SUMMER TRANSFER THREAD 2013

[TF S4DK]

Garay has been talked on the internet from before I said Garay yesterday, hence why I said it... 17.2m

 

Think its all Portuguese sources.

[O Fenomeno]

Imagine

Chelsea get Luiz and Man Utd end up with Garay

God is Good

[TF S4DK]

Tancredi Palmeri @tancredipalmeri

Meanwhile, several journos from South America gives the Garay transfer to Manchester United as a done deal

6:59 PM - 14 Jul 2013

 

 

 

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/414403/Manchester-United-reach-agreement-with-Benfica-for-Ezequiel-Garay

 

 

http://www.football-espana.net/32634/madrid-cash-garay

[The Infamous]

Remember hearing about this Garay guy while he was scoring like 10 goals in one season for Racing

 

went to madrid was fully meh. not that strong or that quick to be dominant unless he has improved a lot 17million is a lunacy

[Agony]

Manchester United sign Ezequiel Garay, again. Marca say deal is complete

According to Spanish newspaper Marca, Manchester United have signed Ezequiel Garay from Benfica for his buy-out clause of €20m. They say the deal is complete and, as has been said before, half of the fee will be going to Real Madrid because they stipulated this as part of the deal when they sold the defender to Benfica.

Marca could be 'in the know' on this because of the Real Madrid connection, the club would know if they were about to get a windfall and if the story is true that could be where the leak has come from. Marca and Real Madrid have an odd relationship with the two sometimes being the best of friends and sometimes the best of enemies, with the latter often coming from negative leaks from the club or Real Madrid claiming that the newspaper have made up damaging stories.

Early today there were reports in Argentina that Manchester United had completed the deal but most of the ones we could find (Soy Deportes and others) referred back to reports in the British media and we assume this to be what The Express wrongly reported from confused Italian websites last week. Click here for more on that.

It's not the first time Garay has signed for Manchester United 'according to reports'. He agreed a deal way back in March if Record in Portugal are correct and their reporting of the deal continued along the same lines until an article last week said that the two clubs couldn't agree a fee because Manchester United wouldn't pay his buy-out clause (see above link for that too).

Record have not updated anything on the situation so far this weekend but another Portuguese outlet O Jogo have said the deal is close but, like reports in Argentina, that again refers to claims in the press here.

The Garay situation has got so strained it's impossible to tell what is original reporting and what is simply following on the back of others. If this does all come from what The Express said then it's nothing, if it doesn't then there could be something happening very soon.

Marca are adamant and say Garay is 'already a red devil'.

http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/topics/manchester-united-sign-ezequiel-garay-again-marca-say-deal-is-com

[Horatio Caine]

no problem with garay, our defence was a problem last season, would be interesting to see how he gets on(if he joins)

[The Infamous]

whats his injury record sayin?

[Fighting Weight]

He's slow and is the subservient defender in a pair of 2

[O Fenomeno]

Reports in Italy are saying PSG have agreed €35M fee with Roma for Marquinhos(madness madness)

[Michel Kane]

He's slow and is the subservient defender in a pair of 2

 

What's his positional sense, reading of the game, etc like though? Don't really care for athleticism when we're talking about centre-backs TBH.

[O Fenomeno]

All over the place

Just like a Piqué he needs his hand to be held by a more experience and superior CB eg Luisao

I doubt Garay could do a Dante

[Fighting Weight]

He's slow and is the subservient defender in a pair of 2

 

What's his positional sense, reading of the game, etc like though? Don't really care for athleticism when we're talking about centre-backs TBH.

 

He hasn't shown himself to be the best decision maker, his reading of the game is ok

 

Luisao seemed to keep him in line and marshal the backline

 

He is an improvement on smalling and Evans, though he would not be so highly regarded were it not for his goalscoring

 

if you are going to spend 20m on a defender it should be someone better than him

[Michel Kane]

Signing Garay means either Smalling is playing at RB more this season or Jones as a CM more this season. Maybe a combination of both.

[HangTheDJ]

This Benteke thing is going to roll and roll. Spurs supposedly preparing to bid £20m. Randy won't sell for a penny less than £25m.

[Fighting Weight]

I've only just realised what a hilarious name Randy learner is

[TF S4DK]

Levy & Lerner to posture until August 31st. I like this.

[Michel Kane]

Garay was only decent at racing when he was bagging goals for fun

This is like fm when fergie retires and the new manager just spends all his money on a lot sh*t.

Jones is defo a midfielder.

Ffs just given myself a nosebleed reading all that.

Roll on 2014/15

You think Jones is better in midfielder or that's just what he'll be playing mainly at United this season?

[O Fenomeno]

Zarate>Velez(Lazio tried to sell this guy for £20M+ over the years SMH)

[O Fenomeno]

Jovetic having his medical

£23M fee agreed with City

[darkman]

Jones has no busniness in midfeild

[O Fenomeno]

AS are saying Albiol>Napoli €10M

Valeron>Las Palmas(his area and 1st club)

[Horatio Caine]

maicon to roma, hmmmm

[O Fenomeno]

Just found out Simon Kjaer went to Lille for £2M something cheap like that

Wolfsburg took a hit

[Horatio Caine]

that guy was linked to liverpool hard!,great buy for 2mil