United Target Modric!

man, how many times do you guys have to try? no means no :) the multiple (alleged) attempts make man u even more pathetic..

Hahahahaha! United doesn't have the money to buy Modric. And he has already said he's not gonna leave us for Madrid or united. And btw, he signed a six year contract last summer. If he was looking to move, I bet it would've been more like 3 years.

Bale £100m Modric £100m VDV £70m Take your pick, if you think you can afford it. Otherwise do a bit of window shopping around Wigan or Fulham like you did last year. COYS

Torres never wanted to leave Liverpool, Barry wanted to stay with Villa, Tevez was happy at United, Cesc will stay at Arsenal.. If you believe these statements from players you are seriously the deluded ones, football has changed, money talks more than ever, as do winning trophies.. Of couse footballers will state their loyalty, and then when they sign for another club the next day, they will put it down to not being able to resist the challenge.. Dont f.... kid yourself, Bale, Modric and VDV will all leave sooner than later, thats the story of modern footballers, contracts mean nothing anymore..

Blimey. nordcap is obviously in delusion. Now onder he has challenges in writing a coherent comment. "if SAF really wants the player from Tottenham, they will buy him." Moronic comments like this from arrogant illiterates, who probably don't actually go to Old Trafford are the reason why United fans are despised and ridiculed by so many.

Berba left a europa league team, Modric is playing for one of the most exciting and progessive CL teams in the world, the day we stop moving forward will be the day our stars will leave, but for now, the players and the team are moving forward together. Levy knew last year the probabilty of 'bigger; teams coming in for our players so put them on big contracts. If United want Modric who is on a 5 year deal, they will have to spend upwards of £50 million, not because he is worth that amount (although I think he is), because he is at a club who dont want to sell a player who is on a massive contract! AND if Modric didnt actually mean wehat he said about wanting to stay, why sign a 6 year deal, why not reject it and negotiate a 3 or 4 year one?

Also, where are you getting the money to buy players like Modric or Bale? Your canteen staff can't even get a free meal. Face it, unless your are bought out by some sugar daddy you will still be paying off the interest and have to sell a top player each season to cushion yourt loses. Apart from Rooney, which player will even fetch £20m?

theotheyid man nani is worth well over 20 million tbh! and vidic!

is that 12% for bebe a joke? hope so cos he was rubbish and he was rubbish against a team in the BSP!

Hahahahahaha lol think iam *****ing myself hahahahaha......................

earth calling famous no7...i repeat.. united are not the biggest club in the world.. and yes, liverpool, despite not winning any pl titles, are still bigger than you lot (even in the uk). liverpool = 5 CL titles, man u = 3. liverpool = 3 uefa cup winners, man u = 1. liverpool = 3 uefa supercup winners, man u = 1.

Maybe you should get your head examined hardcore_spurs, Liverpool bigger than us, funniest thing i've heard all day. Don't get me wrong I dont think we're the biggest in the world (but extremely close, perhaps second or third behind the Spanish giants) but to say we're not the biggest in England is stupid to say the least.

ThefamousNo.7, you are just like those childish and blinkered Manure fans. I even heard the same drivel last month from grown ups as well. So let's say the EPL changes to another name and Manure do not win a title for 3 years, does it erode their previous record of 18? Absolute nonsense. So you can't day Liverpool have wn 0 EPL titles. Does it Liverpool have won only 1 European Cup cos the name was changed to Champs League? Does it mean that Real have won 3? But the irony of it all is you manure fans and your manager are obsessed with breaking Liverpool's record. See how childish your reasoning is?

silly_spurs a club cannot be based as bigger on previous accolades but only on current form I mean if we were to take your logic would it be fair to say Leeds are a bigger club than yourselves? No, it wouldn't. Also you conveniently forgot the FA Cup and the Community shield which we have a considerably more than Liverpool (4 more FA Cups and 3 more community shields) whilst Liverpool boast 3 more league cups. We also posses a Fifa World Club cup which Liverpool don't. Seriously man your argument is so flawed and bias it's unbelievable.

Our reasoning is childish? Your reasoning is pathetic, like I said are Leeds a bigger club than you? Your argument is based on HISTORY not the PRESENT and at present we are the biggest club in English football, even a blind person can see that. Fletcher was the best DM in the PL last season how about Huddlestone? Fletcher can play good passes and cross extremely well whilst also having a good head on his shoulders how abut Huddlestone? Fletcher can get from box-to-box whilst Huddelstone stays rooted, now who would you prefer? (no doubt you will be stubborn). Rafael has handled some of Europes finest left sided players e.g. Ronaldinho, Arshavin, Bale and Ribery whilst Corluka can only boast average PL left sided players par the odd few. The only joke here pal, is you.

I wonder why they call you spuds? Oh yes that's right. I feel sorry for the Arsenal fans who put up with your logic (I use that term loosely) on a regular basis. Where are all the decent Tottenham fans, I know there's a couple who see reason.

dude no7, i am talking about liverpool's european/world pedigree compared to domestic achievements. which is why i left out english league titles, fa cups, community shields etc. as for leeds, yes they have more league titles than us but not fa cups (if we are talking about domestic achievements). but we have won more european cups than them.

I'm sorry hardcore_spurs but your argument is very flawed, though I see the point you're trying to make it's widely accpeted that we are the biggest club in English football and the only reason you're arguing against it is because of your hate against us.

Manure need major investment to maintain the stay up there and they don't have it at the mo with all the debt.

Who widely accepts you are the biggest club in English football? Where did you get that from? Your Kent fans?

Famousno.7, read my earlier question just before your last post

no7, when you talk about achievements, please talk about significant trophy hauls. don't mention fa cups (although it is the oldest cup competition in the world, it has lost its luster for some time now), world super club cups, charity shields etc. and no, i don't hate you guys. i just can't stand the attitude of man u fans who believe man u has the god-given right to take any player they want. in your own words, money talks and speaking of money, man city has more clout in the transfer market due to their money (although they don't have the same tradition as man u). and despite your storied history, players like tevez bolted man u for man c. so in both terms (history and money), there are presently bigger clubs than man u.

So you admit to arguing against a widely accepted fact because you hate United fans, but by your logic Leeds are a bigger team in England (which rules out European performances). No doubt you will go on to say Barcelona are bigger than Real Madrid, despite Real Madrid's illustrious history and funds Barcelona are widely regarded as bigger despite debts and history.

Famous, sorry mate, your calling some of us deluded and then you say 'we only need a GK, mabye a dm and another midfielder?' Come on mate, you won't able to keep up with the rest over the next few years with your squad, Giggs and Scholes cant last forever, Rio's career could be all but over, your midfield is weak, its only upfront your fine. Look whats happened to Chelsea because of their weak squad, and for me, they are better man for man than you. Im not saying your finished, im saying you need to out spending like Chelsea and City if you want to stay top for any amount of time. To be fair you probably will, Fergie isnt silly, he see's the threat, but if your finances are as bad as people make out, I think your slip down the league. i understand your arrogance, that comes with being at the top for so long, you must feel invincable, but football didnt start in 1992, history tells you teams will rise and fall, and imo, its your turn to fall. You are no different from liverpool of the 70s and 80s, I imahine they thought theyd be there forever.

theo mate I was on Liverpool vital the other week and even they were admitting that they at current are not as big a club as ourselves, we were having a debate at whether Liverpool were bigger than Chelsea. Also, it's accepted that at current Barcelona are the bigger club, current footballing ability heavily outweighs previous accolades. Liam, in your opinion then what needs strengthening? Ferdinand you're not wrong about but when fit he is still one of the finest CB's in the league and with Evans and Smalling, 2 very good young CB's, knocking on the first team's door it would be illogical to spend 30 mil on say Chiellini. Lets look at the squad: GK VDS; retiring and might need replacing, completely dependent on how Lindergaard turns out, Rafael; A magnificent RB already proven to be more than capable of handling some of footballs elite, RCB Ferdinand; 32 years of age and when fit is still one of the finest in the league, he has two very good young CB's covering him in Evans and Smalling,LCB Vidic; has a good 5-6 years left in him and considered the best CB in the world at the moment, LB: Evra; arguably the best LB in the world and at the age of 29 is still going strong, CDM Scholes; ageing though at current he is still brilliant, the cause of concern is Carrick and Hargreaves only seem to be going backwards so this position may need reinforcement completely dependent on Hargreaves, CM (box-to-box) Fletcher; had the best tackles made to completed ratio last season over Essien and Mascherano as well as being at a decent age he is one of the finest CM's in the league, he also has Anderson who can play in this role, CAM Anderson; a very promising talent he's still finding his legs but is looking better and better and has undeniable talent the issue is he doesn't quite open up space or score as many goals as most AM's do, so this may need reinforcement dependent on Anderson's development, RW Valencia/Nani; both are brilliant on the ball and are of decent age as well, LW Giggs/Nani; both are brilliant on the ball and the latter is more than competent for taking the ranks when Giggs calls it a day, ST Rooney/Berby; Rooney is suffering from a bad patch at the moment but is still a game changing player even on an off day whilst Berby was slow settling he has already showed what he is capable of and even then Hernandez can act as a back-up. Don't mistake our poor form for a poor squad. We don't need to splash 100's of millions only the glory hunter fans believe that.

If that is the case, then why were Manure fans pre 1992 saying they were the biggest club? Did Manure fans accept that Everton or Villa were bigger pre 1992 cos they had won the league not too long agao whilst Manure hadn't won in a generation? Liverool are not doing well currently and Barca are better than Real, but if you are talking in the context of the biggest club over all, the Real is bigger than Barca, just as Liverpool is bigger than Manure. Just as Manure fans pre 1992 were saying they were bigger than Villa and Everton.

I think this issue of 'bigger club' is a bit of a red herring here. Firstly despite everyone trying to claim size is a fact, as always with football, it's an opinion based on which criteria you think is important. And secondly I wish everyone would stop with this argumentum ad populum fallacy, beacasue something is widely thought to be true it doesn't make it true! Personally I'm of the opinion that United are the biggest club in England becasue although Liverpool shade it in terms of history and tradition, Uniteds current standing on the pitch and with fan base/infastructure give them the edge. Although to be honest I don't think it's actually relevant at all (assuming it's a genuine story) becasue of Modric's personality and our determination to hold on to him I'm not sure United have the pull (financially or emotionally) over spurs that they did several years ago to force the transfer against our will

theo mate have a little look back and realise I wasn't the one who said Man U were the biggest club in the world, maybe you should take your own advice and read my posts. I was arguing that Man U are the biggest team in England. Also your little pre-1992 argument is completely irrelevant to me because I personally was never of the opinion that we were better than them during that time, if I was of that argument i would reply to it but the simple fact is I wasn't and I never have been so why ask me for someone elses reasoning behind it? Once again theo your argument is flawed well in this case atleast target the right bloody person!

End it, just end it. Modric isn't going. United may well be a 'bigger club' than us at this stage, just as we were in our past. But it boils down to finances and ambition, because sadly player loyalty means nothing in modern football, and the only clubs that survive the relentless poaching are either the clubs that are flush with bags of cash or the ones who style themselves 'European superclubs' who carry out the poaching. So it comes down to finances and ambition. Financially, United may have paid off their high-interest chunk of the loans they've taken out, but they are still in no shape to be haring after one of the country's most sought-after stars. City- maybe, but United don't have the financial clout anymore to sanction record buys along the lines of Berbatov a few years back. Hence the mooted trade of Carrick, who would be a huge step backward, and apparently everyone but Sir Alex sees it. We sold Carrick to you when he was mooted as england's brightest midfield talent, on the verge of getting there. Five years on, he's still on the verge of getting there, so no thank you, I think we've fleeced you quite enough on that one, meaning you can't afford to pay the full amount necessary to trigger Luka's buyout clause. Secondly, ambition. The manager, the chairmen and any number of authority figures have all put their necks on the line by stating that no key figures in the team will be sold now or in the forseeable future. It is vital that we continue our rise into the Premeirship's elite, and we can only do that by keeping our players. We are no money-busting City or plastic-fan-filled United. We don't have the revenue to replace like for like. Ergo, we must keep players like Bale, Modric, VDV et al in order to maintain our progress, as well as send a signal both to our players and the opposing clubs that we are no longer a feeder entity to any half-baked offer made by a presumptious 'superclub'. For if one is sold, it will most likely start a domino effect where other players assess their own futures as well. So no, Modric isn't for sale. Good luck keeping Le Arse off top spot, and please refrain form printing tabloid rumors on Vital, it only ever enrages.Ta ra.

You're not the one who decide which player is for sale and who's not!

My apologies for the gramma above, couldnt bother to proof read before posting, I will happily post it in German, Danish, Swedish and French, and see how many of the Spud fans who will understand it..

TheFamousNo7......."Glazers always provide Fergie with money without question e.g. 25 mil for Benzema, enquiry for Ribery, 35 mil for Sneijder" How many of these players are playing for united? What a useless argument

Epic, at least you got the meaning of it, I am sure your limited intelligence only stretches as far as English, your lowly comments says it all, but I wouldnt expect more from a moron calling himself Epic..

nordkap what an arrogant tosser you really are, "look at me i can speak several languages therfore i am better than everyone" if you had a brain of your own you would not of followed the rest of the sheep and supported utd. why do you support them its because its the only team you heard of regularly and you all jumped on the utd bandwagon you sickening little sycophant