One of the more controversial transfers that Manchester United has had in the past few years is that of John Obi Mikel. Manchester United first announced the deal to sign Mikel in April of 2005. This deal was for four years, was for four million pounds, and would have had Mikel in the squad by January of 2006.
I bet many Manchester United supporters, especially who are living outside Manchester except those who have subscribed with MUTV, knew Federico Macheda before Aston Villa game. The Italian was lucky to be called for the game by Sir Alex Ferguson as he supposed to go to Italy to play a game with Italy under 21.
Who will be United's next signing after Valencia?
Wigan winger Luis Antonio Valencia completed his £16million transfer to United on Wednesday, the big question is who will be arriving next through the Old Trafford revolving doors this summer. It looks to be a very interesting summer ahead of us at the Theatre of Dreams.
Could Fabiano be leaving Sevilla?
News coming out of Sevilla today is very interesting with Brazilian striker Luis Fabiano’s agent admitting his client could be leaving the Spanish side this summer. The player has a price tag of £25million and United could could make a swoop for the Brazilian striker who finished top scorer at the Confederations Cup.
Fergie has a big summer ahead of him
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has returned from his holiday in the south of France with a whole lot of transfer activity ahead of him. The United chief has a reported £100 million to spend this summer. He wouldn’t of expected to have to replace two big stars such as Carlos Tevez and Cristiano Ronaldo, but that’s his challenge this summer.
Valencia and Spain striker David Villa has ruled out a move to England, which is bad news for United and Chelsea who have both been tracking the star. However the strike ace has been linked with Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona and he has admitted he would prefer to stay in his native country.
Costa In Action
United have apparently been priced out of the race for Brazilian playmaker Douglas Costa, according to the players representatives. The 18 year old is a target for Sir Alex Ferguson side, but he Fergie only rates the starlet at £6.7million, yet Gremio the players club are demanding £20 million. Continue Reading
Tevez Out
Carlos Tevez has announced that he will leave United this summer, after rejecting a five year contract with the Red Devils. It looks likely that the Argentine star will join either city rivals Manchester City or our title rivals Chelsea. The striker however has ruled out a move to the red side of Merseyside saying that he didn’t want to move to one of United’s rivals, yet he looks mostly likely to join the City revolution. Continue Reading
