Manchester United and Chelsea after Manchester City’s Micah Richards?
Okay, so I wake up this morning to find out that the ’slow’ international week has sprung a handful of transfer rumours, including a juicy bit about Ferguson looking to bringing Micah Richards from Manchester City to Manchester United.
This is one transfer I’d like to see happen. Despite the obvious club rivalry (and Chelsea’s interest), I think we should look past the differences and think about the value the player could bring us.
Micah Richards is a quality player, although probably not worth the 18m price tag bandied about. 10m is more reasonable, although I’d say 7m is enough considering where Manchester City are in the league at the moment. Chelsea are also after Richards at the moment, while Liverpool are happy with Finnan and Arsenal don’t have the cash or space (Eboue, Hoyte) for Richards.
Will Manchester City sell Richards? If a big club comes calling, they’ll find it hard not to. Unless City secure investment, quickly, Richards and Barton are out of there, very soon.
Chelsea were heavily linked with Micah Richards, and I expect them to be at the forefront this summer as well. Manchester United have Bardsley, Simpson and Brown looking to take over from Neville. Granted, none of them are as good as to merit a United starting place (yet), but Richards is not worth 10m. And the ‘tax’ United will have to pay (for being Prem champs as well as local rivals) means that this transfer is probably out of our reach, even if Ferguson goes for it (and for now it’s just a dumb rumour, remember?).
My money is still on Chelsea buying Richards, Tottenham buying Barton and Newcastle buying Distin, leaving Manchester City with….Stuart Pearce.
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I doubt we will even consider Richards due to his overinflated price. If we get Hargreeves we’re gunna end up paying over the odds so I can’t see Fergie paying over the odds for another player, especially when that position isn’t the one that needs filling most urgently.
Add him to the very long list of bollox rumours that always surround our club.
You should make a page listing all the so called players we’re gunna be buying in the summer according to the papers and all them shitstirring websites that you get on newnow.co.uk. This one not included.
thanks for that last sentence
It’s a good idea, doing the name-and-shame thing. Do you know how TribalFootball picked up the Klose-to-United rumour? They read it here, then copied it but quoted their ’sources in Germany’. Right after I had totally made the whole thing up.
Let’s see now:
EatSleepSport
TribalFootball (a COS favorite :P)
The Sun
News Of The World (not on NewsNow but still)
SoccerBlog.org
care to add to the list guys?
Clubcall, although their not always too bad.
All3points
Hi, Micah Richards is some talent and will be expensive. I think he would be a great addition to United’s squad. Its worth noting that he is naturally a centre-back, currently used as a right back. However, I don’t think Man City will sell unless SWP’s money is offered. And I doubt that will happen this summer. Many of his heroes were Arsenal players so don’t be surprised if he ends up a centre back for Arsenal in two years time…
Overrated shit… a right back should also be a good crosser, we don’t need a sergio ramos type one. We need a natural crosser of the ball like neville… a natural right back… Micah richards isn’t the answer
“And the ‘tax’ United will have to pay (for being Prem champs as well as local rivals) means that this transfer is probably out of our reach…”
Champions already huh?
FansFC
Yo, the biggest bag of football bollocks on the net: football-rumours.co.uk. They’ve got stuff like: Rangers will sign Zidane (posted numerous times last summer).