Liverpool Target Silva Wants £30m Manchester United Move
by Mr Neutral on September 17th, 2009 43 commentsYoung Spaniard makes his feelings clear on potential move to Premier League title holders.
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Valencia forward David Silva has given the strongest indication yet that he is interested in a move to Manchester United.
The Spaniard has been closely monitored by Sir Alex Ferguson for the last few months, and the United manager has sent scouts to two of Silva’s games this season, The Daily Mirror reports.
The 23-year-old, who helped Spain win the Euro 2008 title with some eye-catching displays, continued to reiterate his unwavering commitment to Valencia, but also admitted that an offer from the Red Devils may be too good to resist.
“It’s an honour for any player that a club of the prestige of Manchester United should follow them and that in itself is enormous praise,” Silva said.
“I am committed to Valencia and my dream is to win the title but in the future anything is possible.
“Valencia have rejected offers for me in the past few months and I am happy here. But I also know that the Premier League is a big competition and hard to resist.”
Silva was also wanted by Liverpool during the summer, but the Reds were unable to match Valencia’s £30 million asking price.
In contrast, United, still heavily cashed up with the funds from the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo, are unlikely to have any problems with financing a deal. (Goal.com)
This may come as a bitter blow to Liverpool fans who had hoped that the club’s Spanish connection would help them win the tug of war for highly regarded attacker David Silva. If the Anfield club had the funds to compete for the Valencia mans signature then perhaps it may make a difference but these quotes do seem to suggest that the 23 year old is very much angling for a move to Old Trafford.
The adaptable Spaniard would be a very useful Man United signing and would help add even more creativity to the club’s attack and would be an extra step towards ably replacing Cristiano Ronaldo. I would expect that his words of admiration for the club will greatly reinforce the chances of a move being made by Ferguson either in January, depending on where the La Liga outfit is financially and in terms of the domestic league, or perhaps more likely next summer.
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Dom - September 17th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Hes so over-rated anyway. Let man u have him. We shud go for villa
desertfox - September 17th, 2009 at 10:10 am
hey he just said hes honoured that all
anonymous - September 17th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Riera keeps him out of the spain squad and cost roughly a 1/4 of what silva would cost. Bad business and we have more overseas players than any other club. With the new rules, we need to look at more english players. Ashley Young would cost a similair price and in my opinion, would turn out a better player
Nuff said
anonymous - September 17th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Agree with Dom, let Man U waste 30 M on a player that is displaced in the Spain team by Riera. I have watcehed several games where he did nothing for Spain and the PL is way to physicall for him.
Spend the money and more on villa.
footybanter.co.uk - September 17th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Silva is a quality player that will add a new dimension to the club, but for that price I’m not sure…
baggins09 - September 17th, 2009 at 10:18 am
i agree mate he’s no better than yossi i think our focus needs to be a dm (because i still think masch wants barca move) and striker not too sure about villa though i think we need someone who can play a little deeper in the role gerrards been operating i wish rooney would see the light and come to us but its never gonna happen, someone in that sort of mould would be ideal though i think lavezzi could do that and could cover a lot of other positions, and get mata for the left and ashley young in some sort of cash plus babel or babel plus riera deal would give us very good left side and young would be good cover for the right too and still work out cheaper than silva.
Retryboy - September 17th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Always said would rather have ashley young as he can play on both flanks and is english and you don’t have 2 worry about him adapting to the epl
anonymous - September 17th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Riera doesnt keep him out of the spanish squad, he was injured thats why he wasnt playng in the last competition
Lets not go slagging him off now just because of this & making deluded comments about his ability, thats just being bitter hes still a top quality player
Ashley Young is a good shout also Adam Johnson & Shawcross would be good options
Dom - September 17th, 2009 at 10:39 am
We need a striker. somebody who can play with torres, or take over if he needs resting.
jimmyk - September 17th, 2009 at 10:50 am
he should be honored, manu are a big club. he should also be honored that Liverpool are after him, they are bigger. I dont have a doubt in my mind that if we had more money he would be wearing a liverpool top right now.
lets see how aquilani fits in, then start thinking about what we do in january.
anonymous - September 17th, 2009 at 10:51 am
hes a lil bitch buy me some cheese
anonymous - September 17th, 2009 at 10:59 am
who wants to have a lil dance with me, dunno about you but seems like a good day for a murder
Retryboy - September 17th, 2009 at 11:01 am
And for the moment get behind the players we do have rafa needs to let the attacking players off the leash like at burnley not be so negative cos that spreads through the team have benayoun just behind torres in a free role alonso, gerrard and massa knew exactly what each other was doing all the time will take a little time for it to gel with different players still think we only need 1 player sitting a conventional 4-4-1-1
anonymous - September 17th, 2009 at 11:12 am
if not silva get diego cappel sevilla winger
anonymous - September 17th, 2009 at 11:51 am
I posted comment already saying Riera is better and keeping him out of Spain team. I cant see what people see in him, L.Garcia was better, at least he could score and Yossi is far better. I would not give more then 7M for him and that is risking the money.
Van der Vart will be available for 10M euro, a far better prospect to play behind Torres.
I agree , we should see how Mash and Aquilani gel and pout SG back up behind Torres who only looks half the player without SG supplying the right balls.
Also agree that we should line up the young Spanish guy at Bilbao, Martinz ? as replecement for Mash and get 30 M from Barsa next year.
Also agree a swap of Babble for Young. We should try Babble up front in a few games, then no excuses, he is either good enough or not.
When can we get rid of Vernonin, Dossena and Degan. January I hope, JAR is firing in the goals last few weeks , 2 for Norway and 1 for Roma, what was rafa thinking. And Warnock would have helped with home grown quota and was a local lad which is worth a lot.
Donavan Ried - September 17th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Afternoon Dom, …….. Sorry to be such a pain but what is the name of your blog again? ………. “David Silva has said that he is interested” , Not that he wanted to move to Manchester Utd ….. He as only said this because it has been Man Utd that has bid for him, But this opens the door for City,Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool
anonymous - September 17th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
donovan: isnt it the blog called “the kop end”
anonymous - September 17th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
here i think this is it. im the same guy as previous:
http://www.oleole.com/blogs/the-kop-end
anonymous - September 17th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I remember when Liverpool were looking to buy C Ronaldo all those years ago, and who got him, Man U. I am sure there are other cases of this as well. Now Liverpool have been looking at Silva for the last couple of years. Who is interested all of a sudden Man U. Lol, I now know what Man U’s scouting network consists, simply keep watching Liverpool, and go after the players that interest them. What a joke, this is supposed to a big club with lost of resources and yet they are simply a bunch of thieves.
anonymous - September 17th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
no different 2 yossi
RaNE - September 17th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
i wouldnt waste money on silva to be honest ive never been a fan on him silva however i like and the partnership with torres and our need for a second striker is required
as for the wing, yossi can hold up for a few years maybe as will aquilani but my dream winger well he doesnt really play as winger but is very fast a certain sebastian giovincio, after good dealings for sissoko i feel a move for him now in janurary before his price gos up drasticly would be perfect
saif - September 17th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
what about voronin plus 30 mill for villa and bable for giovinco/mata/turan or if macherano goses next year then his money plus bable for angle and voronin and dossena out by the way what the fuck is the transfer kitty going to be next season with some new parterner coming in ynwa
anonymous - September 17th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
isn’t Babel the correct spelling
Ash T - September 17th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
saif you really piss me off, every time there is a new player linked with liverpool you are like oh lets get him.
before it was oh lets get silva, silva is so great and every thing, now its angle i bet you probably never saw him play or heard of him before now
saif - September 17th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
ASH T GO FUCK YOUR SELF
baggins09 - September 17th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
i’ve never heard of him and don’t want him, we only need a three players two of the following lavezzi, mata, young, milner plus cover for if masch fucks off i think we could end up with about 30-40m next summer should be able to to get them with a few players going out as part of the deals, if masch stays id want any three of the four mentioned with babel, riera voronin going out
anonymous - September 17th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
LIVERPOOL HAVE NO FUCKING MONEY YOU THICK TWATS!
Ash T - September 17th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
to be honest i dont realy care who we buy, so long as it imrpoves our starting 11.
the positions i feel need need to strenghen are left mid and striker also a right mid to replace kuyt who is coming 30
left mid:
ASHLEY YOUNG (top class,english, young, fast,great skill, good at free kicks)
DAVID SILVA (top class, young,skillfull, though needs time to settle)
ADAM JOHNSON(english, young, though never played for a top prem side)
best option would be ashley young
striker
AGUERO(young, able to play as striker or behind the striker, and could replace gerrard behind the striker, would need time to settle though)
DAVID VILLA(not old but not as young as i would like at 27, able to play with torres, proven goal scorer)
CARLTON COLE(improved greatly over the past year, english, young)
right mid
lennon(young, english, fast, good skill)
bentley(youny, english, good crosser, good at freekicks)
milner(young,english, hardworker, good crosser, good at freekicks)
there were rumours about rafa wanting villa,silva,milner so maybe he will go after them next summer or even in january
Donavan Ried - September 17th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Ash T – September 17th, 2009 at 6:55 pm ….. Stop winding him up ……… and
saif – September 17th, 2009 at 7:22 pm …….. Go wash your mouth out with soap young man ……. Ash T and Saif The two of you play nice, and stop picking on each other …… Pick on Jed instead lol ……. Sorry Jed
anonymous - September 17th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
vanencia would like 30 million but the word from the spanish media they would accept 22 million they have debts to pay.the rumour is man utd will buy him in january and loan him back to valencia till after the world cup as he wants to stay in spain till after the world cup.
Dom - September 17th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
http://www.oleole.com/blogs/the-kop-end
Dom - September 17th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Donavan, its the-kop-end on oleole. If you go onto oleole main page there will be a link to it.
Todays post may seem a little negative to some, but its how i see things
anonymous - September 18th, 2009 at 8:08 am
ashley young would be better than him and cheaper
anonymous - September 18th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Why do Liverpool fans flood this site with their opinions on what would be their dream team?
Can’t you just admit that you have no money and a ridiculous amount of debt. Benitez should follow Wenger’s lead and invest in youth – much cheaper, allowing you to pay of your debt and if done properly can be successful.
Retryboy - September 18th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Agree with the anon at 9.45 we have the stars coming through particularly nemeth, pacheco, dalla valle, amoo these will all be gr8 players but we also see 6 or 7 players that aren’t good enough could be sold on to get one real world class match winner and rafa has had a lot less time than wenger and totally transformed the level of youngsters at the club where rafa hasn’t been as good as his french counterpart is trusting them in the first team starting to see signs that he is learning on that score too and that his way is to keep bringing them on slowly till about 21
Donavan Ried - September 18th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Dom – September 17th, 2009 at 8:36 pm …… THANK YOU DOM
…….. I’m a bit of a idiot when it comes to the web LOL
anonymous - September 18th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
english player.. ashley y0ung,walc0t,milner,lennon n david beckam.. swap wit babel
Scouse Magic - September 19th, 2009 at 9:41 am
We need English/British players or players who have come through the youth system of an English/British club.
The new rule in place for next year demand this, we only have 8 and you must have 8 in the squad. I would like Adam Johnson from Boro (Contract Expires this season, could get him on a tribunal) Gary Cahill @ Bolton, Michael Johnson @ Man City. If we can offload some of the squad players who are just not good enough, we can blood our own youngsters in the easier games, were we could carry a player if necessary. I.E. Voronin, Babel, Degen, Itandje, Riera (Can’t shoot to save his life), Ngog, Plessis, El Zhar, Dossena. Obviously we wont get rid of all these players unless we can bring in alternatives.
Retryboy - September 19th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Think these rules are virtually made for liverpool 25 man squad with 8 players under 21 and having trained in england or wales for 3 years… Gk-reina, cavalieri, martin(1) RB-johnson, darby(2) LB-insua(3), aurelio CB-carragher, agger, skrtel, kelly(4) CM-gerrard, mascherano, lucas, benayoun, aquilani, spearing(5) LM-riera RM-kuyt, amoo(6) el zhar,
CF-torres, babel, nemeth(7) pacheco(8) after the rules are fulfilled u are allowed as many extra under 21’s as you like so would add ayala, ngog, ecclestone, allowing us to sell itandje, degen, dossena, kyrgiakos, plessis, voronin and maybe bring in one or two real quality players like ashley young, david silva or van der vaart
Think these rules will tip the balance back in liverpools favour don’t think there are many teams that could name a squad like that without even doing any dealings and most of our youngsters have seen action too definitely something that rafa has to be given real credit for
anonymous - September 19th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
you just knew this article would be full of liverpool fans even though it has nothing whatsoever to do with them, although yeh reiras good but 99% of were ready to take silva over him before this news broke (not that hell end up at united anyway mind), ronaldo actually nearly signed for arsenal before united, not liverpool, who didnt even make a bid for him – this means they were not anyway near to signing him btw, and even if they were it means nothing really, its like saying omg gerrard was ready to have a trial at united to force liverpool into a contract (which he was), it means nothing- and as for that ashley young would be cheaper crap, you must be having a F**ING giraffe even medicore english players got for twice their market value these days.
Retryboy - September 19th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Ashley young is in no way mediocre and would i reckon go for 10 million less than silva even if he didn’t would still rather have him but silva would be 2nd choice agree with donovan all silva has done has responded to the one bid tabled one from liverpool i am sure would be met with even more emphatic enthusiasm
Dom - September 19th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
The time has come again for the players to lace the boots and hit the battle field. For the benefit of those who are watching the game at home, or those who will have to rely on text updates, here is a link that may [ or may not ] interest you.
I hope it does, As I would like see you there.
http://www.oleole.com/blogs/the-kop-end/posts/let039s-get-interactive—vs-west-ham-in-game-discussion
anonymous - October 29th, 2009 at 6:09 am
Silva will be a gud signing for manutd n it’ll be better if they go for both villa n silva for 50m pounds…ashley young maybe a choice in terms of adaptability but i really do think that hez jus a big fish in a small pond n when he’ll be put into the ocean, there are slim chances of his survival jus like how berbatov was for spurs n now for united…