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That would be true if this were Arsenal or United, but which top players are Spuds going to attract? The best players would cost way more than they ever pay for players and they have a strict wage ceiling which isn't near what elite players earn. Most importantly, they have no CL footy to offer and all of the teams ahead of them have improved, meaning it'll be even tougher this coming season to make top 4.There really aren't any players out there for them to get that would scare me or make me concerned about Spuds.

I hope they sell him to Real, everyone realizes how massively overrated he is, Spuds struggle to attract top players with the money because the can't offer CL and pay meager wages, and they then finish 8th like they would have this past season without Bale.

The world really has gone mad if Bale goes for that insane price. Worth not even half of what's being touted.Another common rumor I'm seeing is Di Maria, Coentrao, AND £50m+ They'd be stupid to turn that down too. They'd be adding two great players and have enough cash to go out and buy 2-3 more class players. They may pull something similar to Arsenal last season where they become a better overall team once they aren't relying solely on one player.

Can't tell if serious. Essien is sadly past it, Mikel doesn't offer enough, Chalobah is going on loan, and Lamps/Ramires/MvG all like to bomb forward and don't help the defense much. We certainly do need to strengthen there. I guess Jose either doesn't think so or is just not revealing that we're after someone. Hoping for the latter.

Finally a match I can watch on TV. I'm expecting a fairly comfortable match. 4-1 victory.

Completely lost faith in this happening now and fully expect to see Torres flailing around the pitch for at least half a season once again. Just don't understand how there's this giant mountain of evidence showing that Rooney wants to leave but he won't hand in a fucking transfer request. Any money he'd lose from this "loyalty bonus" we can just pay him as a singing on bonus. Just buy Suarez or Ibra now for fuck sake and let an unhappy Rooney sulk and stink up the joint playing for that mong Moyes.

If you think the hype here for Traore is big, you should see what the tools on Redcafe are saying about that Adnan whatever the hell his last name is. You'd think they have Messi on their hands.

Wish I could watch live. Hope to see more of Traore in the second half when I watch it later.

Looks like Suarez is gonna do exactly what I wish Rooney would do. He's gonna force his way to Arsenal. They'll be legit contenders if they land him. Fucking annoying.

Why not give them one of our really promising kids on loan plus £40m? They need help in CM so maybe Chalobah can get a top class, midtable loan.

He'll pen his contract before our friendly.

This is getting worse by the day. If Suarez gets sold for some huge figure, why would United sell Rooney for any less? Now United's official twitter is hyping up Rooney's return. Think he may actually end up staying now after all this shit that's gone on. Just about ALL top strikers will be gone.

So several reputable papers and journo's now reporting that Arsenal have indeed lodged a £40m bid. I'd absolutely HATE to see a player as good as Suarez going to bloody Arsenal. Think he'd be absolutely brilliant playing with Cazorla and Walcott. Really hope we're monitoring this situation incase Rooney doesn't come. Don't think I could stand seeing United lining up with RvP, City with Aguero & Jovetic, and Arsenal with Suarez while we throw out Fernando fucking Torres.

Don't remind me. And you know he's the most popular player when we go on tour, so when the club sees the fangirls going crazy about him they'll be even more reluctant to sell. Already hard enough to stomach seeing Torres as the featured player on all of our adverts.

As each day passes my frustration grows. The longer this goes without Rooney handing in a transfer request the more its looking like he's staying and that all he's wanted this whole time is more cash from United. If by the end of the week he hasn't asked for a transfer formally I wish we'd just bid for Suarez. Jose himself just stressed the importance of preseason for a player, so we can't piss about and wait.

Yeah, I don't know if he's worth that much, but I bet you they wouldn't take a penny less than that for him currently.

Think Mourinho will be the ultimate Trump card as far as ths kid goes. He's made it clear he likes the kid and wants him, so even if another club moves for him I don't think he's going anywhere. Unless Madrid offers him huge money or something.

Wayne nursing that hammy on the links, eh? Nice.

Yep. Doesn't look like this is going down imminently and we'll have to hope United will eventually relent. Just hope that as the deadline gets closer, Jose and the board are confident that if it appears its a no-go, a fall-back like Suarez can be had. Would hate to have to wait until January with fucking Torres leading the line. Still not convinced that Rooney is our only target. Call me a muppet but I'm still holding out hope for a CM! De Rossi, we love you!

Yeah, I fear so as well.Hope Mata or Luiz score the winner against those cunts and kisses the badge right in front of Moyes and then we buy Rooney the next day.

Touche, touché.

Funny to see the enormous jobs that all of our former bosses have. Madrid Brazil Spuds Barca potentially

I don't know whether to be encouraged or discouraged about Rooney's silence. On one hand, him not immediately squashing a move away on his official site or twitter makes me think he definitely wants out, but on the other hand, he could be keeping quiet and letting the speculation and possibility of him wanting to go to a title rival rampant as a ploy to force them to give him a new deal. Wish he'd just put in a transfer request to speed things up. Really don't want to wait until deadline day where he'll have no preseason to aclimate and settle with his new teammates and manager. Plus he'd miss the United match.

To be honest, I'm not sure Wayne can spell "anymore."

Please let Higuain go to Napoli. PLEASE! He goes there, funds Madrid's bid to buy Suarez, we eventually get Rooney, and Arsenal gets FUCKED in another transfer window!