Manchester United 2022/23 - The Reign of ETH

Ronaldo should have been sold in 08 when he originally wanted out. A front 3 of Tevez, Berbatov and Rooney would still have been very strong.

Instead they tried to keep all 4 happy, Ronaldo inevitably left and Tevez was pissed off his reduced role the following season and he left too.

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United never offered him a contract. Ferguson deliberately froze him out

“Tevez told us he was only going to play for four more years,” he said. “If we had signed him on a five-year contract knowing that he was going to quit in four, there would have been no re-sale value for us.”

direct quote from Ferguson

Rooney and tevez in a two up top would have been immense.

Like York snd cole.

Tevez got the huff because they shoehorned Rooney onto the right wing to accommodate berbatov.

He left because he hated ferguson.

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because he wouldn’t pay him unless he signed the exact contract Ferguson wanted. What made Ferguson great was also a big weakness, being an absolute control freak

An ignoramus bully control freak.

At least he stopped…oh nevermind.

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wayne rooney’s two best scoring seasons came with Berbatov at United (2 best by far) in fact they were the only times he broke 20 premier league goals in his career.

Berbatov made those around him better players, like Sheringham and Bergkamp. An absolute world class link man, the fact he started neither champions league final is a big indictment of Ferguson.

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You’re rambling like a mad man now.

mate, those are facts. Actual facts, direct quotes and statistics. Inarguable.

So don’t sign young up & coming players? :joy:

Why would you sign another young striker for a 100-159 million when you already have one and other areas of the squad desperately need investment?

It’s complete rubbish.

Barbatov was not a good signing.

He didn’t even start big games.

The money should have been invested in mid field.

I dunno where you get the idea he was a good signing.

Has the current striker a better goal scoring record in the Premier League?

Is everything okay Chief?

You’re up morning, noon & night at the owl wumming.

What are you on about now?

He was a great signing - United knew the writing was on the wall with Ronaldo and got a replacement in first who was very important for the club, if they waited until after they sold Ronaldo they’d have been rinsed in the market, they got a proven Premier League player who won 2 league titles at the club for 10-15 mil less than they would have got him for 12 months later.

But he wasn’t important for the club?

By 2010 Rooney was the central striker and excellent.

They famous game with Bayern in 2010 was Carrick, fletcher and darron Gibson with Nani and Valencia outside and an electric Rooney up top.

Berbatov was only a sub.

He wasn’t a good signing at all.

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And there we have it.

Have you a stoning of a gay person to attend today?