Transfer News/ Rumours as at 15th of July

It’s been a week since the last article on transfers, Manchester United transfers news. Just when most Manchester United fans thought there would be good news on the transfer front, it is the exact opposite. Here are the 3 main movements, summarized:

 

1.  The Wayne Rooney saga continues. First he ‘got’ himself injured and was sent home. It was considered minor hamstring injury and it was suggested that its best that he be back home doing his rehabilitation. Conspiracy theorists will have field days with this. Now, Wayne Rooney’s head is not at the right place at the moment. With all his team-mates thousands of miles away and with the home media buzzing over his future, it could potentially turns his decision (assuming current status where his club will not sell him).

 

2. One of Manchester United major target, Barcelona’s Thiago Alcantara has been rumoured to favors a move to Bayern Munich instead despite numerous reports suggesting he had agreed personal terms with Man Utd. At this juncture, Bayern Munich looks a better bet because of one reason, or one man – Pep Guardiola. The former Barcelona manager was rumoured to be close to Thiago Alcantara and rated him very highly. While there has been no confirmation on this matter, common sense suggests that Pep Guardiola has the biggest advantage. The only one drawback here for Thiago is that Bayern Munich already has a collection of highly rated midfielders and Thiago’s main reason for a transfer is – game time.

 

3. Manchester United first pre-season games and also David Moyes first game in charge of Manchester United after succeeding the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson ended with a 0-1 loss! Yes, its pre-season, friendly games but it is against a fairly decent (no disrespect to Singha All Stars) opposition. The line-up too looks fairly ‘familiar’. Let’s just hope this is due to lack of preparation and the game this weekend in Sydney Australia would be more favorable.

 

Most of us fans will be hoping that the coming weeks may sees actual transfer happening and not doing catching up when the transfer deadline approaches, remember Lucas Moura last season?.