Manchester United News Roundup - Kuszczak, Diarra, Rooney, Ronaldo
Kuszczak comes in on loan, Senna put on hold in favour of Diarra and Rooney is still help Ronaldo out with the boo-boys.
I’m not sure what to make of this, so let’s see if I have this right - we’ve secured the services of one Tomasz Kuszczak who will be backup keeper for Edwin van der Sar. This, after our second-choice keeper (Tim Howard) went out on loan to Everton, while our backup second-choice keeper (Ben Foster) is now going to be sent out on loan to Watford to gain more experience.
And to top it off, Kuszczak is on a season-long loan deal. As part of the deal, Paul McShane and Luke Steele (another goalkeeper) have moved the other way, permanently.
On track so far? We have one keeper who will not be able to play at the top level after 1-2 years, and 3 keepers floating around on loans. Way to go, Sir Alex. To be honest, it gives us a lot of options, but if Foster and Kuszczak don’t work out (like Howard didn’t work out), United will still have a problem when van der Sar leaves.
Rooney has said that he ‘understands’ why Ronaldo did what he did at the World Cup. This was part of a statement carefully aimed at defusing any remaining animosity towards Cristiano Ronaldo before the Premiership season begins and for all of Ronaldo’s complaining, Rooney (under Ferguon’s guidance, no doubt) has been doing a lot to try and deflect criticism directed towards his Manchester United teammate.
SkySports has claimed that Manchester United have emerged as favourites to sign Diarra from Lyon. This smacks of baseless reporting and is unlikely (although very welcome). What is true is that United are definitely interested in Diarra and their interest in him (and/or in other players) is what is holding up Senna’s transfer to Manchester United.
The friendly with Sevilla is tomorrow - I’ll have a preview of sorts ready before the match as soon as I get the starting lineup and some stadium pics.
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You can’t fault Sir Alex for trying to fill the gap soon to be left by van der Sar.
Hopefully we can now focus on the ‘real’ transfer targets, to make up for the fairly lacklustre (bar Carrick, of course) summer we’ve had to endure.
Just a world-class midfield ball winner and a deadly striker - it’s not much to ask, is it?
Talking of “baseless reporting” - don’t you think your own reporting smacks of it. You talk about Fergie having a hand in Rooney’s statement about Ronaldo, care to reveal your sources or is this an attempt to pass your opinion as the unvarnished truth. Then you go on to talk about Senna’s deal being held up because of nited’s reported interest in Diarra, which you conclude is probable - is it because it dovetails nicely with your “theory”? Else, do you have some basis for it.
As regards the goalkeeping situation, do you have some concrete alternatives to offer? Or is your idea perhaps to dip into the transfer market when VDS decides to call it a day? Would there be a suitable replacement available then for a reasonable price.
Or perhaps we can try to hedge our bets by giving a couple of young promising keepers the best possible chance of making it by giving them Premiership experience outside the pressure cooker that is Old Trafford. And perhaps if that fail - then we dip into the transfer market. Oops..Wait a minute - isn’t that what Fergie is doing?
We really should be giving credit to Fergie et al for uncovering the gem that is Foster, for a bargain a season ago and now for having the vision & courage to send Foster & Howard out on loan when the very easy option is to keep one or both of them as backup to VDS. And if indeed the Kuszczak deal is a season long loan with an option to sign permanently - then for his (or Gill’s) shrewdness to conclude such a bargain of a deal. About Steele & McShane - young & promising as they are, let’s face it - they are a long shot to make it at United, mainly due to the queue.
Just to add to your roundup, and I know you’ll like to hear this!!
Utd are supposedly stepping up the chase of Hargreaves!
Sources:
http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=7706
http://www.fansfc.com/frontpage/fron…?newsid=156159
De_Roiste - thanks mate, but I don’t trust those sources. Unless a broadsheet (or even the Sun) reports the rumour, I’m not jumping.
However, hargreaves would be great to have
Red17 - you idiot, I’m a United fan. Yes, a lot of what I said is opinion, and it makes sense (the other option is that Rooney’s got a very mature head, more mature than people twice his age). If you don’t like it, your choice
Oh yes, the credit does go to Ferguson for picking Ben Foster. My point is that what Ferguson is doing right now is testing out a lot of options, and hopefully that will work out, but if it doesn’t, we’re back to square one.
About Diarra (and us waiting on Senna) - that’s all over the news mate.
when sky sports say they know there usually telling the truth. For example; they knew beckham was going to be dropped, martin o neil being appointed as aston villa manager.they are much more reliable then many others.
Hargreaves is a good player and he and carrick would add depth and poise to united’s midfield but the fact remains that united are faceless at the moment without a titan like keane or a tailsman like cantona.