Manchester United Ready to Offer Player Swap to Seal £14m Keeper Deal


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Manchester United are reportedly considering a move for veteran Italian international Gianluigi Buffon this summer as Sir Alex Ferguson looks to bring in a long term replacement for Old Trafford keeper Edwin Van der Sar.

The giant Dutch international is clearly nearing the end of his lengthy career and with Thomas Kuszczak and Ben Foster unable to ably stake their case as the new Manchester United number one which has left Ferguson with no choice other than to bring in a new custodian.

At 32 Buffon is still by no means ‘old’ for a keeper and the former Parma man has been at the top of his game for the best part of a decade and is clearly more than able to make the move from Juventus to Manchester United. The Italian has made noises about wanting to leave the Turin club and would surely jump at the chance of a new challenge in the Premier League.

Sir Alex is apparently ready to offer cash and players if needed in order to lure the man with 100 Italian international caps. The likes of Federico Macheda, Anderson and the club’s spare keepers may be offered in an attempt to snap up the legendary goalie who is valued at around £14m


Source http://www.caughtoffside.com/2010/05...m-keeper-deal/

Juventus Linked With Bayern Munich Ace Arjen Robben - Report

Italian reports claim Juve are interested in Robben...

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By Salvatore Landolina
May 7, 2010 3:02:00 PM

Juventus president Andrea Agnelli is banging on the drum marked 'reform' and is ready to move to a fast transfer market beat by landing Arjen Robben, according to Tuttosport.

The Turin-based newspaper has listed a number of moves Juventus will make after being granted an €80 million transfer allowance that could be increased by the sale of players.

First on the list is Bayern Munich's Arjen Robben, a pivotal player in the German team's Champions League progress. Agnelli is keen to kick off his presidency with a bang and he is set for a resonant transfer campaign, following in the footsteps of his later father Umberto, who signed Zinedine Zidane from Bordeaux in 1996.

Bayern signed Robben from Real Madrid last season, and he has helped them clinch a Champions League final spot later in the month. He reminds Agnelli of Zidane for the quality he posseses, but signing him is less than easy.

The Bundesliga club will not allow him to leave on the cheap. Furthermore, Juve's failure to qualify for the Champions League could be a dampener on any potential negotiation.


Source: http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy...-robben-report

no way Robben is leaving bayern, unless bayern is getting Messi or C.Ronaldo.

Goal.com is crap and mostly false news.

They're called RUMORS for a reason, Goal.com isn't "crap" on the contrary i like it very much, all it does is get news and rumors from Newspapers and other leaks. Sure, rumors aren't always correct, but they're "NEWS" most of the times these rumors are true, i mean u never know what happens men ta7et la ta7et bein el clubs from negotiations and offers and such, so maybe yeah Juve wants him but not necessarily Bayern even wanted to open a window for them to buy him, so i disagree with u that Goal.com is crap ):

dude, goal.com just posts so much stuff and gets like 1% of them right. Last year they said Milan will get dozen of new players for sure, and everything was set and all, and Milan ended up buying no one. Really even in this transfer window in winter, they said Milan will get some players for sure, even though the general manager himself said they won't., and in they end they didn't ofcourse and yet they keep saying things.
They only do speculations: for example Dzeko said he would like to come to Milan, some Milan fans like that so goal.com do some linking and say Milan are ready to splash 40 million on Dzeko just because they said that.

If I open my own soccer news website I can at least get 10% of the transfers rumored right.

It's not that other news websites are all perfect, but they are more conservative and actually post updates and not just make their own transfers.

Although I understand why you might like goal.com, because sometimes I do too :p, since I like seeing transfer news especially those I love to happen, but then again I also hate disappointments.

Manchester United Close In On £28m La Liga Wing Wizard: Sir Alex Ferguson to Secure David Silva Deal


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by Christian Bailey
on May 6th, 2010

Manchester United are reportedly very close to sealing a deal to sign Valencia’s Spanish international attacker David Silva this summer. The 24 year old flair player has been linked with a move away from the Mestalla for the the best part of three years but a deal is apparently close to being done to bring the winger to Old Trafford.

Sir Alex Ferguson is ready to offer a fee in the region of £28m for Silva and many believe that a deal may include the possibility of a young Manchester United player being sent on loan in the other direction with the likes of Federico Macheda and Brazilian Fabio being most likely to complete a season long spell at the La Liga club.

Valencia have been in financial difficulties for a few years and the need to sell one of their prized trio (David Villa, David Silva and Juan Mata) has reached a peak and the Spanish side seem loathed to lose prolific striker David Villa and are apparently more open to cashing in on Silva.

Manchester United are apparently keen on adding more creativity to their midfield and the fact that David Silva can play in a number of roles from out and out winger to the man in the hole behind the strikers, appeals to the Old Trafford boss.


Source: http://www.caughtoffside.com/2010/05...al/#more-30658

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