Raphaël Varane

[godfather]

Cantona springs to mind...

Did he signed Cantona from france? not, leeds

 

[celestis]

Nope Cantona came from leeds .

 

[KY]

There were successes though, like evra.

 

[-vapour-]

Cantona springs to mind...

Did he signed Cantona from france? not, leeds

You're not the only one who believes this. So many people seem to believe that Ferguson unearthed that gem from the depths of France, when in actual fact he went there from Leeds.

 

[Shue]

Howard Wilkinson, lol

 

[Humble Rex]

Cantona springs to mind...

Did he signed Cantona from france? not, leeds

You're not the only one who believes this. So many people seem to believe that Ferguson unearthed that gem from the depths of France, when in actual fact he went there from Leeds.

Where have I said Fungus signed him from France? I am well aware he signed him from Leeds.

"pink nose never got it right when signing players from France"

I naturally interpreted that as Fungus signing players of French nationality. If the French Ligue 1 is what was intended then that is what he should have written.

 

[jus2nang]

"pink nose never got it right when signing players from France"

I naturally interpreted that as Fungus signing players of French nationality. If the French Ligue 1 is what was intended then that is what he should have written.

If he meant nationality then surely he would have said :

"pink nose never got it right when signing French players"

No?

 

[Humble Rex]

Obviously not how I interpreted it. Could have something to do with me not being a native speaker, I don´t know. Then again, either way, Fungus has signed well from the French league too so who cares.

 

[GDeep™]

Matt Spiro
Lens president Gervais Martel says he's turned down #MUFC & R Madrid offers for Raphael Varane and is working with PSG to keep him in France

A move to another French club makes sense, making the move to a big English or Spanish club is a couple of years too early for him, the lad thinks the same too judging by his comment recently.

... so yeah, only the Mancs and Real have made offers it seems.

 

[outlaw_member]

Seems odd that Man Utd are after another CB.

 

[Shue]

They only have 4, and 1 is a crock, unless I'm forgetting someone?

Vidic, Ferdinand, Smalling, Jones

 

[Hunta]

Evans ^^

I get the feeling Ferguson's building a squad for when he's gone, noticed all these players he's signing are quite young?

De Gea, Smalling, Jones, Young, Hernandez, the twins and maybe Varane.

 

[Shue]

Evans doesn't count, he's awful.

 

[Hunta]

He's still a cb

 

[Shue]

I've actually seen United fans suggest Evans is on the way out and that they think Fergie no longer believes he's good enough.

 

[Hunta]

Yeah, Sunderland are interested in him.

 

[GDeep™]

Apparently Varane has been persuaded by Zidane to join Real over PSG.

 

[Cudareli]

Evans ^^

I get the feeling Ferguson's building a squad for when he's gone, noticed all these players he's signing are quite young?

De Gea, Smalling, Jones, Young, Hernandez, the twins and maybe Varane.

I think Ferguson has just realised that with Manchester City and Chelsea spending like crazy, the market being inflated and the chance of other clubs being taken over by wealthy foreign owners, the only way forward is signing players who will develop at the club.

A signing like De Gea may cost €20million now, but if you wait 2 or 3 years till he develops, then you will be looking at €40million and triple his wages. In addition, more clubs will be sniffing around, etc.

I find it funny that 2 years ago people, including myself, were laughing at how bad of a position United were going to be in the future. Ferdinand was old, VDS was due to decline, they had no right back, Giggs and Scholes were finished, Rooney was on the way out and they had no quality wingers.

Fast forward 2 years and they are on the verge of something special. Credit needs to go to Ferguson. It's amazing what the right signings can do as well as a bit a belief.

 

[-vapour-]

Obviously this is a Twitter rumour so to be taken with a pinch of salt... but supposedly we went in for Varane on Monday night. However, Real Madrid had already more or less sealed the deal... I wouldn't put that past us to be honest, we love leaving it till the last minute. :roll:

 

[irishgunnerz]

So much for Varane staying in France eh