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Manchester City have been playing second fiddle to their city rivals for years in terms of success, but one thing the mega-rich, blue half of Manchester thought they could now boast was a clear upper hand in the transfer market.
However, according to the Spanish Sport newspaper, Manchester United are looking to snatch Barcelona forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic from right under the noses of Manchester City .
The paper says that Ibrahimovic’s agent, Mino Raiola, went to Manchester a few days ago to talk to Manchester City about the future of one of his other clients, Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli. But during his stay, Raiola reportedly took the opportunity to talk with Manchester United representatives over the possible signing of Ibrahimovic.
Manchester City were thought to be the front-runners to sign the Swede and are apparently set to offer Barcelona €20 million plus Brazilian forward Robinho to secure his services.
But Ibrahimovic is said to now also be weighing up the option of a move to Old Trafford, and Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson has welcomed the signing of the 28-year-old. (IMScouting)
Sir Alex Ferguson may well be keen on a move for the Swedish international but clearly the biggest obstacle could be getting the funds for such a signing. The club is in approximately £1.1m worth of debt but that being said David Gill has stated that the Old Trafford boss will be given funds for new additions this summer but could that stretch to a move for a player who would cost around £38-40m to sign?
There has been a fair amount of unfair criticism heaped on the former Inter Milan, with many believing that he underperformed last term but that may be a little wide of the mark. The 28 year old did manage 21 goals last term and helped his side to the Spanish double, so not a bad season all in all.
Manchester City are of course ready to offer truly incredible amounts of money in the way of wages but clearly United can offer the giant forward Champions League football and the real possibility of top notch silverware.
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 8:02 am
Please no!
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 8:35 am
Quite simply he does not belong to any other league then the Serie A. He is a crap in Spanish league and will be same s**t in EPL.
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 8:46 am
not a bad signing considering he scored 21 goals last season…..he is definately better than berbatov and would be part of a great attack force with wayne….he has the height and wayne has the speed…they both have skill…so go for it SAF
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 9:05 am
Oh my god, no! 2 Berbatovs in one team! I hope to god this is another made up story.
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 9:50 am
With ibrahim and berbatov upfront, we are going to play slow motion football. This rumour is totally nonsense!
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 10:02 am
40 millon pound for a 28yr old underperformer, Plz no.
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 10:07 am
og GOD NO!! really hope this isn’t true. better skills than berbs, but same sulky attitude, if not worse. no no no no no no .!!!!!!!
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 10:33 am
Good player, not worth £38 million.
If we can get Benzema for £25 million, don’t spend any more than £30 mil on Imbrahimovic.
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 10:34 am
i know this is not gonna happen! man utd now are spending the money wisely i think..stingy moves for utd because they’ve snatched smalling and chicharito for cheap and i think they need to improve the attacking midfield rather than strikers up front where they are fully loaded at the moment (owen, berbatov, macheda, diouf, rooney, chicharito, welbeck)..and now ibra? crappy 38 mil for a 28 year old it would be absoulutely completely waste for that kind of amount where in fact the club is struggling financially..even if they do spend it, they would go for attacking midfielder or holding midfielder..schweinsteger maybe or anyone good in the midfield would do..end of story.
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 10:40 am
This won’t happen. I think SAF has learned his lesson on players with a languid style.
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 10:42 am
I would offer Berba, Vidic and 20m to Inter for Sneijder and Balotelli. Then try to pick up Chiellini from Juve
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 11:56 am
he is bobbins and we cant afford him any way. united will not sign any one this season they have no funds. guuted but need glaziers out big time. ho the f*** did we let Yanks in to old trafford. GILL NOB HEAD
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Another berbatov……..if your looking for height fergie buy edin dzeko
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
i like benzima to man utd for 30 milion..he is young..and good..
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
“how the f*** did we let Yanks in to old trafford”
Two Irish horsey men sold up to them to spite SAF, thats how.
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
We want Benzema and Rooney upfront with Sneijder in the Wings.
The we shall see waves after waves of manutd glory
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
His game wont suit the EPL.
he needs to much time on the ball which he wont get in the EPL
as for the price 38mil sure we already have a 38mil stricker who cant score!
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
This wont happen 4 sure….SAF knows Zlatan is worthless
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
I wonder does this count for journalism, no research done and just merely quoting from another paper is something pretty much anyone can do and the glaring error that man utd is in ‘£1.1m worth of debt’ is laughable and almost as laughable as Fergie spending so much on a 28 yr old is almost as laughable as what this site calls journalism.
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
kermit
honestly think him and rooney would form a greta partnership up front
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
saf did a mistake in the begging if real realy wanted ronaldo alex should have asked Sneijder, robben as real wanted to sell them and on top 20 or 30 mill or just ramos thats what i would have done if u want ronaldo then and if they wanted ronaldo that bad they would have and they wre thinking of selling them anyway
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
i think that fergie has learned his lesson in the past about spending big money on just one player
united dont buy stars, they make them!
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
exactly.bringing IBRA wud mean 2 berbatov in one team. he is even more lazier than berba but his tall stature wud add a new dimension for man u
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Ibrahimovic can be great signinig but not worth 38 million !!!!
spend this money judiciously on Gervinho , sneijder,Ballotelli or benzema or pato!
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
PLEASE BUY EITHER BENZEMA OR IBRAHIMAVIC THERE BOTH TOP CLASS
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
He’s good… but not that good, I’d Prefer Suarez,Balotelli or Benzema.
Fergie should have learnt by now that Rooney shouldn’t be feeding to Berbatov, They should be feeding to him. Suarez in paticular can help there.
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
buy messi and bring back ronaldo and when he comes he can persuade kaka and ramos that should make the team stronger…………
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
“The club is in approximately £1.1m worth of debt but that being said David Gill has stated that the Old Trafford boss will be given funds for new additions this summer but could that stretch to a move for a player who would cost around £38-40m to sign?”
Only £1.1m in debt?? Funny seeing as we were £1.1b in debt just this morning.
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anonymous - July 15th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
fabiano would be a far better deal cheaper aswell just as good of a goal scorer if not better
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anonymous - July 16th, 2010 at 12:52 am
i’d give berbatov a chance at least one more year..don’t want him to end up like diego forlan…
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anonymous - July 16th, 2010 at 1:44 am
more utter rubbish….think most managers know full well that Ibra is a lazy player, who never performs in big games…it took Barca half a season to realise it, and he was dumped to the bench…The only manager who think Ibra is class is Mancini. No suprise, Man City have made questionable buys and targets.
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anonymous - July 16th, 2010 at 7:14 am
If Barce-loan-a really agree to sell him … then it would be City that will sign him … Whatever money United offer … City can offer at least around 10 M more .. so that’s that …
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anonymous - July 16th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
man utd are fcuking chit…..
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anonymous - July 16th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
lmfao ibra and berba strike force wouldnt scare a fly the most useless strike force in the world
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anonymous - July 17th, 2010 at 2:28 am
if we can put chicharito with rooney there could be some good team work but we need the ball to come to wayne for the play so Ithink we should snact van der vaat for 25 mil or sneider since silva singed city’s paper
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anonymous - July 17th, 2010 at 6:44 am
no pls don’t do it
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anonymous - July 17th, 2010 at 9:14 am
he is wc player. sure he would love to join big team! but it seem traditionally man utd don’t buy player above 27 years old except berbatov. because man utd philosophy buy a young player and make him superstar and sell him at the age 26 above.
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