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J. Evans, don't give me that antiUS junk.While not everyone here watches soccer, the ones who do are just as fanatical as any other country.Get with the times, stop sulking over no more british owners/players in your own country.The game is now a business, no more homegrown than any other Int'l Corp
Brian M., Chicago, USA
CR7 and Berbatov on the same team will be a deadly pair, watchout the rest of the premierleague. This is the year of the treble. GO MAN. U.
raysagres, funchal madeira, Portugal
Guys, the best players, the best trainers and the best... owners - all they are not British. Would you tell me were comes your overestimation from? ;) Berba is fantastic - so, enjoy his performance once you have this chance.
Ivan, Sofia,
a footballer who comes from a cold part of the world and has to wear black woolie gloves cannot be trusted, spurs are well shot of him
brendan Buffini, maidstone, england
What would anyone from Spokane know about football (or soccer as the colonials would have it)?
Same as the Glazer´s, Zilch. Which makes them perfect fodder for United.
As for doing things the right way. Ask Burnley how right was the way their youth team was stolen?
John Evans, Manchester, England
Pete in B/ham
Good to see your up to date with the situation!
City have bid 90 million pounds for 3 players today (not inc. the 40 mill already spent) Villa, Gomez and Berbatov.
We have more bread than Chelsea and more than every club in the midlands put together!!
up the citizens!!
Sam Strange, Dublin, irelaind
Because no-one - including those who play at the top level - actually likes Moan Utd!
If they would quit being so arrogant and thinking the world owes them all the time, you could go back to the days when everyone's second team was Man United.
Michael D, Chorley, UK
United should have bought him two years ago for £12m , now that would have been good business.
Nick Dixon , Sutton Coldfield, England
Eric, I'll tell you. All the other clubs are backed by rich billionaires with big ambitions (which always fail BTW) And at United we still believe in doing things the right way, and fielding a team, not 11 individuals. That doesn't suit some players (CR7) But in the end we know we're the best anyway
Michael, Spokane, WA,, USA
Wait and see Man City have not got 30m to spend on a single player. No doubt he will go to Man U for about 20/25m.
pete, birmingham, uk
It is of course the fans who pay for the inflated price demanded of and by these players and clubs. What fools!
JC, London, UK
What should have been done two months ago gets hijacked by City, and United, with it's thin strike force and aging roster, may go without a single new signing. United targets repeatedly spurn them for Madrid or even Arsenal. We are European champions. Why are we so bad at this?
Eric Richard, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA