Manchester United READY for bid for £6m STRIKER: What should Sir Alex do?
by Mr Comfort on October 28th, 2008
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This United star hasn’t had much of a chance at Old Trafford, and now another Premier League side is sniffing around and it seems likely Ferguson may well decide to cash in!
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West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Mowbray has made a check on Manchester United’s Angolan striker Manucho.
Mowbray, who will bid to strengthen his strikeforce in the January transfer window, ran the rule over Manucho when he played for United’s reserves against Manchester City on Wednesday.
Manucho, 25, has yet to make an impact at Old Trafford since signing in December 2007.
He suffered a broken foot last summer while on international duty and missed United’s pre-season.
He has made just one appearance for United – in the League Cup against Middlesbrough last month.
However, it was his form at the African Cup of Nations in January that underlined his credentials when he scored four goals in three games. (Sunday Mercury)
25-year-old striker Manucho arrived with a small fanfare when brought to the club from Angola, and was immediately sent out to Greece where he impressed, but then injury problems slowed his progress at Old Trafford. He finally made his first team debut last month in the Carling Cup, but seems a long way off Premier League action, especially with Dimitar Berbatov being brought in. Sir Alex may decide to loan him out to the Baggies for the rest of the season, but my feeling is that he won’t really have much playing time at Man United, so would be better off trying his luck elsewhere.
West Brom could do with some more firepower, with just seven goals from their first nine league games and Manucho could be the inspiration the club needs to stay clear of the drop. Do United fans think that the £6m-rated front man has a chance of becoming a regular at the club?
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Tagged Under: Manchester United, Premier League, Transfer Rumours, West Bromwich Albion FC
Ade - October 28th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
I think Fergie should loan him out but not sell him. I feel once he has the chance to prove himself, he would be worth more than 6 million pounds. I felt he should have pegged down a first team place had he not been injured. His injury made Fergie bid for Berbatov to solve the striking problems.
However, I feel he needs experience so he can show what he really can do. Going on loan to West brom will do good for him. Once he gets like 18 goals in all competition for them, it will give Fergie more selection headache in the striking department. I feel that once he comes good, he will become a pairing for Tevez as Berbatov will be for Rooney.
Finally, I feel Fergie shouldnt sell him cos last season, we had no strikers who could score goals considering Rooney was injured, Ronaldo was suspended while Rossi was sold. Saha was sick as usual and Utd had no real striker and we often managed to score one goal each game. No one knows the future but our strikers could get injured. Berbatov, Rooney and Ronaldo could all get injured at a certain time and Manucho will step in.
ManU - October 29th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Sir Alex should at least give him a chance to play in the EPL and judge his performance rather than selling him off. The player who Sir Alex must sell off
is non other than John Oseah, the worst among the team.
gabby - October 29th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
if fergie sells manucho, then that another diego forlan. that guy possesses quality and skill, check out his shooting both left and right, his eye for goal, lets just loan him cos with rooney,berba, tevez, ronaldo, nani u wonder who he can replace but no doubt he has the man utd hunger in him
Ben - October 29th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
I know this is a blog about Manucho but once again someone brings up that United should sell John O’Shea. What I ask is WHY?? Do people not realiset aht players such as O’Shea are the players that win the league? What would Arsenal, for example, give for an adaptable player such as O’Shea with the amount of experience he has, and is happy to sit on the bench coming on when needed in a variety of positions and will always do whatever job that is asked of him without complaining? Squad players are more and more important in todays game and it’s people like him, Phil Neville when he was at United, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Brian McClair and others that are invaluable.