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Transfers - Your view: United losing allure?

Eurosport - Thu, 25 Jun 10:31:00 2009

Iker Casillas apparently has no intention of moving to Manchester United. Neither has Karim Benzema or Franck Ribery at this point in time.

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Carlos Tevez didn't want to stay at Old Trafford and Cristiano Ronaldo found the lure of Real Madrid too great.

And few would argue that Lionel Messi would never consider moving to Manchester. Ditto Kaka.

Indeed, historically United have struggled to attract the best players in the world. They usually opt to go to Real, or Barcelona or one of the Italian giants.

Dimitar Berbatov may have cost £30m last summer, but can the Bulgarian really be counted as one of the best players in the world?

Ronaldo can certainly be included in that bracket, but he arrived at Old Trafford as nothing more than a youngster with a bright future. It was United who made him great. Likewise Wayne Rooney.

United are current Premier League champions, Champions League finalists and a club which boasts a rich and proud tradition, spanning back decades.

So why can't Alex Ferguson seem to attract the crème de la crème of world football?

He has £80m to spend this summer, yet at the moment, the only likely arrival is that of Wigan winger Antonio Valencia. Add in a few teenaged Brazilians and the formula is hardly going to set Reds fans' pulses racing.

Should United supporters be content with this?

Buying in promising youngsters has worked in the past, but should United be expected to be able to compete with other top European clubs in the battle to sign the biggest and best players?

Why can't they at the moment? Is it just a question of money? Or it the problem deeper set?

What's your view? Have your say below or by clicking on the link below the photo to visit one of our message forums.

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  1. tak comment 236
    How old are you if your under 20 you­ will have never seen Liverpool win a league tittle. and­ why leave out the FA cup and oh yeah intercontinental­ and world club cup, Sure UTD fans don't get­ Liverpool fans fascination with things that happened in­ the last millennium.
    UTD fan have won the last 3­ EPL on the trot won the FA cup EPL and CL all in one­ season won the double several times and last season won­ the EPL world clup cup and League cup and made to the­ finals of the CL.
    Yep we just don't get it.

    From Tim B, on Thu 9 Jul 6:31AM

  2. c'mon is there anybody out there that realy­ undarstand fooyball???????? how can you say something­ abot BERBATOV he's in manchester only a year... and­ when ronaldo was on the field WEEL ONLY ronaldo WAS ON­ THE FIELD!!!!!!!! if BERBATOV gets the role that he­ deservs well you''ll se real THE DEMON BARBER

    From jossaste_83, on Mon 29 Jun 9:56AM

  3. i completely agree with you Nigel A, as a man u fan i­ am not in the least bit worried either, yes, didnt want­ to lose players like tevez and ronaldo, but we have­ lost some other great players in the past and fergie­ has kept on building, creating and norishing talented­ fantastic individual players and this has won us­ trophies. This will keep on happening, because he knows­ what he is doing. I also look at the wonderful amount­ of talent left at Man U and i cant help but be positive­ for the future. Casillas, Benzema and Ribery doesnt­ want to join United?..... and?.. so what?

    From Sean V, on Sat 27 Jun 7:29PM

  4. hahahahahaha...woah, nice headlines....hahahaha...hey­ since cristiano ronaldo move to real madrid..most of­ the so called biggest fans change their club...this­ means that they are c.ronaldos fans not MU..hahaha..how­ sad can it posibly get????

    From Vanessa, on Sat 27 Jun 7:56AM

  5. It has more to do with Manchester rather than­ Manchester United!
    Having lived in Cheshire I grew to­ like Manchester - it has its appeal -
    but it isn't­ Madrid, Barcelona, Milan or even London.
    Players often­ have families who have a say in where they live - this­ was
    an obvious factor in Christiano Ronaldo's­ decision. Nemanja Vidic is
    also reported to be less­ than enthralled by life in Manchester.
    I believe that­ if SAF managed a club in one of the­ "glamorous" cities
    he'd have absolutely­ no difficulty attracting any player he wanted.
    The­ plain fact is SAF and Manchester United have done­ extremely
    well in getting the players they've been­ able to bring to the club in past years.
    As a fan of­ the club since 1958 my concern is for the post-SAF era­ which must
    eventually come!

    From Rob MacGregor, on Fri 26 Jun 3:18PM

  6. Long live UNITED!!!!!! Fergie!!!! I know you can do­ it..... Ronaldo is a Selfish, no respect to manager....­ STUPID PLAYER!!!! GO UNITED!!!! GO UNITED!!!! GO­ UNITED!!!! No Ronaldo....... No problem.....

    From kurosaki_zam _ichigo, on Fri 26 Jun 12:38AM

  7. Manchester United are the top side in England at­ the­­­ moment and also for the past 18 years, they have­­ been­­ the biggest, best supported team for over 60­­ years,­ so­ they must be doing something right. I­ think­ the­ team­ next season will flourish without­ Ronaldo,­ they­ will­ bond more as a unit, more as a­ team. This is­­­ Manchester United, this Sir Alex­ Ferguson not some­­­ excited little upstarts, false­ pretenders like­­­ Liverpool and Rafael Benitez.­ Benathus by name,­­ beneath­ us by nature. I thank you.

    From Sid, on Thu 25 Jun 11:24PM

  8. aint that just the best picture of fergie ha­ ha,loser,nobody wants to sign for me,nobody wants to­ live in scumchester,im losing my 2 important­ goalscorers,i have all this money and nobody will­ come,liverpool have gained the momentum time to quit­ taggart its over.

    From fergieisagenitalwart, on Thu 25 Jun 10:01PM

  9. Now you see it .... Now you dont! bye bye ManU­ allure!

    From bryjones71, on Thu 25 Jun 8:25PM

  10. You sad pathetic scouser,havn't won any thing in­ youks,and weve won 11 prem's since you won­ nout,living of scraps of the odd win against us.Is this­ the same Torres that couldn't score against a @#$%­ U.S.A...you really dont think.when you write....keep­ walking into it...

    From seven of eleven, on Thu 25 Jun 7:51PM

  11. portalfred 2006: It's not one of the rainiest­ places on earth.

    From harvister79, on Thu 25 Jun 7:16PM

  12. for all those man u supp. how did it feel when­ liverpool, the @#$% liverpool won the european cup in­ 2005.

    how does it feel to have the best ever bits of­ players this season and get found out by torres and­ then eto

    shamefull when y are not at the office on­ these two occasions. or simple put not good enough at­ all. for the english chaumps

    From tak, on Thu 25 Jun 6:08PM

  13. so called man u supporters still do not get it do­ they.

    who are the most successful team in uk ?

    who is­ the only manager to have won the european cup three­ times.

    until fergie has done so three times he is­ still not as good

    man u 18 liverpool 18

    man u 3­ liverpool 5

    not yet man not yet.

    From tak, on Thu 25 Jun 6:01PM

  14. "Dimitar Berbatov may have cost £30m last summer,­ but can the Bulgarian really be counted as one of the­ best players in the world?"

    Of course not we­ shouldn't have even bought him. He is a waste of $­ now we don't have Tevez because of this idiot.

    From mightyquinn17, on Thu 25 Jun 3:50PM

  15. copper.carl utd offered him top wages and he said no so­ we will bring in players from the reserves

    From Paul T, on Thu 25 Jun 3:42PM

  16. all i can say is that the transfer market isnt even­ open yet lol

    From Paul T, on Thu 25 Jun 3:40PM

  17. as a united fan im not the slightest bit worried­ ,fergie knows what hes doing there are plenty of­ players at united to break through so why buy plus now­ the whole of europe know united have 80million­ supposedly to spend the price of any player united are­ interested in goes through the roof . i think we need a­ forward to play up front with rooney and i hope we buy­ an out and out winger now ronaldo has gone, personally­ i thank him for his service to united im not to sure­ that he will do that well for madrid but he helped win­ many games for us so ronny all the best i think that­ the one player to benifit out of all of this will be­ rooney and i have a few quid on him being top scorer in­ the league next season i think as an out side bet owen­ to united on a free !

    From Nigel A, on Thu 25 Jun 3:26PM

  18. MU fan like pauljudd6 simply have to brought up­ Liverpool or Rafa every time he post any comments.­ It's people like you that make people hate MU.­ Can't you just enjoy football? The answer to this­ article is YES.

    From c, on Thu 25 Jun 2:32PM

  19. All the more reason to nuture the english and mancunian­ talent that is in this country because I think the­ Premier Leadgue is seriously lacking passionate players­ and it doesn'y matter who you buy, you can't­ buy the spirit and desire to succeed that the english­ have. These foreign lads come here for money, they go­ to spain and Italy because of the history of their­ clubs and the weather.
    Concentrate on the british­ players and the league will become physically­ stronger(no more divers)and us fans will support our­ team even more if footballers who come from a stones­ throw from the ground, not from half the world away who­ claim to love the club but leave when a so called­ better all round club want them(ronaldo comes to mind I­ think everyone will agree).
    TREBLE FOR THE RED ARMY­ NEXT SEASON!

    From martinmcneill87, on Thu 25 Jun 1:54PM

  20. pauljudd6, youforgot to mention one manchester city in­ your RANT, the richest club in manchester, and the­ WORLD.

    From TEVEZ, on Thu 25 Jun 1:44PM
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