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Valencia reject Man Utd Silva bid

Valencia have rejected a bid by Manchester United for David Silva, according to the striker's agent.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7556794.stm

Seems Berbie is second choice.

That's a blessing in disguise. The Spanish players struggle in England due to the agressiveness of the game (the new Liverpool and Arsenal notwithstanding, because they play like a bunch of pussies).

even with the attitude, id rather have berbatov, and i dont think its even close

the tranfer window has been excruciatingly slow for me. totally ready for some actual matches

Matches? Did somebody say matches?

Saturday, August 16

7:30am Arsenal vs. West Brom (Set)
9:45am Middlesbrough vs. Tottenham (Set)
10:00am Everton vs. Blackburn (FSC)
12:30pm Sunderland vs. Liverpool (FSC)
2:15pm Hull City vs. Fulham (Set Same Day Coverage)
2:30pm West Ham vs. Wigan (FSC SDC)
4:00pm Bolton vs. Stoke City (Set SDC)

Sunday, August 17

8:30am Chelsea vs. Portsmouth (set)
11:00am Manchester United vs. Newcastle (FSC)
1:00pm Aston Villa vs. Manchester City (FSC SDC)

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
even with the attitude, id rather have berbatov, and i dont think its even close

Silva's 22. Berbatov is 28. Otherwise, I agree with you.

well, 27 till january, but berba's 1) proven in the prem and 2) not spanish

plus you already have two shorter second strikers that are 22 and 24. dont think age should matter, totally a win now buy

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
well, 27 till january, but berba's 1) proven in the prem and 2) not spanish

I too would prefer Berba now, but I could see why United might go after both given how young Silva is (and ~10M Pounds cheaper).

It's nice to have problems like these.

see, i kind of just assumed one or the other. fergie doesnt seem to like to keep too many healthy forwards around

good news, looks like jonas will play sunday and coloccini may as well. guess i have to kind of root for argentina now

Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov is currently in Manchester to undergo a medical before joining Manchester United in deal worth £28 million. (Daily Mail 1525 BST)

i believe thats not in time for this weekend though

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
i believe thats not in time for this weekend though

How long does it take to iron a number and name on a jersey?

my understanding is that all paperwork for transfers eligible for this weekends games had to be in by 5 pm gmt today. hense why jonas was finalized and colo finally announced

Well……….that didn't go according to plan. I bet toon are delighted to actually not get torn apart let alone snatch a point.

I'm hoping Pompey were awful and chelskzzzz not awesome

Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
I bet toon are delighted to actually not get torn apart let alone snatch a point.

quite simply…yes

really just wanted to see a better effort, fitter team, better defending and better passing. got all of the above. jonas really looks like the real deal

really must not get too excited…

I'm shocked United could still managed a point when the midfield for the final 30 was John O'Shea, Darren Fletcher, Rodrigo Possebon and Paul Scholes. That combo was so ugly, Fergie moved Oshea back to defend and Evra up front to support some kid named Rafeal, who normally plays defence…

It was almost as though Fergie was proving a point that the owners may not have been willing to part with a couple million pounds for Berbatov and he deemed that ridiculous.

The bench was:

John O'Shea
Rodrigo Possebon
Gary Neville
Darron Gibson
Jonathan Evans
Rafael
Tomasz Kuszczak

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
jonas really looks like the real deal

He definitely had the pace to make United's defense take notice. He's got to worry about his reputation of being a diver though, as he clearly was gunning for a penalty on more than one occassion. And if the entire toon fan base starts wearing spider man masks, I think it's going to be the greatest thing ever.

Sorry about my harsh comment on the phone yesterday. I was driving from The OC back to SF and had to dwell on the draw (combined with an Angels loss) for a good 5 hours….

haha, i thought it was funny.

that reminds me toon actually didnt use a sub. might mean smith is indeed on his way out yet, as this would be the sort of game for him to be used as oba was the only healthy striker. also it was interesting that he was talking with saf before kickoff

kind of a bummer that the only goal against was while taylor was getting treatment, and right where he'd be standing. win some lose some that way, i suppose

Kind of a bummer that the only goal United gave up was a header to a 5 foot 8 inch guy…WTF?!?

Yes, seeing Alex walking out talking to Alex made me do a double take. He's definitely gone. And I thought the same when Berbatov was on the pine, but they brought him in eventually, unlike Smith. I think Berbatov moves as soon as the deal for Arshavin is complete.