Man Utd To Finalise £40m Deal For David Villa?
By Chris Wright
I can’t help but feel like we’ve been here before…
Manchester United are ready to steal a march on their rivals (probably every other major club in Europe) by submitting a huge £40 million bid for Valencia striker David Villa before the World Cup gets underway in June.
United have reportedly sent scouts to nearly every Valencia game this season and Chief Scout Martin Ferguson (brother of manager Sir Alex) has urged the club to make their move after watching Villa net a hat-trick in Los Che’s 4-4 draw with Werder Bremen in the Europa League last week.
It is widely believed that 28-year-old Villa will finally leave Valencia this summer, and the Spanish ace has gone on record expressing his love for United’s brand of attacking football on numerous occasions – which seemingly puts them firmly in the hot seat should Villa chose a move to The Premier League.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see Villa plying his trade in the Prem as much as the next man – the guy is a ridiculously good striker- but £40 million? Surely that’s a bit rich for a player who isn’t exactly a spring chicken anymore?
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i dont see it happening unless the club take over happens quickly as glazer goes out, i see that possibly prolonging some stuff.
it would be amazing ¡ David Villa and Rooney ¡ oh my god ¡ I´ve been watching Villa from 5 yrs ago and i can say that he guarantee 30/35 goals per season, United should go for him right now before The SouthAfrica World Cup LATER COULD BE TOO LATE ¡
you guarentee 30/35 goals? how much you want to bet? sure he’s good, but there’s no way he’s scoring that many if rooney’s on the pitch at the same time.
While I don’t share his zeal for punctuation, I agree with Peter that Villa is as close to guaranteed to be successful as it gets. I think that’s what ManU would be banking on here. Even when Liverpool bought Torres, there was that whole, “Is this too much for a player that has flashes of brilliance but might not adjust to the Prem?” debate. Villa, though a little bit older, is a complete player that scores bags of goals of every variety and would surely do so to greater effect partnered with Rooney.
if it was arsenal being linked with him, you’d be creaming your pants
I always admired this player because he can create scoring chancres for the other strikers and he is a scorer himself.fergie shouldn`t loose this player because I`m sure he will be one of the bets players this summer.
David Villa is a top world class player, so simple like that. Question is Has United money to get him ? I don´t think so. I hope be wrong Villa/ Rooney would be fantastic.
Villa older ? 28 mean he´s got the next five yrs scoring the best from him. Fergie loves him question is money, money money….
Maybe if United could get a duo deal with Villa and Silva for around 50 million I would approve. But that much for one striker who is a bit old might not be the best move.
But does he really want to play with a bunch of trees like Fergie’s? In a perfect world both Torres and Villa would’ve been in Arsenal playing football they love.
I think it will be the hottest striking line in the world but i think money might be the problem for man.unted and David Villa’s football can match with that of united
I’d take him but not for £40million that’s a ridiculous price, maybe half that. I reckon fergie should go for someone younger + taller such as Dzeko, he’s only 23/24
I thought United didn’t over-spend like Chelsea as their fans say?
Hilarious
Villa would easily scored 30+ goals at United.
Guy is amazing and worth more than 40 million, far superior to Zlatan who cost more.
I aggree with Andre, there is no doubting the quality
of Villa, i think 60mil 35 for Villa and 25 for Silva,
throw in Rodwell, and United will be so far up the tree
that Michael talks about, he can kiss the roots.
Can’t argue with fergie, if he’s offering 40mill, he’s worth it
Well said pryce!
hmmm Rooney has shown he plays best when up front on his own. As with any of the world class strikers about in the Prem. This would mean either sticking him / rooney out on the wing… doesnt really seem worth changing back to the 442 for? As this season we have seen Nani Valencia Scoles Fletcher Park all flourish in the 541.
sorry I mean 451 :)
Although I’d love to see Villa at UTD I agree that the fee is too much given his age – is 40 mill worth it for one good 4/5 year contract. I’d love to see us sign him but I think Aguero would be a better option at just 23. Either or both for me!
too old
aguero and silva
40 + 20
Did we not win the treble with 4 strikers? I’d love to see Villa at United but I also think Rooney is now experienced enough to be the leading man. We can afford to get some kind of apprentice I think. Some one young with great potential. I like the Hulk from Porto but he looked average against Arsenal. Can anyone think of maybe a differnent player. I honestly cannot see Fergie needing another star striker. He didn’t make any waves and January. But then again, if Wazza gets injured………
Villa is a very selfish player he cant play in manutd because when Ronaldo is still at old trafford rooney works for him to score great goals when ronaldo left for spain rooney start scoring great goals so villa cant cope wasting of money is that.
Not happening, no way will they spend that much on him, unfortunately.
United said only last Summer that they weren’t going to spend big money on players over 27 in future.
Maybe they have the cash to spend, as they claim. But they aren’t going to spend it on a player who will leave for next to nothing in a few years tome.
even in the unlikely event of this happening, £40m is just daylight robery for a 28 yearold!
Don’t See this Happening, and TBH David Villa would be 100% better in an Arsenal shirt, but come the world cup you’ll see age doesn’t really matter, Villa will be on fire for spain
£30 million summer won’t buy them Villa but sell Anderson and Berbatov to hope fully raise around another £30 million and then do a joint £50 million deal for both David Villa and David Silva. Let’s face it as well age does not matter with such an amazing class act finisher such as Villa himself. Left over cash can then fund a move for a class shot stopper such Hugo Lloris of Lyon or Igor Akinfeev of CSKA Moscow. That would then allow us to sell the shocking Ben Foster.
Follow on from other Gilly post. Also sell Wes Brown. Sell Tom Kuszczak. Sell Zoran Tosic. Sell Rod Possebon. Sell Gab Obertan. Sell Rob Zieler. Sell Mame Diouf. Plus the money for Foster. That Should Raise £50 million. Sign the other Keeper and Simon Kjaer plus Rodwell and Gosling. Could then sell O’shea for £10 Million.
Can’t argue with fergie, if he’s offering 40mill, he’s worth it
Well said pryce!
if it was arsenal being linked with him, you’d be creaming your pants.