The European Club Soccer Off-Season Thread

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by devo22

yeah seems like that:

Tom McDermott @FootballMcD
AS reporting that the deal for Herrera is off and that #mufc have walked away from the deal.



WTF? Send 3 guys to the Spanish league HQ to pay the clause and walk away from the deal an hour before the deadline? Are you ####ing KIDDING ME?!?

embarrassing and pathetic stuff from United in this window. Woodward OUT!!!!!!!!

[devo22]

@ Barnet Flame - it's Woodward, not Moyes.

from the BBC:

Spanish football writer Andy West:"Some bizarre reports coming out regarding United's collapsed Herrera deal. Apparently a group of men claiming to be United representatives spent an hour at the La Liga offices in Madrid today, but it turns out they had nothing to do with the club and were presumably just attempting to get a cut of the deal in an elaborate fraud. "Must be stressed these are just rumours but the Spanish media have published pictures of men in black suits - supposedly the United "representatives" - coming out of the league offices carrying briefcases. "All very strange and no doubt the truth will come out in the next few days."

bizarre stuff

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by devo22

@ Barnet Flame - it's Woodward, not Moyes.

from the BBC:
bizarre stuff

I know, but what a mousepad!

[Bagor]

Barnet, this is the clown you want to be laughing at.

[Bagor]

Originally Posted by devo22

from the BBC:
bizarre stuff

Fire Woodward and hire these guys.

Closest we've come to a deal.

[Bagor]

Gareth Barry at Everton's training ground speaking with Martinez

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by Bagor

Barnet, this is the clown you want to be laughing at.

Wow!

He must work out.

[Bagor]

You can just tell he's had a hard life.

[devo22]

this picture just screams for a meme, we could call it "Clueless Eddie" ... but I'm too tired and pissed off to give it a try tonight.

[Bagor]

It will be telling in how the club deal with this. I would expect nothing short of termination.

[d_phaneuf]

so Everton signed McCarthy and Barry in the last 20 minutes

if United didn't get Fellani through...

[Bagor]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

if United didn't get Fellani through...

I'm not sweating on that one at all.

Last reports were he handed in a transfer request and was enroute to Manchester after phoning Woodward for directions.

No worries at all .....

[d_phaneuf]

George Caulkin ‏@CaulkinTheTimes 41s
A year after making 1 permanent signing & later promising to learn the lesson, #Nufc prove as good as their word. No permanent signings.

[d_phaneuf]

Belgian media is saying Fellani is done for 27.5m

he had a buyout clause for 23.5m up until the end of July, they offered 28m for Fellani and Baines 2 weeks ago

great work Woodward

[Bagor]

Some Belgian journalist telling SSN that Fellaini deal is done.

[devo22]

well, since they pulled out of the Herrera deal because of a few million, I guess those 4m would have been handy today ... ####ing pathetic

If Woodward keeps his job over this farce, the club's image will suffer even more

[d_phaneuf]

Jim White just confirmed Fellani

was talking to Everton on the phone live on sky

[d_phaneuf]

Coentrao on loan to United

great signing

[d_phaneuf]

Redknapp signed Tom Carroll, BAE, and Niko Kranjcar

his scouting network is immense

AND HE'S GIVING THE INTERVIEW FROM HIS CAR

[Montana Moe]

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