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Fra The Rumour Mill i dag, hvor man jo godt kan forstå, at spillere er trætte af at få splinter i røven. De er bare ikke i top 5 og måske endda ikke i top 10 over dem, jeg helst vil af med i Utd.

The Rumour Mill´s been warned to take any speculation it sources from the Italian newspaper Tuttosport with a silo of salt, but is intrigued to see them report that, having successfully prised Nemanja Vidic away from Manchester United, Internazionale may be about to do the same with Shinji Kagawa.

The Japan international who football is threatening to forget may be heartened to learn he´s finally being linked with somebody other than his old club Borussia Dortmund, but any move by Inter will depend on the Serie A side´s ability to offload their Argentinian midfielder Ricky Álvarez or his Croatian team-mate Mateo Kovacic, a 19-year-old whose promising career has stalled this season under the manager Walter Mazzari.

Speaking to reporters before his country´s 4-2 midweek international friendly win over New Zealand, in which he scored a penalty, Kagawa voiced his frustration at his ongoing inability to make an impact at Old Trafford. "Of course it is important for a player to continue getting games, but there is not much I can do about my situation," he told the Japan Times. "It is something that I won´t be able to gain unless I am delivering results. I can´t change the situation I´m in, so I want to turn it into something positive and do well [against New Zealand]."

Kagawa isn´t the only Manchester United player fed up with life on the bench, if the comments of his team-mate Javier Hernández are anything to go by. Back in the Mexico fold for a scoreless friendly against Nigeria in Atlanta´s Georgia Dome, the striker tacitly bemoaned the lack of opportunities being given to him by David Moyes, for whom he has started just one match out of United´s last 10.

"I´m very eager to play as my club don´t take me much into account," he said. "I hope I have the opportunity to play [for Mexico]. When you are called up, you have to be thankful and if not called up, you have to keep working." Inter, Spurs and Juventus are all believed to have expressed an interest in rescuing the £15m-rated Hernández from his Old Trafford purgatory.

Rigtig interessant Rumour Mill i dag, hvor Kagawa og Chicha nævnes.

The Rumour Mill´s been warned to take any speculation it sources from the Italian newspaper Tuttosport with a silo of salt, but is intrigued to see them report that, having successfully prised Nemanja Vidic away from Manchester United, Internazionale may be about to do the same with Shinji Kagawa.

The Japan international who football is threatening to forget may be heartened to learn he´s finally being linked with somebody other than his old club Borussia Dortmund, but any move by Inter will depend on the Serie A side´s ability to offload their Argentinian midfielder Ricky Álvarez or his Croatian team-mate Mateo Kovacic, a 19-year-old whose promising career has stalled this season under the manager Walter Mazzari.

Speaking to reporters before his country´s 4-2 midweek international friendly win over New Zealand, in which he scored a penalty, Kagawa voiced his frustration at his ongoing inability to make an impact at Old Trafford. "Of course it is important for a player to continue getting games, but there is not much I can do about my situation," he told the Japan Times. "It is something that I won´t be able to gain unless I am delivering results. I can´t change the situation I´m in, so I want to turn it into something positive and do well [against New Zealand]."

Kagawa isn´t the only Manchester United player fed up with life on the bench, if the comments of his team-mate Javier Hernández are anything to go by. Back in the Mexico fold for a scoreless friendly against Nigeria in Atlanta´s Georgia Dome, the striker tacitly bemoaned the lack of opportunities being given to him by David Moyes, for whom he has started just one match out of United´s last 10.

"I´m very eager to play as my club don´t take me much into account," he said. "I hope I have the opportunity to play [for Mexico]. When you are called up, you have to be thankful and if not called up, you have to keep working." Inter, Spurs and Juventus are all believed to have expressed an interest in rescuing the £15m-rated Hernández from his Old Trafford purgatory.

Hvorfor nævne den en gang til?

http://www.youtube.com/w…_Hw&t=2m28s

Er det dig, Crazy?

@ Alsen

Mht. Chico vil jeg bare mene, at der er så mange ubekendte faktorer at det er et køb, man ikke har råd til at lave i den nuværende situation. Vil han gå mere ydmygt til opgaven i en større klub? Måske. Vil han lægge børnefejlene på hylden? Måske. Vil han reducere sin cunt-faktor betydeligt? Højst sandsynligt ikke. Start 11´eren skriger på en spiller som fra dag et kan levere stabilitet og sikre defensiv ro. Hellere en uspektakulær styrmand end en flamboyant boldekvilibrist. Kan man finde en der kan tilføre begge dele, vil det selvfølgelig være fremragende. Hidtil mener jeg dog ikke, at Chico har vist noget der peger i retning af at han kan.

Jeg er enig i, at afgangen af Rio/Vidic nødvendigvis må medføre to nye forstærkninger til midterforsvaret: en etableret spiller med højt bundniveau og en yngre spiller. Som jeg ser det, er det med denne yngre tilgang at man typemæssigt kan tillade sig at tage flere chancer.

Yderligere mener jeg, at Moyes i Evans og særligt Jones allerede råder over to boldsikre midterforsvarere endda krydret med en god speed i Jones´ tilfælde. Jeg er dog helt enig i, at skadesfrekvensen hos Smalling og de to ovennævnte er bekymrende, hvilket yderligere understreger nødvendigheden i tilgangen af en robust og stabil makker med lederevner til de tre. Skal defensiven stabilieres, er det nødvendigt at den dikteres af en spiller som kan spille hovedparten af sæsonens kampe. Det vil også gøre det nemmere for hvem der nu er skadesfri af Evans, Smalling og Jones at præstere stabilt trods mangel på kontinuitet i spillede kampe.

Chico er totalt no go for mig. Han er for vild i sit spil og laver for mange fejl. Jeg har ingen grund til at tro, at det bliver mindre i en større klub. Snarere tværtimod.

Jeg synes én klasse midterforsvarer må være nok - især hvis vi køber en konkurrent til glasbenene Rafael, som jeg synes er mere påkrævet. Så slipper vi også for, at Smalling leger Bambi på glatis på backen. Han skal KUN spille midterforsvarer efter min mening. Og han, Jones og Evans må være nok centralt, hvis vi køber en god midterforsvarer.

Der er jo en del andre pladser, der også trænger, som dagens rygter om Luke Shaw og Griezmann demonstrerer.

Seneste skud på venstre back-stammen skulle være Valencias Juan Bernat. Listen tæller vel så:

- Juan Bernat (Valencia)
- Fabio Coentrao (Real Madrid)
- Alberto Moreno (Sevilla)
- Ricardo Rodriguez (Wolfsburg)
- Luke Shaw (Southampton)

Baines tror jeg (heldigvis) er en lukket sag.

Ja, Baines har forlænget og er ude af billedet.

Shaw bliver der kæmpe konkurrence om. Jeg gætter på vi taber den, men en monsterløn kan måske overtale ham.

Rodriguez taler Bundesligafolket meget, meget varmt om, men jeg kender ham ikke godt nok til at mene noget. Moreno og Bernat kender jeg heller ikke.

Coentrao, jaeh, joeh, han er måske et ok bud på en Evra klon, men det er ikke noget, der får pulsen vildt meget op hos mig, det må jeg sige.

Når nu vi kritiserer Evra for hans mange blundere i forsvaret så er det da mærkværdigt at Coentrao bliver nævnt som afløser.