Signing Sneijder Won't Be Easy - Ferguson 18/07/2011
 The United boss has admitted signing Inter Milan's Wesley Sneijder won't be an easy task. Sir Alex already revealed his interest in the Holland International, while the 27-year-old is also keen on a move to Old Trafford. The Italian club will only sell their most prized asset for £35 Million... Wes Sneijder is seen as 'the' replacement for retired mid Paul Scholes, who finished the season aged 36. However, United and Sneijder's reps do not see eye to eye on the Dutchman's salary, a dispute which Chief Executive David Gill and his officials are currently working to resolve. The Red Devils are not prepared to pay more than £200,000 per week, while the player's agents are asking the Premier League Champions for £50,000 more.  Wes to become a Red ? Inter Milan are resigned to losing their World Cup finalist for £35 Million to United, but manager Sir Alex has continued to deny any deal has been struck. Fergie spoke to the press during The Red's summer tour of The USA, saying: "Forget it. We are looking at some things, but I am not so sure Sneijder will be easy to get. I could pick three or four players to come in but they wouldn't be good enough for us, so there is no point." "I would be happy enough (not to sign anymore players). Maybe I am a bit overloaded in the strikers' positions. The alternatives in midfield are not nearly as strong. But I have a good squad." Sir Alex knows that the club needs at least another world class midfielder, after the departure of Scholes, Owen Hargreaves, and possibly Darron Gibson, while Darren Fletcher remains ill with a virus. The 'Sneijder Saga' continues... CommentsSean 123 Mufc 18/07/2011 7:48pm
why cant the media write your heading like yours ; Sky Sports heading is for get it he has given up on Sneijder why is everyone anti United we all no fergie is playing mind games he only wants the wages to come down and the price i realy hate the media wankers 18/07/2011 7:53pm
I've said it time and time again to everyone. Wesley will not be joining United. The guy wants £220,000+ a week on top that £40m+ transfer fee. And for that prince I think we should forget it. Sean 123 Mufc 18/07/2011 7:58pm
if you were United you Know fergie buy now he is playing mind games last week he said he was not in for him at all this week he is saying it wont be easy next he saying to the media right your all banned ha ha CJ7 18/07/2011 8:08pm
@ Sean - I think the spin you put on this story just depends on how you look at it. Sky are a total joke so I would not mind anything they report. That said I am not sure the coverage on this blog is perfect either. The suggestion that Sneijder is keen to join Utd is not backed up. In fact I think if Sneijder was more open about this it would make more confident Fergie would push for a deal. Fergie wants players to push for a move like Berba, Yorkie, Ruud, Rio etc over the years. I am with Krishan tho that this deal will never happen if the fee and wages are as high as reported. What gives me some hope is that the Boss is at least acknowledging we are short in midfield. Have to say Fletch really worries me. True Red 18/07/2011 8:09pm
@Sean - Hey , dont show us hope that we will sign sneider , he clearly said it "FORGET IT" and when fergie speaks up sth he really means it , this is the end of sneijder saga. About lowering the wage demand your talking , fergie doesnt need to come out in public to do that , he knows he's business, so i hope you stop manipulating ! I`m getting sick of all this now,its been going on for months and doesnt seem to be coming to an end! There is no dowt we need another midfielder maybe even two. Is sneijder the perfect replacement for scholes? I dont think so, I would much prefer us to sign bastian schweinsteiger (altho very unlikely) as he if an all round midfielder with everything in his locker, or we could maybe get nasri and defour/diarra for the same money as Sneijder, In SAF i trust and i`m sure our team will be awesome whatever happens. Signing Sneijder would be a gamble and he will disrupt our wage structure and signing age. either way i cant stand all this cloak and dagger stuff, if were going to sign him, sign him, if were not, move on and sign someone else... Chris Mufc 18/07/2011 8:15pm
True red Fergie has lied loads of times he said we wasn't buying de gea he said he would not sell a virus to real Madrid when they wanted Ronaldo and we sold him he does like mind games if it's not Sneijder he will have more targets he's not going to tell the press who we are after why so every1 else comes in with an offer something is going on only time will tell True Red 18/07/2011 8:16pm
I Do think fegie is still looking for someone creative in the midfield and also Hargo's replacement but he has said it that he will move for the right player at right price.With that in mind , i think these are the only players that may be our next signing or else no one ! True Red 18/07/2011 8:20pm
@Chris Sean 123 Mufc 18/07/2011 8:26pm
Lads he also said it wont be easy there cleary trying to get down the price ; what age are you go read it again ;tick I really do wish people would stop coming up with a list of player's names when they probably haven't seen some of the players actually play (apart from maybe a couple of clips from youtube.) This is what Sir Alex is eluding to when he said most players are just not good enough. We the humble fans might think we know of a player which would add to our team because everybody else appears to be sniffing round them, their agent is talking that clubs are in for them, or their club is spreading rumours possibly even simply because they have good stats on Champ Manager! red devil dxb 18/07/2011 9:20pm
well one positive note we can take out of what fergie said was that he knows we r short in midfield Sean 123 Mufc 18/07/2011 9:23pm
now now Sneijder Dad has said Man united have offerd a Million big deal and will find out in the next few days weather it will go trough but i must say we are trying find out if this correct l33bo 18/07/2011 10:48pm
jus sign him n fuk off carrick Anderson gibson and fletcher there just not up to the task. buy sneijder for 35m n buy lass diarra as a defensive midfielder he has the steel fergie Is after n works hard for the team and im sure we cud get him for around 15-16m Sean 123 Mufc 18/07/2011 11:02pm
were still finding out weather Sneijder said that a lot of in correct story coming out of Italy l33bo 18/07/2011 11:10pm
sounds bout right it says on my app on my phone that diarra could be as cheap as 10m bargain that is. fergie is looking for more steel in the midfield department. I hope a pray sneijder signs I've got my blue utd top on order ready to put sneijder on the back Jorge 18/07/2011 11:26pm
Im as tired of this as the next guy....money is obviously the deciding factor -maybe not a good thing. (imagine how arsenal fans feel about the fabregas saga- that's just as annoying) Hitdude 19/07/2011 12:36am
Well said true red I don't think the deal for Wesley will get done I also hear we are looking at ganso big time he will fit in with out wage structure perfectly & we won't have to over pay for him thus freeing up money for another singing!!!! Marc 19/07/2011 2:09am
From Manutd.com ------ When asked about Sneijder by PA Sport, he replied: "Forget it. We are looking at some things but I am not so sure Sneijder will be easy to get. I could pick three or four players to come in but they wouldn't be good enough for us, so there is no point. ----------- Disillusioned Red 19/07/2011 3:50am
We can't afford Sneijder. Just like we couldn't afford Nasri, Sanchez, Ozil, Villa, Benzema, or any other top player we've wanted in recent years for. Yet we've wasted good money on Ashley Young, who we didn't even need. Bill McNeal 19/07/2011 4:34am
Lassana Diarra? Really? The guy who flopped at both Arsenal and Chelsea, was average at Portsmouth, and is now being casted off by Real Madrid, and people think he's good enough for Manchester United. Get a clue! 19/07/2011 11:05am
I just think it's time we stopped playing Anderson in a deeper lying midfield role. Anderson's natural position is Attacking Midfielder. PD 19/07/2011 11:36am
Anderson in AM is certainly an option but if Fergie is to try that I think we need a world class DM playing behind him. Sean 123 Mufc 19/07/2011 12:31pm
right Carrick Anderson Giggs Flecther ;i say Flecther will miss the first half of the season so we only have 3 players and Giggs one last the hole Season he only plays every Second game ; so you could say were down to two players Young can play there but so far he has played on left we will see were he play this week . fergie has said he wants Gibson to go . and fergie also he has 3 our four players in mind but says there is no piont in going in for them as we have better team which i agree with him . but Sneijder is the man for sure IF Carrick or Andderson my god Injured my god were in trouble then ;he is talking media buys fools leting them think were not in for Sneijder and people who beilve him are even big fools . he only wants the price to come down ;Look at the start of the season Carrick and Anderson will be out gass but the time we play Chesea . fergie only wants the price for Sneijder to come down and that is all Lommyman 19/07/2011 12:45pm
More mind games from the master , this is what he does best. The player wants to join united and he doesn't mind the wage drop but it's his agents that want more money . In today's football agents are like vultures , they want more, more, more ! Look what happened to rooney last season, his agent was giving him bad advise. I still think we will land him and it wouldn't surprise me' if they do it at the last minute before the transfer window closes. Positive thinking after all we are united!!! R-Truth 19/07/2011 1:18pm
Sir Fergie wastes too much time fraternising with the likes of Joe Sim and the Coolmore Mafia. Sean 123 Mufc 19/07/2011 1:30pm
we did not sign Sneijder our any other player i would still Love fergie and team no matter what ; at the end fergie always gets his man .you should say does things at all even dont signig anyone Muto 19/07/2011 1:44pm
@R-Truth: Maybe you should become a chelsea supporter! DK 19/07/2011 2:13pm
Heard something about Eriksen from Ajax and Ganso from Santos. True Red 19/07/2011 2:52pm
Just heard a rumour that Berba may leave for Juventus , they are waiting for an answer frm United aftr a 7million bid. Lowry 19/07/2011 3:54pm
R truth, omg are u for real man? and u are a mufc supporter fergie is Manchester united and everything it stands for champ19ns Lowey 19/07/2011 3:54pm
R truth, omg are u for real man? and u are a mufc supporter fergie is Manchester united and everything it stands for champ19ns uyi 19/07/2011 4:24pm
@r-truth...do u watch football(never the less man utd), think u need T̶̲̥̅̊☺ go 4 a check-up on brains...no fergie no united,and for ur Good go join D̶̲̥̅̊ losers team(chelsea). mufc 19/07/2011 5:01pm
have always heard that there is money somewhere in the bank but the money is not forked out on a player we needed in the most important position where we have the least players. Attack is overfilled, left wing and right wing occupied, defence ok, central midfield? Marc 19/07/2011 5:16pm
to be fair, Centre Midfield is the the toughest to fill. How many great CM are there currently? If there is, do you think their club will let them go easily?? Its not only us not getting the players we want, Barca haven't got Fab too! Bill McNeal 19/07/2011 5:25pm
Marc: Sir Alex has already hinted at Pogba and Morrison getting a chance this season. Tunners is out on loan getting vital first team experience in the Championship. redman 19/07/2011 5:44pm
As the battle for supremacy continues during the transfer window, English Premier League champions Manchester United have given a clear indication that the club will back manager Sir Alex Ferguson's ambitions to overtake Barcelona. ganso 19/07/2011 6:34pm
Manchester United have reportedly won the race to sign Udinese winger Alexis Sanchez for £27million with the Chilean star set to agree a deal in the coming days. R-Truth 19/07/2011 6:50pm
Fergie is not Man United. Man United is bigger than Fergie, we existed before his time and we'll exist long after he has retired. R-Truth 19/07/2011 6:52pm
And THAT'S the TRUTH. super red 19/07/2011 11:47pm
jaysus lads i can feel the tention and frustration here with all these comments!so il say this,fergie is the master tacticion,inside footy and outside with the media,he has made a few bogey decisions and signings we all know who they are and il include carrick,owen,berba,bebe,oberton n the whom has moved on in the past,but by jaysus does he used them well!he has made ordinary players come good eg. fletcher,and he has made great players into masters,eg keano,robson,cantona,giggs, super red 20/07/2011 12:26am
scholes,ronaldo,etc...fergie knos hes short and week in midfield,id say hes lookin at every option,to get the right one,and i do feel he'l strenghtin it.i dnt think hel rely on the youths,or what we have i dnt think theyd cope,in the big league gamres or europe.!What weve bought already this summer will become great!He just needs a player with flare, experience n class in cm,giggs n carrick,ando r fletch r not the answer, sneider or sweinsteiger would b my choice, but its all speculation at mo,nobody knows who wel get,until fergie says we have em,end of Jayus 20/07/2011 1:10am
Really tired waiting for sneijder....he seems far far away...i think saf must looking another option like nasri,ganso, or kaka(if this player cheap):p Marc 20/07/2011 2:26am
Mc neal, like your analysis. I don't understand why some guys here are so pissed off... to me De Gea, Jones and Young are great signings! You not only wanna sign a good player, you wanna sign someone who can adapt straight... remember Forlan and Guisseppe? They seems lousy here, but turned out to be great player in A Madrid.. how about that Barca Centre back? Utd Needs Someone 20/07/2011 6:26am
Chelsea are set to land Pastore , may be even Modric too. P 20/07/2011 10:50am
@Utd Need Someone: This time last year, all we got was a young Mexican no one had heard of. Not win any titles? Your pessimism is appalling to behold. Eamon 20/07/2011 6:31pm
Whoa be jaysus. I tink we need a new central midfielder to be sure. Weather dat be Sanchez or Schneider... only de clock will tell. Come on Man U. luke 22/07/2011 3:32pm
I'm gettin a bit fed of the whole sneijder business too. I don't know what to think, part of me says there's no chance now as fergie's said forget it, and word of sneijders team mates saying they expect him to stay seem abundant in italy but for all the talk there's been one person keeping quiet and that's wesley sneijder. If he really is planning on staying then why has he not come out and said anything???? Personally I want sneijder at united badly. We need quality in the midfield otherwise you can forget winning the champions league, we may scrape the premiership but there's no chance of securing european glory with the midfield we got now. You know somethings not right when giggs is the best midfielder we got and he's close to retiring. Carrick furiates me, he's crap on the ball, scared of big names approaching him with the ball, all he does really is send a few nice pases over once in a while. Fletcher is hit and miss, one minute he's immense and the next back to being average. Anderson I like but I have found myself saying he has the potential to be great but I've been saying that for some years now and I'm still finding I'm saying it so times running out for him. Nani is good but needs to hit the gym, he's too much of a pussy and for some reason when he has a 50/50 option of shoot or pas I find it he usually makes the wrong choice which I put down to lack of vision. Young I'm yet to see but at the moment I don't know why we bought him, he only stood out at villa because he was playing for villa, time will tell if he can play with the big boys. Valencia I like and he's improving all the time and parks work ethic is second to none but, there is no amazing player that possesses real quality that stands out like ronaldo or beckham. That's where sneijder comes into play, he has great vision, his technical ability is up there with the best and he offers so many different bonuses for us to use. His vision and passing is oit of this world, and with hernandez constantly waiting to get on the end of a well timed through ball, that can only mean one thing.....goals. Plus he offers his free kick skills, something we've been missing since ronaldo left. If you ask any proper football fan to list 5 of the top midfielders sneijder will appear in most and it just makes me wonder who wouldn't want him in their side at any cost. I know price tags and wages are ridiculously high and have admired fergie in the past for sticking to his guns and not crumbling, but after years of further increasing prices it seems to be that its just the way its going be so as much as I don't like saying it its time to start forking out the money or risk gettin left behind. Part of me wonders, if fergie forked out 30 million for berbatov, a spurs striker who had 1 good season why the hell is he stalling at 35 million for sneijder??????? christine shaw 23/07/2011 7:42pm
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