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Manchester United Thread [2007/2008]

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adedawson

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Liverpool Secure Torres For £27m

El niño heading to anfield, pending finalisation.

£27m Torres heading for Anfield as Benítez makes striking move

Sid Lowe in Madrid
Friday June 29, 2007

The Guardian

Liverpool and Atlético Madrid have agreed a deal to take Fernando Torres to Anfield. Liverpool will pay fractionally less than the €40m (£27m) buy-out clause Torres has at the Vicente Calderón, leaving the 23-year-old striker to finalise personal terms before the move goes ahead. Neither side anticipates major difficulties in closing the deal, with Liverpool understanding that any percentage of the transfer fee due to Torres must be paid by Atlético.

Luis García is set to go in the other direction for almost £4m but although his move facilitates negotiations on Torres and would bring down the cash price, the deals are not interdependent. Liverpool paid £6m for García when he joined three summers ago but their manager, Rafa Benítez, is prepared to release him and García is keen on a return to Spain to play for the club where he spent a successful season in 2002-03, scoring nine times in 30 games.

Although Atlético fans protested against the sale of Torres - the captain, standard-bearer and the player they have called The Kid since he made his debut at 16 - the club have decided it is time to cash in on their greatest asset. "No one is irreplaceable," said their major shareholder, Miguel Angel Gil Marín. "We have to build a competitive team and no one player, however good he is, can achieve our objectives on his own. Last time I spoke to Fernando he said he was staying but I can't prevent him having a change of heart and I have to be prepared for that."

Atlético have previously had to withstand an offer from Tottenham and informal approaches from Chelsea for Torres, but agreed to drop Torres's buy-out clause from €90m to €40m this summer to facilitate a move. They are keen on a cash injection and Torres has grown tired of waiting to fulfil his dream of playing in Europe for the club. He has always insisted he does not want to play for another Spanish team and is an admirer of the Premiership.

"If I left Spain I'd like to go to England, because it's interesting and because the way they play in Italy's not so attractive," he said 18 months ago. Liverpool wanted to offer Djibril Cissé as part of the deal but the Frenchman rejected the move. Torres scored 14 league goals last season, taking him to 75 in five top-flight seasons.

Liverpool have signed the 18-year-old Athletic Bilbao defender Mikel San José for £270,000 and given their 22-year-old midfielder Mohamed Sissoko a new four-year contract.

Source: The Guardian
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guess we missed that one, wonder if we will get a striker?
 
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adedawson

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btw is it the same kit??



looks very similar, pitty we cant see the bk of those guys
 
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Fernandez

Team Captain
Firstly, I heard that we will have a black away kit and that the white one will be the third.

Secondly, I want to talk about Torres but I don't seem to have the mood for it. :(
 
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phrase

Youth Team
Let them scousers have Torres...from what I have gathered about him, we wont be missing much...unless he goes on a scoring spree once the season starts and prove everyone wrong.

I still believe we will get another forward before the window closes.
 
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Daz

Everyone's Favourite Diabetic
i prefer last season's :(

though last season's kit was by far the best kit we've had in YEARS.
 
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phrase

Youth Team
Shokz,how can you confirm that Rooney was given the number 10...I have a feeling it would happen and Hargreaves would take number 8...Last season's kit is by far one of our best since the the mid 90's.This coming season's kit looks simple and no-nonsense..straight up Red,White and Black...I wonder how is our supposedly black away kit gonna be like...Black with gold/white trimmings would be class. Some of the lads on the pic look like Madame Tussaud's.
 
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dubcrazy

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surprises me that we would let to liverpool after chaseing me last summer cant understand why we wouldnt want him this summer just like hargreves who done nothin last season but we still wanted him

only reason i can think of is that we have someone else lined up,,,tevez maybe????
 
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shokz

The Red Devil
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Shokz,how can you confirm that Rooney was given the number 10...I have a feeling it would happen and Hargreaves would take number 8...Last season's kit is by far one of our best since the the mid 90's.This coming season's kit looks simple and no-nonsense..straight up Red,White and Black...I wonder how is our supposedly black away kit gonna be like...Black with gold/white trimmings would be class. Some of the lads on the pic look like Madame Tussaud's.
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Help?

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I haven't seen the Torres news anywhere at all. At least not on any real newsworthy websites, plus that article from Guardian just has a bunch of deal information and quotes from a year ago. But for 27 million pounds, he can go to Haiti for all i care. He had a poor season in a league like La Liga where Ruud looks like quite a sprinter.



As for the away shirt, United always had a shirt that's white every season, our traditional colours are red and white, which is why i consider red as home, white as away (since it never changes) and all the other colours like green/yellow, blue, gold, black etc. as 3rd jersey colours.
 
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pefan

Reserve Team
Looks good but could look better with some white lines in the shoulders or something. All red looks very similar to Liverpool but at least its not the same shade. I heard Chelsea's kit shows in the dark like illuminates.
 
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