Manchester United 2015/2016

Winger Ashley Young has signed for Manchester United from Premier League rivals Aston Villa on a five-year deal.

England international Young, 25, passed his medical with the league champions on Thursday morning.

He had been at Villa for more than four years after joining from Watford but only had one year left on his contract.

Young, who is reported to have cost United about £17m, becomes the club's second signing of the summer following the arrival of Phil Jones.

Batman wrote:Winger Ashley Young has signed for Manchester United from Premier League rivals Aston Villa on a five-year deal.

England international Young, 25, passed his medical with the league champions on Thursday morning.

He had been at Villa for more than four years after joining from Watford but only had one year left on his contract.

Young, who is reported to have cost United about £17m, becomes the club's second signing of the summer following the arrival of Phil Jones.

I cant believe a Young v Henderson debate hasnt started yet.

How do people expect U*d to line up next season ? will Nani and young start...might Nani go ?

Sgoater1 wrote:

Batman wrote:Winger Ashley Young has signed for Manchester United from Premier League rivals Aston Villa on a five-year deal.

England international Young, 25, passed his medical with the league champions on Thursday morning.

He had been at Villa for more than four years after joining from Watford but only had one year left on his contract.

Young, who is reported to have cost United about £17m, becomes the club's second signing of the summer following the arrival of Phil Jones.

I cant believe a Young v Henderson debate hasnt started yet.

How do people expect U*d to line up next season ? will Nani and young start...might Nani go ?

What's there to be debated?

I cant believe a Young v Henderson debate hasnt started yet.

One is a 25 year old out and out winger who has proven himself at Villa for 4 seasons. One is a 20 year old central midfielder that can and should be utlised more on the right of midfield who has only just earned himself a place in the National side due to an impressive but not spectacular season with Sunderland. Not much to compare.

How do people expect U*d to line up next season ? will Nani and young start...might Nani go ?

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Nani will have to be content with a place on the bench twittering with Michael Owen or will have no difficulty in finding a new club.

I think it would be a big mistake if we sold Nani, he is our most skillfull player.


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Is Berba gonna stay or leave? There were rumors that he could go to P.S.G. I have no idea if this is true or not..

Speaking on talkshite....

Norman Whiteside has claimed Manchester City are ‘light years’ away from Manchester United.

Last year the Citizens had their best ever season in the Premier League and qualified for the Champions League for the first time in their history.

Many have claimed that the main footballing force in Manchester could be turning from red to blue but the former Red Devils forward has claimed Roberto Mancini’s men have a long way to go to replicate United’s success.

Speaking to the Weekend Sports Breakfast, Whiteside said: “They’re light years away.”

“It's always good having them in the same league because for a few years they were in the lower divisions.

"Now they’re actually trying to compete – it’s great for the city.”

“They’re light years away”

Norman Whiteside
Whiteside went on to claim that Sir Alex Ferguson has started to replace some of the older faces in the Man United squad.

He went on to say: “He’s got Smalling and he’s got Phil Jones.

“They both played very well for England Under-21s, so he’s [Sir Alex Ferguson] not just looking for next season he’s building for the future.

“I can see another few players coming in as well and trying to safeguard the Premier League for next year, they’ll be going for number 20.”

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Interesting take on it, he is welcome to his opinion even if i think he is talking out of his backside and doesnt back up his comment with any kind of argument other than talking about u*d having 2 u21s at the back for the future.

Id have thought even the most ardent u*d fans would have to agree we arnt that far away from them now but i guess not.

Well, to really 'replicate United's success', they'd have to win the league 19 times, wouldn't they?

Xavier wrote:Well, to really 'replicate United's success', they'd have to win the league 19 times, wouldn't they?

Well the question wasnt about us replicating their success its about how close we are to them now and looking at our squads i dont think we are light years away do you ?

Sgoater1 wrote:

Xavier wrote:Well, to really 'replicate United's success', they'd have to win the league 19 times, wouldn't they?

Well the question wasnt about us replicating their success its about how close we are to them now and looking at our squads i dont think we are light years away do you ?

Not lightyears but you've got a hell of a lot of work to do. United's hard-working, team ethic that is so deeply ingrained in them means that they are a definite example of what teams wanting to compete with them have to measure up to. It's not just about personnel, it's about having understanding in every area of the pitch and right now City don't have that. I'm sure if you continue to spend millions and millions and fill each position with quality players you'll have enough to finish in the top 3 every season but IMO you wont win the title until you play as a team and stop relying too heavily on Tevez and Silva.

City's squad is already better than ManYoo's, what they don't have is the tactical flexibility/team ethic/stability. And you can't buy that, you can only coach it into players.

David The Gayer is apparently in Manchester for a medical, which will take Man Utd's spending over the £50 million mark this summer.

If United can sign a quality, creative centre mid they'll have a great chance of winning the league again. full backs are perhaps a weakness but they're sorted in the centre back area now for the long term. They have the best wide options in the league and ditto strikers.

My prediction that this is going to be a massive summer of transfers may be turning out to be correct. City and Chelsea will spend big too I'm sure.

I think the thing is your team ethic grows over time and it was obvious ours did last season and by the end of it we looked like a different side to the one that started the season, we had really gelled and that helped us win 7 of the last 8 games of the season winning the FA Cup and finishing 3rd.

Sgoater1 wrote:

I think the thing is your team ethic grows over time and it was obvious ours did last season and by the end of it we looked like a different side to the one that started the season, we had really gelled and that helped us win 7 of the last 8 games of the season winning the FA Cup and finishing 3rd.

It does certainly grow over time but you finishing 3rd was down to the rest of the challengers being pretty woeful. Chelsea should have done a lot better, Arsenal completely capitulated (nothing new there), Spurs and Liverpool weren't good enough over the whole season to challenge.

In terms of comparing with United though you're still some way off, but next season will be a big one and IMO the pressure will be on City to at least seriously take United all the way 'til the end of the season.

Sgoater1 wrote:

I think the thing is your team ethic grows over time and it was obvious ours did last season and by the end of it we looked like a different side to the one that started the season, we had really gelled and that helped us win 7 of the last 8 games of the season winning the FA Cup and finishing 3rd.

By the end of the season you looked more like a team than a group of players, but most of ManYoo's key players have been there for 4 years or more. No amount of money can make up for that, and I'm not sure if Mancini is the sort of man to imbue his players with the same winning mentality that Fergie does with his.

Unless Veelash-Bowash overhauls Chelsea in a serious way, you're going to be the serious challengers to ManYoo next year.

How can Man Utd spend so much given their financial problems. Common sense must presume that there is still a good CM on the way (Scholes replacement) and in all honesty, they probably need two.

Berbatov will go I guess, but they can't recoup that much from him.

Hlebagone wrote:How can Man Utd spend so much given their financial problems. Common sense must presume that there is still a good CM on the way (Scholes replacement) and in all honesty, they probably need two.

Berbatov will go I guess, but they can't recoup that much from him.

Their bond doesn't have to be repaid / renegotiated until 2017 so they can continue on their merry way until that point as they'll have plenty of money in the bank

Either that or Steve Bruce will continue to fund them

COTR wrote:

Hlebagone wrote:How can Man Utd spend so much given their financial problems. Common sense must presume that there is still a good CM on the way (Scholes replacement) and in all honesty, they probably need two.

Berbatov will go I guess, but they can't recoup that much from him.

Their bond doesn't have to be repaid / renegotiated until 2017 so they can continue on their merry way until that point as they'll have plenty of money in the bank

Either that or Steve Bruce will continue to fund them

And he will be able to do it just because King Kenny will fund him

Fair point

Luis wrote:

Sgoater1 wrote:

I think the thing is your team ethic grows over time and it was obvious ours did last season and by the end of it we looked like a different side to the one that started the season, we had really gelled and that helped us win 7 of the last 8 games of the season winning the FA Cup and finishing 3rd.

It does certainly grow over time but you finishing 3rd was down to the rest of the challengers being pretty woeful. Chelsea should have done a lot better, Arsenal completely capitulated (nothing new there), Spurs and Liverpool weren't good enough over the whole season to challenge.

In terms of comparing with United though you're still some way off, but next season will be a big one and IMO the pressure will be on City to at least seriously take United all the way 'til the end of the season.

It doesnt matter if you say we only got 3rd cos Arsenal, Liverpool and Spurs werent as good as us thats basically the point every season...finishing 3rd was cos we were better than everyone over the season bar 2 teams (although Chelsea only got 2nd on GD)your just looking at it in a negative way regarding us. You cant say we were better so you say it is down to others being woeful

This summer is an important one for U*d to freshen up and improve their squad. To be honest im still amazed they won the title last year but credit to them for digging in and along with some of they lucky decisions they did what they needed to to win the league.

This summer see's VdS & Scholes retire and im sure a few squad players (Brown, Gibson etc) will move on, they will have to add to their debt to try and bring in decent younger players to maintain their quality and it will be interesting to see how they do after this overhaul of players. They have to spend big just to replace the ones they have lost, at the moment De Gay, Jones and Young coming in for approx £50m but they still need to add a creative mid to replace Scholes. I wouldnt be suprised to see them move for Modric but i guess the question is how much do they have to spend.

Selling Berbatard, Brown, Gibshot and Evans should bring in a few quid, especially if any of them go to Sunderland.

Plus they've lost Scholes, Neville, VDS to retirement, which must be over £200K p/w off the wage bill.

And just won the league and got to a CL final.

And they got 80 million for selling Ronaldo, and have (or at least had) over 100 million in cash reserves according to their accounts.

I don't think it's at all surprising they've got money to spend.

Maybe just maybe Anderson can develop into the player we expected when we signed him from Porto in 2007. He only turned 23 in April so is still young and he should get more playing time this season with Scholes gone and maybe Gibson too.



Just hope playing deeper than he did at Porto/Germio/Brazil U-17, injuries and lack of playing time has hampered his development too much and that he can still reach his true potential.

Batman wrote:Maybe just maybe Anderson can develop into the player we expected when we signed him from Porto in 2007. He only turned 23 in April so is still young and he should get more playing time this season with Scholes gone and maybe Gibson too.



Just hope playing deeper than he did at Porto/Germio/Brazil U-17, injuries and lack of playing time has hampered his development too much and that he can still reach his true potential.

Yeah you could do with him stepping it up a bit but he is only 23 as you pointed out so i think he could. Plus you will have Fletcher back after he missed the run in. Carrick didnt have a good season and needs to improve.

Anderson is done. Sell him now.

Manchester United have confirmed the signing of goalkeeper David de Gea from Atletico Madrid on a five-year deal.

The Spain Under-21 international, 20, underwent a medical at Old Trafford on Monday and will finalise what is thought to be an £18.9m move on Friday.

"I feel very proud and I can't wait to start playing here," De Gea told MUTV.

"When a club the size of Manchester United comes in for you, it obviously makes you very, very happy. I'm keen to do my best and show what I can do."

The deal marks De Gea out as the second most expensive keeper behind Gianluigi Buffon, who cost Juventus £32.6m in 2001.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13933241.stm

MOST EXPENSIVE GOALKEEPERS

Gianluigi Buffon - £32.6m
David de Gea - £18.9m*
Angelo Peruzzi - £10.5m
Craig Gordon - £9m
Fabien Barthez - £7.8m

*Estimated fee