Luke shaw

[Blue Shield]

Seems a rather high price for a young player with only a season or so of top level football.

 

[Gabriel]

We secured Kolarov and Clichy for less than what is being quoted for Shaw.

 

[Ray78]

Seems a rather high price for a young player with only a season or so of top level football.

Yep. Huge pressure on him with his price tag.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

He will be gauranteed games and if he stays for another say ten years he would be week worth it, we should be trying to get him

 

[malg]

I take it van Gaal has been watching plenty of PL football to sanction this move?

 

[whyalwaysyou]

hmmm not convinced there is a bid. Jim fucking White breaks the news, and no media outlet reports it? And the ones that have, just rehashed SSN.

 

[sam-caddick]

I take it van Gaal has been watching plenty of PL football to sanction this move?

I think it will be a club move anyway, Shaw is one of the brightest English prospects out there and most if not all the top 4 would want him in their side, plus he is homegrown.

 

[mcfc482]

The big reasons to get him -

He looks to be a bright prospect for the future - has the pace, power

He is very young and will more than likely have one big move to a big club in him which is likely to happen this season meaning he will play for 10-15 years if fit

He is english and homegrown which is something we desperately need this summer

 

[Blue Is the Opposite of Blue]

Seems a rather high price for a young player with only a season or so of top level football.

They're desperate and in need of a shake up. It's needed.

 

[capiloton]

i wish Kolarov is still young. his sweet left foot is the best in PL. until we find another Kolarov or Roberto Carlos, i'd say retain his service.

 

[Gabriel]

I take it van Gaal has been watching plenty of PL football to sanction this move?

I think it will be a club move anyway, Shaw is one of the brightest English prospects out there and most if not all the top 4 would want him in their side, plus he is homegrown.

Get the impression Ed Woodward is the one doing the buying, with Moyes having identified the players to purchase.

 

[chris85mcfc]

I take it van Gaal has been watching plenty of PL football to sanction this move?

I think it will be a club move anyway, Shaw is one of the brightest English prospects out there and most if not all the top 4 would want him in their side, plus he is homegrown.

Get the impression Ed Woodward is the one doing the buying, with Moyes having identified the players to purchase.

I'm pretty sure Moyes was given the boot a few weeks ago mate

This would definitely be a 'club' purchase regardless of who is in charge

It wouldn't surprise me if GPC had his eye on him from last season

 

[Gabriel]

I think it will be a club move anyway, Shaw is one of the brightest English prospects out there and most if not all the top 4 would want him in their side, plus he is homegrown.

Get the impression Ed Woodward is the one doing the buying, with Moyes having identified the players to purchase.

I'm pretty sure Moyes was given the boot a few weeks ago mate

This would definitely be a 'club' purchase regardless of who is in charge

It wouldn't surprise me if GPC had his eye on him from last season

Age hasn't completely dulled my senses, thank you. :-)

I read somewhere that Moyes had already agreed a list of targets with Woodward before his departure, and that despite his leaving, the board was quite happy to follow through on their priority deals, and quickly. Should they make a string of signings in the coming weeks, I'll be paying close attention to see whether or not they have a 'Moyes stamp' about them.

 

[chris85mcfc]

Get the impression Ed Woodward is the one doing the buying, with Moyes having identified the players to purchase.

I'm pretty sure Moyes was given the boot a few weeks ago mate

This would definitely be a 'club' purchase regardless of who is in charge

It wouldn't surprise me if GPC had his eye on him from last season

Age hasn't completely dulled my senses, thank you. :-)

I read somewhere that Moyes had already agreed a list of targets with Woodward before his departure, and that despite his leaving, the board was quite happy to follow through on their priority deals, and quickly. Should they make a string of signings in the coming weeks, I'll be paying close attention to see whether or not they have a 'Moyes stamp' about them.

Only winding :)

If they had it in their mind that they were going to sack Moyes I cant imagine they will have sat down with him and discussed his ideas for transfers

If its true about Van Gaal coming in then he will want to be in discussions in signing new players

I would say that signing Shaw is a no brainer, irrespecitve of who is in charge, He's a talented young Englishman so ticks all the boxes.

 

[Gabriel]

I'm pretty sure Moyes was given the boot a few weeks ago mate

This would definitely be a 'club' purchase regardless of who is in charge

It wouldn't surprise me if GPC had his eye on him from last season

Age hasn't completely dulled my senses, thank you. :-)

I read somewhere that Moyes had already agreed a list of targets with Woodward before his departure, and that despite his leaving, the board was quite happy to follow through on their priority deals, and quickly. Should they make a string of signings in the coming weeks, I'll be paying close attention to see whether or not they have a 'Moyes stamp' about them.

Only winding :)

If they had it in their mind that they were going to sack Moyes I cant imagine they will have sat down with him and discussed his ideas for transfers

If its true about Van Gaal coming in then he will want to be in discussions in signing new players

I would say that signing Shaw is a no brainer, irrespecitve of who is in charge, He's a talented young Englishman so ticks all the boxes.

As I said, I'll wait and see who else they sign, but Moyes' strength was identifying young players, and Van Gaal will likely be there for a maximum of 2-3 years, so his input might not have been that significant. The guy Woodward is now the head man, so the decisions being taken are his. If we seriously wanted Shaw, Lallana, or Barkley, then we would have them lined up, but the only boxes they tick are being young and English.

 

[Grieffymcfcctid]

this is one lad i thought we would be in for, class for his age,pace,power,good left foot on him, an can defend too and english.

 

[chris85mcfc]

Age hasn't completely dulled my senses, thank you. :-)

I read somewhere that Moyes had already agreed a list of targets with Woodward before his departure, and that despite his leaving, the board was quite happy to follow through on their priority deals, and quickly. Should they make a string of signings in the coming weeks, I'll be paying close attention to see whether or not they have a 'Moyes stamp' about them.

Only winding :)

If they had it in their mind that they were going to sack Moyes I cant imagine they will have sat down with him and discussed his ideas for transfers

If its true about Van Gaal coming in then he will want to be in discussions in signing new players

I would say that signing Shaw is a no brainer, irrespecitve of who is in charge, He's a talented young Englishman so ticks all the boxes.

As I said, I'll wait and see who else they sign, but Moyes' strength was identifying young players, and Van Gaal will likely be there for a maximum of 2-3 years, so his input might not have been that significant. The guy Woodward is now the head man, so the decisions being taken are his. If we seriously wanted Shaw, Lallana, or Barkley, then we would have them lined up, but the only boxes they tick are being young and English.

Are you honestly saying that Woodward could possibly go ahead and sign a player that has a 'Moyes stamp' on it when the new manager coming in might not want him?

Any signings they make before the new manager comes in would be 'no brainer' signings like Shaw, Barkley, Lallana etc these are players that any manager wouldn't mind having at their disposal

Add in the fact that they tick the young English boxes, oh and the fact that their all very good footballers that would improve any PL squad

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

If Shaw goes to the rags I would percieve that as a backward step. At Southampton he is in a young side with a young manager that plays good football. Goes to the rags he is in ageing squad playing shit football with shit players...

 

[LoveCity]

If Shaw goes to the rags I would percieve that as a backward step. At Southampton he is in a young side with a young manager that plays good football. Goes to the rags he is in ageing squad playing shit football with shit players...

Ready to spend a fortune though, Shaw is the first of 5 or 6. And the lunatic Van Gaal will get more out of a few players like Mata and Van Persie.

FFP in effect here, Southampton selling to United (and Lallana to Liverpool) after building a tidy team that could have gone places. If Cortese was still around, though, it might be different.

At least Reus is staying at BVB, United really wanted him.

 

[Jimfv1]

If Shaw goes to the rags I would percieve that as a backward step. At Southampton he is in a young side with a young manager that plays good football. Goes to the rags he is in ageing squad playing shit football with shit players...

Ready to spend a fortune though, Shaw is the first of 5 or 6. And the lunatic Van Gaal will get more out of a few players like Mata and Van Persie.

FFP in effect here, Southampton selling to United (and Lallana to Liverpool) after building a tidy team that could have gone places. If Cortese was still around, though, it might be different.

At least Reus is staying at BVB, United really wanted him.

Can't see them buying 5 or 6 at this sort of price unless they sell quite a few too.

Good news on Reus though he is a great player, would love to see him at City in the future.


Hopefully we can use Utd as our feeder team instead of Arsenal in the future and if Shaw keeps developing maybe we'll see him at City in the future.


On another note it's good to see another homegrown player at the swamp, another boyhood utd fan who has come through the ranks and will play for them for free. Is it true that we have spent less than utd on each of our left backs but we have bought the league ? This doesn't make sense does it ?