Manchester United, that didn't last long. Seven up

[david3103]

We've been privileged to have had the best of Rooney and it seems churlish to wish him ill now.

i thought he put in a good shift and was involved in both goals.

i hope Moyes can persuade him to stay

[George2Loose]

Im with David re churlishness (great word if it exists) but it's clear he wants to leave. Think he should allow Rooney to go but make it clear it won't be to one of our rivals

[Marky147]

Im with David re churlishness (great word if it exists) but it's clear he wants to leave. Think he should allow Rooney to go but make it clear it won't be to one of our rivals

Agreed, he should sell  him to Arsenal.

[outragous76]

Moyes needs to stop talking about Manchester United in the third person and start using we and us. It's like he still can't believe he is the manager. Was fine at first, but he needs to get his feet under the desk

[david3103]

Moyes needs to stop talking about Manchester United in the third person and start using we and us. It's like he still can't believe he is the manager. Was fine at first, but he needs to get his feet under the desk

if Moyes' linguistic inclinations are the only problem Manchester United have then I'd say that this great club with such a glorious history is in good shape...

[outragous76]

The fellani & baines story feels like a media sensation story to me.

That being said if we can get them for £45m then >>>>>>>>>>>>>> fabregas

[dwayne110]

Nope, would take Fabregas > Baines + Fellaini in a heart beat... Fabregas is on a different level to Fellaini, a world class proven creative central midfielder. We clearly don't need Baines either, Evra has been excellent for the last 12 months or so. In effect, we'd be adding 2 strong squad players to an already strong squad, both very good players, but neither will make a substantial impact to our first 11 performance. Fabregas is the type of player you can build a (very good) team around, vastly under-rated.

[pleno1]

Fabregas one of,if not the most overrated player in the world.

[curnow]

David Moyes has claimed Everton's manager, Roberto Martínez, is holding back the careers of Marouane Fellaini and Leighton Baines by not allowing them to be sold to Manchester United.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/23/david-moyes-marouane-fellaini-leighton-baines?guni=Keyword:news-grid%20main-1%20EVERYDAY%20trailblock:Editable%20trailblock%20-%20news:Position2

like whats wrong with the guy , got no right to talk about Everton players like that

other thing Evra is a good defender but Baines created more scoring chances than any other player in Europe last season & thats why he is worth so much more than the idiots at Man U want to spend

[malt vinegar]

everton and martinez are desperate to sell baines n fellini they made the bid public and then acted shocked about the amount later in the week martinez is again saying its unsettling the players. could have just said no in private and moved on instead of going on about at ever opportunity.

i would take fellaini but dont see the point in baines due to his age n cost when evras  started to play well again last season after a ropey year or so.

[pleno1]

Baines left wing pinging them in for rvp

[George2Loose]

Not that impressed with Fellini. Would
Much rather have fab

[Pawprint]

Let's just sell Rooney for 40m, go and buy Shaw from Southampton and Barkley from Everton and put up with the fact that if we win a trophy in the next few years it's a bonus.

Carry on developing the crop of youngsters we've got instead of flogging the majority for a few million when it's clear they will never break into the first team squad.

Transfer fees are heavily inflated this summer, not a good time to be buying players for the sake of it, and unless we pull off a couple of monster World Class signings, the squad is not nearly good enough to compete with Chelsea and City.

I think both United's owners and Arsenal's owners are of a similar opinion.  Lot's of paper talk, but I'd be surprised if either actually pay big money for a marque signing.

[The Baron]

The FFP clubs and non-FFP clubs are somewhat aligned. Regardless of football rivalries. This much is true.

[George2Loose]

We mustn't sell Rooney to Chelsea. They'll just crucify us for years