Premier League - Manchester United fail in striker bid

Eurosport - Tue, 25 Nov 17:29:00 2008

Valerenga have rejected Manchester United's offer to take star striker Moa Abdellaoue on trial.

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The 23-year-old, described as the new Ole Gunnar Solskjaer by Norwegian national coach Age Hareide, has impressed for Valerenga this term and a number of clubs from around Europe are now trailing him.

His brace for Valerenga in their Norwegian Cup final triumph was enough to convince United to make a move.

Sir Alex Ferguson's staff had hoped to run the rule over Abdellaoue at close quarters with the Norwegian season now over - but he will not be making the trip to Carrington.

"Together with Moa and Moa's agent, we have decided to decline Manchester United's wish for Moa to join on a week-long try out," confirmed Valerenga director Pal Breen.

"Moa has proven himself has one of the team's best player this season and he is on his way to establishing himself in the national side.

"There is also interest from other clubs."

The player himself was happy to accept Valerenga's decision.

"I love it at Valerenga and I am looking forward to evolving as a player further," he said.

"Bids from other clubs will be decided upon by me and the club when they do come."

Ferguson has played down further speculation linking striker Carlos Tevez with a move to Real Madrid.

"No, I've not spoken to Carlos about Real Madrid's interest. We get used to them talking to our players," he said.

"I could have the opportunity to respond to Real Madrid every day of the season because it never stops.

"We should talk about the game because there will be plenty of time to talk about Real Madrid throughout the rest of the season."

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  1. not being funny but all you arsenal fans n chelsea gfans ect ect u all say that u hate man u n all tht n the likes of ronaldo,rooney,nani,but if they had choose to go to your team would you still hate them as much?nope.......

    From doofuss, on Thu 27 Nov 7:39PM

  2. why do you all hate Man U so much???i know they hv won the primier league as well as the champions league last year..dnt hav to be dat jeleous..b***h

    From musaz, on Wed 26 Nov 2:27PM

  3. Fergie please bring back Manucho or at least try him.MaluVictor

    From Victor Malumani, on Wed 26 Nov 8:52AM

  4. i kin of hink utd ve strikers already bring back manucho and concentrate on our defence as for all u man u beffers i wil make sure all ur teams dont grow. from aniko

    From anikoibrahim, on Wed 26 Nov 7:50AM

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    From sappercommando25, on Wed 26 Nov 3:02AM

  6. Stephen you're right, Man U players ARE really ugly but how could you forget Berbatov?

    From Susan, on Tue 25 Nov 10:34PM

  7. mickeyfagboy champions of europe?after tonights performance champions of s@it,and i take it you are also ugly lol you are unlucky arent you?

    From stephen, on Tue 25 Nov 10:05PM

  8. mickyboy, do you follow football, utd have tevez on loan!! stephen does how the players look influence who you support, i suppose theres nothing wrong with that if your that way inclined. please dont reply as your arguments are bound to be to witty for me. i dont give a f@ck if you played for us, champions of england, champions of europe.

    From Michael C, on Tue 25 Nov 8:38PM

  9. manure definately are the ugliest football team on the planet,rooney,j.s.park,tevez,vidic,ferdinand,nani,etc etc,so maybe the reason they have a big following is because all their fans are so f@ckING ugly themselves

    From stephen, on Tue 25 Nov 6:50PM

  10. why did united pay £32 million for teves if he not the right man for that club as i dont think he got that much talent only in spots on his mush so why they thinking about geting rid of him more paper talk

    From mickyboy, on Tue 25 Nov 6:38PM

  11. Hi LFC supporter here.. I think the biggest problem that our league has is Mr Platini trying to destroy it by any means. We need to be together on this one, I think he is a Racist, what does anyone else think?

    From orr790, on Tue 25 Nov 6:26PM

  12. They don`t need him!! they have got class players already.They are still winning some matches , I said some Liverpool and chelsea fans.

    From Nathan, on Tue 25 Nov 5:58PM

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    From carmen, on Tue 25 Nov 5:12PM

  20. paddrs54...why are you so lazy or thick or both?..or do you think words are actually spelt like that? nobody takes anyone who writes in lazy, fake, patois seriously as it shows a complete disregard for the english language.

    From GARY, on Tue 25 Nov 5:07PM
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