i think Cleverley suit for 3 man midfield. 1 DM + 2 AM, he's 1 of the AM.

same apply with Anderson. they're not bad players, but will not flourish with 2 man midfield system.

on the other news, Toni Kross teasing us about possibilities of moving to Premier League (and United)

source :http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1744941/...ue-hint?cc=4716

i think Cleverley suit for 3 man midfield. 1 DM + 2 AM, he's 1 of the AM.

same apply with Anderson. they're not bad players, but will not flourish with 2 man midfield system.

on the other news, Toni Kross teasing us about possibilities of moving to Premier League (and United)

source :http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1744941/...ue-hint?cc=4716

Nike rumours fuel United share surge

An American investment firm has acquired a quarter of all Manchester United shares available on the New York Stock Exchange, it has been confirmed.

Baron Capital has been buying up stock and now owns 24 per cent of all the United shares that were sold by the Glazer family in 2012, though that still only represents 2.5 per cent of the club.

Analysts believe the accumulation of shares reflects the firm viewing United as a good long-term investment, rather than Baron Capital making any bid to secure a controlling interest in the club.

The Glazer family only released 10 per cent of the club on to the stock market - they still retain 90 per cent and control the vast majority of votes.

Nevertheless, Baron Capital's actions explain why the share price has been slowly rising despite the club's struggles on the pitch. This has also been fuelled by expectation of an announcement of a new Nike kit deal worth hundreds of millions of pounds.

Baron Capital's United shareholding was confirmed in a securities and exchange commission filing on the Manchester United investor relations website. It says Baron Capital now owns 9,581,636 shares, which were worth 151million US dollars (£90million) at the close of the market on Monday.

Baron Capital says on its website the company remains positive about United's future.

It said: "Shares of Manchester United dropped... due to a delay in the signing of a new global merchandise deal with Nike and the team's poor performance on the field. The Nike deal is still expected to be signed, but has been pushed out from this fiscal year. We remain positive on the company's prospects going forward."

London-based financial analyst Andy Green, who writes a blog on football finance and advises the Manchester United Supporters' Trust, said the move by Baron Capital appeared to be purely an investment strategy and was not the start of a takeover bid.

Green said: "This is absolutely not the start of any takeover. You could buy all the shares available on the stock market and you would still only have 10 per cent of the club and about 1.3 per cent of the votes.

"I am sure they are looking at the investment opportunities and rumours of the new Nike deal. They have a reputation as a long-term investment company."

The United share price closed at 15.84 US dollars on Monday - the highest level since November.

All is not all doom and gloom. Next talent in line, James Wilson. 

Aik? I thought we are going for a new kit company after next season? Why suddenly Nike again?

suddenly feel that.... I miss chica please put him ahead of thatkid.

1. Jaap Stam   
What Man Utd achieved with him there made it an outrage that he was allowed to leave. Without him, they wouldn’t have won the treble.

2. Sol Campbell and 3. Tony Adams
Two of my colleagues who I played with, and we all complimented each other’s game. Tony had such fantastic leadership qualities and Sol was like a run-away train when he got going.

4. Vincent Kompany
He is now such an outstanding player and his qualities are obvious because of the players around him.

5. Rio Ferdinand
Roy Hodgson had to choose between Rio and John Terry, and I’m having the same difficulty. Terry is a fantastic player but I played with Rio early in his career and he was so calm. He developed so well, was quick and he became a ruthless defender.
At first I was running past him to cover him and I thought he needed to work on his game, but it wasn’t like that towards the end of my career! He kept running past me!

1. Rio Ferdinand; 2.Tony Adams; 3. John Terry; 4. Jamie Carragher; 5. Steve Bruce
Six titles for Ferdinand. A wonderful, gifted defender. If he had been Italian, Spanish, German or Dutch… you know how the rest goes. The other four would head it away. Kompany can play out from the back and defend for his life, but he doesn’t make my top five. Not yet, anyway.

1. Nemanja Vidic; 2. Jaap Stam; 3. Rio Ferdinand; 4. John Terry; 5. Tony Adams.
Football has changed but the art of the central defender hasn’t. Tackle them, head it, clear it. These guys have all been masters of the nuts and bolts of their trade. A couple of them could even pass the ball in a straight line, too.

1. Rio Ferdinand; 2. John Terry; 3. Nemanja Vidic; 4. Jaap Stam; 5. Sol Campbell.
It is so difficult to select just five given the quality of the central defenders we have had in the Premier League over the last 20 or so years. But for me, these five had everything – a commanding presence, ability on the ball and, most important of all, they were natural born leaders.