes would be the right man to replace Fergie before he was actually appointed. He's a just man and will defend his players when they are wrongfully accused, but he'll also punish them when they went over the edge.

Someone's got to pick up the hairdryer....