Manchester United News 24/7
Writer: Alex 
Date:Thursday August 19 2010
Time: 5:53PM
UK time is: 13:00:00
Vital Login
Social Login
Choose your club
Other Sites
Network Navigation
Vital Partners
'If It's Football, It's Vital'
United - The Bebe Buy Was Instinctive!
Sir Alex Ferguson was able to put total trust in the United scouting department and adviCe from former United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz when signing unknown Portuguese striker Bebe for approximately £7 million.
Sir Alex even publicised the fact he hadn`t even seen the young attacking midfielder play before sending David Gill to complete the deal.
'Sometimes you have to go on an instinct, you look at material, you look at the player's age and whether they're bringing pace, balance, desire to play and things like that."
"Our scouting department is very good and you have got to trust your staff. Our scout in Portugal was adamant that we must do something quickly, and I also spoke to Carlos."
A gamble it seems that we could sign an unproven player like Bebe and let slip a player proven at the highest level in Mesut Ozil, who have recently finalised a move to the graveyard of football for £6 million more.
However no one had really heard of young Chicharito before he signed, and if he turns out anything like him I will be satisfied.
In Fergie we trust!
Vital Man United on:
Vital Man United on:
Use your social login to comment on front page articles. Login using you Facebook, Twitter, Google or LinkedIn accounts and have your say!
Your Comments
I found this amazing when I heard about it, 7 million for a player that Alex has never seen play...
__villa__
Who's doing the kamikaze spending now then? PMSL
fifthcolumnblue
Mustve been his poor upbringing,raw talent at its best.
Chelsea24/7
24 mil for Milner. PMSL.
TheFamousNo7
As opposed to £30.5 m for Berbaflop? Glass houses and stones mate - we all know English players come at premium prices, and let's face it, we just bought the PFA young player of the year.
fifthcolumnblue
32.5 mil for Robinho? 19 mil for Jo? 22-24 mil for Lescott? 25 mil for Adebayor? 17.5 mil for Roque Santa Cruz? Alot more big money flops on your part in less time.
TheFamousNo7
We bought berbatov from the money we got from winning the Champions League... Wat the neighbors have to say about this? We earned the money on the pitch unlike......
redfalcon
such a stupid buy, man u could of got him on a free transfer if they offered him a contract in june but no, they pay 7 mil on a 3rd division portuguese player when if they paid 5 mil more they could of got ozil.
MR.CHELSEA
@MR.CHELSEA ur statement abt Ozil is true. But on ozil, there was one tiny problem. He had his mind set on spain. It was not a problem of money.
redfalcon
sorry.... my bad ...ur statement abt Bebe is true but i dont think he s a waste of money...
redfalcon
Has anyone seen him play? didn't think so, I have. Seeing as I am Portuguese and all. The boy has potential to be a force. He has the ability much like Ronaldo did as a boy his age. Molded properly and many haters talking will either shut up or continue talking ***** like they TRYED with Ronaldo(nice try by the way people)
Paulinho
Thanks for the ressurances paulinho.
TheFamousNo7
People also to forget the transfer fee is not the only money spent on a player. Ozils wage is probably about ten times that of Bebe so it isnt really a case of "an extra five million and we would have got him."
khoder
Have Your Say
Log in...
with your social network OR with your Vital account
Recent Articles
United Fixtures - 2013 / 2014 (Wednesday June 19 2013)
Powell - It`s a Loan Deal (Wednesday June 19 2013)
Barcelona Wonder-Kid Coming? (Wednesday June 19 2013)
Nani - There`s More! (Tuesday June 18 2013)
Heading for a UEFA Pro-Licence! (Tuesday June 18 2013)
UEFA Punishment Squad (Tuesday June 18 2013)
Lewandowski Hankers After Bayern Move (Still) (Monday June 17 2013)
Relief from the Boredom! (Monday June 17 2013)
Does Anyone Remember Bebe? (Monday June 17 2013)
Linked to Arsenal Move! (Monday June 17 2013)
Archived Articles
Vital Members League (view all)
| 1. | TheFamousNo7 | 78 |
| 2. | MotorMad | 40 |
| 3. | Kanchelskis | 37 |
| 4. | nordkap | 2 |
| 5. | stunna | 1 |
League Results (view all)
| Latest Results |
League Table (view table)
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 8. Hull City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9. Liverpool | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10. Man City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11. Man Utd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12. Newcastle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13. Norwich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14. Southampton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Breaking League News
| Has He Bentekin' Us All For Fools?
» Aston Villa : 20/06/2013 12:50:00
|
| Hughton: 'RVW Can Make The Difference'
» Norwich : 20/06/2013 12:05:00
|
| Never Fear, Look On The Brightside
» Aston Villa : 20/06/2013 10:21:00
|
| Sunderland Sign Swedish Forward
» Sunderland : 20/06/2013 10:06:00
|
| Udinese Reject Sunderland Approach?
» Sunderland : 20/06/2013 10:03:00
|
| Ji Close To Dortmund Switch
» Sunderland : 20/06/2013 10:01:00
|
| Di Canio Excited By Striker Return
» Sunderland : 20/06/2013 10:00:00
|
Current Site Poll (view all polls)
|
|