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Man Utd sign Carrick for £17m
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Not completely unrelated... Van Nistlerooy agrees deal with Real. Always gonna happen wasn't it. Not that VR was too good, simply the lack of silverware heading to Old Trafford was beginning to tell. To be honest, another couple of seasons without major success and I feel Rooney may want to leave too.
Yea, I think the news is a little premature because I can't find any other stuff about it.
If it's true then sweet. I'm a huge admirer of Carrick, he was certainly one of the main reasons Spurs over-achieved last season. Gattuso may have been a safer bet, but he's old, and it's looking less likely he'll leave Milan now champions league football has been restored. United can mould Carrick into the player they want, like they're doing with Rooney and Ronaldo. Carrick and Scholes would be a great partnership as well. It's great news for the England team too I think.
If true a good signing I honestly think he was the best midfielder in the prem last season and as mentioned was the main reason why Spurs over achieved, I can't believe that no-one has been linked with Hargreaves yet, If I was Wenger he would be the man that I would be looking at.
Yea, I would have taken Hargreaves at United either. He's solid and I think his game would transfer well to England.
One thing I'd say about Carrick is that he seems to have a bit more grace and mobility about him when compared to someone like Hargreaves. Carrick always looks very comfortable in possession. I just wonder if he's vocal or domineering enough to fill Keano's boots.
There was talk of Nedved but he's graciously pledged his allegiance to Juventus despite their demotion.
My mate is captain of Spurs reserves, and he plays central midfield. Maybe he'll get a game! :thumb:
Mr Scholes can do the darting runs. On his day, he's probably the best in the league at that. Carrick's the ideal player to sit and control play from midfield. He's exactly the sort of player we need to feed the attacking players. He can bomb forward and take the initiative if needs be as well. The time he nearly scored goal of the season, taking on all of Arsenal springs to mind.
What age is Hargreaves, 26? I think he'll be signed up before long. He did make Lampard look a bit lethargic, but Frankie is usually all action, so I don't really know what happened there.
Nah, the reason is simply that Lampard and Gerrard cannot play in the same team, both need a holding midfielder and neither are prepared to be that player.
Lampard is good because of Makelele, to be brutally honest.
Hargreaves would be a good signing for any team, but he's made it quite clear he will only leave Bayern Munich for a team of the same calibre. At the moment that's basically Chelsea or Chelsea.
Or Barcelona/Liverpool/Arsenal etc surely? I don't think Bayern are anywhere near being the second best side in Europe, but then I don't think Chelsea are the best either.
Agree about Lamps, he's able to play as he does because of Claude '88 out of 88 passes completed, combined length of which totalling 6.3 yards over the 90 minutes' Makelele!
Champions League every year, always winning the Bundesliga. Bayern are a major European name who will give you guaranteed medals- the only team in this country who will give you a medal are Chelsea. Man Utd haven't even finished in the top two for three of the last five seasons.
Kind of irrelevant because the premiership is a much more prestigious league than the Bundesliga and much more difficult to succeed in.
Winning a Bundesliga with Bayern is almost like winning an SPL with Rangers.
The best and most ambitious players want to prove themselves in the best leagues.
I also happen to think that the Premiership is grossly overrated. Until recently you were either playing for Man Utd or Arsenal if you won it.
It's an alright league but it's not one of the top leagues.
Premiership, La Liga & Serie A are the leagues which put 4 teams forward for the champions league so I'd view them as the top leagues. They are where the top players want to prove themselves. And when you look at those leagues, all the world's best players are based within them.
If someone wanted to win trophies and be in the champions league every year they could join Celtic/Rangers.
He's a good player but he won't turn United into being title contenders again.
Oh definitely, but I think moving from Bayern Munich to, say, Tottenham, would very much be a step backwards in terms of prestige.
Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool would be a step up, but beneath them, not really.
The Bundesliga is weaker than it used to be because it doesn't have the money of England and Spain, but it isn't a weak league.
I'd rather spend that on someone who's a proven top class premiership midfielder, rather than splash out on some unproven foreigner a la Veron. Carrick is a good sensible buy.
It will be hard to catch Chelsea, but we finished ahead of everyone else last season with NO midfield (O'shea & Richardson anyone?). Carrick can only improve our team.