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sinizia:
The 63-year-old revealed David de Gea will play no part against Tottenham on Saturday and hinted he may be forced to look elsewhere for a replacement.


Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal admits he may have to add two players to his squad before the end of the
transfer window, including a goalkeeper. The Dutchman confirmed on Friday that David de Gea - who is reportedly a target for Real Madrid - will not feature in Saturday's Premier League opener against Tottenham at Old Trafford.


And Van Gaal, who has already added five players to the United side this summer, says the current situation could see him in the market for a goalkeeper. “I think Manchester United have to always be a challenger or champion," he told the club's official TV channel. “Of course we have problems still with the goalkeeper, so we need maybe two more
players.”

http://m.goal.com/s/en/news/9/england/2015/08/07/14250082/van-gaal-manchester-united-need-two-players-including-a

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If there's a misinterpretation, then it's from goal.com then.

OK. It's goal.com own interpretation.

But from the question and answer reported by Man United website (the interview was conducted by MUTV) the most logical conclusion is that the goalkeeper is inclusive of the two positions he wants to strengthen.

TruMaster:


This was what you read presumably!

www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2015/Aug/Louis-van-Gaal-tells-MUTV-about-potential-signings-in-two-positions.aspx

Exactly. What I understand here is that the goalkeeper is inclusive of the two players.

He is looking at getting a replacements for Di Maria and DDG.

chrisley024:
It becomes available 30-45mins before the match.

It's actually an hour to kick off it's released by the managers. You can get it in some websites like manunited.com 55 minutes to kickoff.

I get the alert from two sources.

sinizia:
I just read that news now. Gaal said Man Utd needs 2 players "including" a GK. Meaning 2 player plus (including) a goalie = 3 players. So I'm right about Man Utd's likelihood of getting a LCB alongside Pedro and a GK.

Publish what you read with link.

Mind you, I read the original message from Man United official website.

^^^

Up Van Gaal.


No more alms giving in the transfer market.

r231:
and i was thinking you had a discussion lunch and coffee with him today

Yes, at Ogbe stadium two weeks ago. Last weekend at Auchi public field where future stars are (used to be) groomed.

r231:
To you?

To MUTV.

sinizia:
If you ask me, i'll say we're gonna sign a winger and a defender. Man Utd won't sign a GK.

I am only following what Gaal said.

Louis van Gaal has revealed that he wants to sign up to two more players this summer.

Van Gaal claimed earlier this summer that he was looking to add two more players to his squad before the end of the transfer window.

When asked if this was still the case, van Gaal told MUTV: "Yes, because I have said that we need players with speed and creativity. Di Maria is a player like that and now he is gone, so we need that type of player.

"Of course we have problems still with the goalkeeper, so we need maybe two more players."[Source: MUTV] ‪

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Let's forget it. Gaal is not signing a defender. Except if the guys on ground perform woefully before Sept 1st.

Only two more signings in his plans. A creative attacker and a goalkeeper.

But our Oga blunt sha. E no Sabi pamper anybody. Even if Messi con join am, e no go pamper am. If u no fit follow wetin he dey talk u fit park your load be dat.

There is a rumour that he has asked the club to sell DDG.

Gaal 's comments after PSG' s game also suggest he doesn't trust DDG's concentration anymore.

Against Barca, DDG did not make an attempt on Suarez freekick that hit the upright. Some pundits marked him down. Against PSG, he passed straight to Ibrahimovic. On a normal day, that was a goal.
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After that match, the cracks in Van Gaal’s patience were visible. “We have a situation that is not favourable for David De Gea but neither for us and neither for the club [Real Madrid] that maybe he wants to go [to],” said the United manager. Later, he added: “Everybody can make mistakes but when a goalkeeper makes a mistake it is mostly a goal and that’s the difference.”

- Theguardian

But wait! Is Valdez still a member of our club? He has not even a squad number.

I believe Hart is a very good goalkeeper. He lost concentration in 2012/13 and has progressively recovered well thereafter.

sinizia:
DDG first season in Man Utd was littered avalanche of poor performances that got him an ample time on the bench.

Lol. It took me a year and many months after to accept we finally have replaced Van Der Sar. The trauma of DDG poor performance when he first arrived haunted me even unto the second half of 2012/13 season. I knew he had very sharp reflexes, but I actually felt the absence of VDS was the major reason we lost the league on goals difference.

When VDS left a Chelsea fan told me our protector had gone and we would be exposed. He laughed at me many times. The other time we trusted a young/untested keeper it didn't work out well at all. I remember when Ben Foster let in cheap attempts from outside of the box. We lost cheap painful points to Burnley and Sunderland, at the end it was part of the reasons we lost the league by just one point in 2009/10.

This season we should have allowed Valdez to start our season if DDG is unhappy. We are already worrying about one or two positions. We shouldn't add a third.

Our weakest link right now is the centre defence. If your defence is strong you can get slim victories. The forwards can concentrate better.

If your attack is strong, you can outscore your opponents even when your defence is weak. However, EPL teams are now fond of parking bus against us, the last time they did such against us all season was in 2007/8 season. Even with our fire power then, we managed with many slim victories. This is the reason I think we should strengthen this squad the more.

I wonder when Gaal will bring that his joker he so spoke about during preseason. The creative player he referred to when he used Messi, Ronaldo, Hazard as examples.

However, since no one has come in. I will sit back and watch our first two league games to see how ready we are.

StarBoard:
Have we even bid for him?
If we meet his release clause, he'll be ours.

If we don't bid on time and they renegotiate the release clause upwards with better wages for the player, that is the end.

StarBoard:
Are we signing Pedro or not?
United's transfer business has gone boring.

No talk about a CB signing either. No forward signing in sight as well.

We got a match against Spurs tomorrow. No one sounds excited.

I read somewhere Valencia are doing everything within their power to retain Otamendi.

We are going into the season not fully convinced about two positions. I pray my Wayne Rooney delivers.

UEFA Champions League play-off draw

The play-off draw will be streamed live on UEFA.com from 12.00CET on Friday 7

When? Proceedings begin at 12.00CET and will be streamed live on UEFA.com. Where?The draw is made at UEFA headquarters in Nyon.

Coverage:UEFA.com's DrawCentre will have build-up, live streaming and reaction during the course of the day.Who?There will be 20 teams involved: ten in the champions route and ten in the league route.

League routeSeeded: Manchester United (ENG), Valencia (ESP), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Sporting CP (POR)

Unseeded:CSKA Moskva (RUS), Lazio (ITA), Club Brugge (BEL), AS Monaco (FRA), Rapid Wien (AUT)

Champions routeSeeded:FC Basel (SUI), Celtic (SCO), APOEL (CYP), BATE Borisov (BLR), Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)

Unseeded: Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR), Partizan (SRB), Malmö (SWE), Skënderbeu (ALB), Astana (KAZ)

Draw• The teams with the five highest coefficients in each route – this applies to both League and Champions – are seeded and drawn against the other five teams in that route.•

To determine each tie, one side apiece from the seeded and non-seeded pots will be drawn and placed in another pot, with the first of the two to then be picked out at home in the first leg.•

Due to the restriction in Russian and Ukrainian clubs meeting, Shakhtar cannot be drawn against CSKA Moskva.

Ties will be played on 18/19 & 25/26 August, the ten winners joining the 22 clubs automatically qualified for the groupstage.

Source : UEFA.com

parrotibaba:
^^^^^^^


He's trying to push d transfer saga away from his head. If united really wanted to sell him den de wouldn't hv asked him to report for preseason training in USA. He wanted to leave n united cashed in. EOD

I might be tempted to believe Gaal wanted to sell him. Gaal said the players that started against Barca would start the season. That meant Di Maria would start from the bench even if he resumed two weeks before the kick off of the EPL. The trauma of playing from the bench last season may still be fresh in his mind.

More here: New offside rule good for football, says Referees' chief Mike Riley

MATCH 1: Arsenal v Liverpool, 4 April 2015
THE SCENARIO: Liverpool are on the attack and the ball is looped into the Arsenal box with Raheem Sterling lurking close to the Gunners goal and the defensive line pushing out quickly. There's no offside flag............

THIS SEASON’S DECISION: This would be offside.

RILEY SAYS: Last season this would not be considered offside as the player didn’t touch or play the ball but obviously it has an impact on the game. Raheem Sterling blocks the defending player from being able to chase. The ball gets played into the penalty area, Sterling is coming back, makes contact with the Arsenal player and stops him from closing down on the other attacking players.

He has had an impact on that defender. Morally, he has come from an offside position and so he should be considered offside. This season with the new interpretation that would be considered offside

MATCH 3: Tottenham v Chelsea, 1 Jan 2015
Tottenham v Chelsea - Costa taps in but has been interfering with the Spurs goalkeeper?
THE SCENARIO: A memorable 5-3 win for Spurs but they didn't star very well after conceding an early goal. Eden Hazard's mazy run ended in a shot against a post, with Oscar firing the ball back towards Diego Costa who tapped in the opener.

THIS SEASON’S DECISION: Offside.

RILEY SAYS: This is a good example as how the law of interpretation has changed. Last season this was penalised as offside as the Tottenham player didn’t touch the ball but you can see as the cross comes over, the goalkeeper can’t decide whether to commit to diving in front of Costa or dive to try to save the ball. It impacts on his decision making. Costa is close to the ball, makes an attempt to play the ball and he makes an impact on the goalkeeper's decision, so Costa would be penalised for being offside


http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9935364/former-referee-dermot-gallagher-backs-offside-rule-change

Danhumprey:
And the new adjustment is?

New offside rule: Dermot Gallagher backs change for new season
Last Updated: 04/08/15 4:39pm

Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher thinks the altered offside rule will be easier to understand in practice. In recent seasons, players have been allowed to occupy offside positions without necessarily being penalised depending on whether they were thought to be actively involved in play or not. Now they will be punished if they clearly attempt to play a ball close to them when their actions have an impact on an opponent’s ability to play the ball.

At first glance, the reworking of the rule appears confusing but Gallagher, a Premier League referee for 15 years until he retired in 2007, thinks it makes the game more straightforward. He told Sky Sports News HQ: "A player has got to make an obvious action and clearly impact on their opponent’s ability to clear the ball. "I actually think it will simplify it. When you see the season unfold on Saturday, you’ll think that it’s one thing on paper and another in practice.

The new offside rule takes effect from the start of the 2015/16 season
"Don’t forget the managers and coaches have had referees visiting them throughout pre-season to go through clips and it won’t be a shock to them. "When this was issued in the summer, referees took this into their games so hopefully they will be as up to speed as the players."

Gallagher talked through a number of scenarios from last season to highlight how the rule might change which decisions are reached, including these three goals...

GOAL: Juan Mata (Manchester United) v Stoke City, 02/12/14
Marcos Rojo is marginally offside when Manchester United's Juan Mata takes a free kick against Stoke
THE SCENARIO: United have a free kick on the right which Mata takes and it swings in towards goal. At the point the ball is played, Marcos Rojo is in an offside position and he attempts to head the cross in but misses. Nobody else connects with the ball and Mata’s effort goes straight in, with a goal awarded.

THIS SEASON’S DECISION: Goal is disallowed.

GALLAGHER SAYS: Rojo has jumped for the ball and clearly gone to head it. He is clearly offside when the free kick is taken and the keeper can’t make his move until Rojo has either headed the ball or missed it. He is deemed to have had an impact on the goalkeeper, so that goal would be disallowed. Even though he doesn’t touch it, he has a chance to touch it. If that ball went 20 feet over his head, he wouldn’t be deemed offside because he would have no chance of playing it.

GOAL: Harry Kane (Tottenham) v Burnley, 20/12/14
Christian Eriksen (right) is in an offside position as Harry Kane takes a free kick but makes no attempt to play the ball
THE SCENARIO: A free kick is awarded to Tottenham on the left flank which Kane plays quickly down the wing. The ball rolls towards Christian Eriksen, who is in an offside position, so he steps out of the way and does not get involved in the passage of play. The ball is eventually crossed into the box by another player and finds Kane in an onside position. He heads in and the goal stands.

THIS SEASON’S DECISION: Goal is given.

GALLAGHER SAYS: This goal was given last year and would be given again this year too, the reason being that being in an offside position as Eriksen was is not an offence in itself. He makes no move towards the ball and doesn’t affect an opponent. He has got to make an attempt to play the ball, move towards the ball or affect an opponent to be offside and he didn’t do any of those three things. He stood his ground and under the guidance, that would be a goal this year.

GOAL: Kevin Mirallas (Everton) v Manchester United, 26/04/15
Romelu Lukaku (right) is in an offside position when the pass is played but remains inactive as Kevin Mirallas (top) runs on to score
THE SCENARIO: Ross Barkley lifts the ball over the United defence looking for Romelu Lukaku, who is in an offside position, but the ball runs past him to Mirallas instead and he runs onto it from an onside position. Lukaku stops briefly then runs alongside him looking for a pass as the two Everton players close in on David de Gea with no defenders in between. Mirallas chooses to shoot himself rather than pass and scores, with the goal awarded.

THIS SEASON’S DECISION: Goal is given.

GALLAGHER SAYS: Lukaku is in an offside position but stops and doesn’t affect the defender because the defender is on the wrong side of him. The ball goes through to Mirallas and he is allowed to continue. That was a goal last season and if it occurs again this season it will be a goal again. Lukaku has no impact on an opponent or the ball because it has gone straight over his head.

Of course, it won’t just be when the ball hits the net that potentially contentious offside calls will be made. There are several other scenarios where decisions made last season will change now, with Gallagher also explaining how these three incidents would pan out in the future...

MATCH: QPR v Crystal Palace, 28/12/14
Crystal Palace's Yannick Bolasie is in an offside position as he receives a pass from team-mate James McArthur
THE SCENARIO: James McArthur passes to Yannick Bolasie, who is in an offside but stays inactive and allows the ball to run past him. Mauricio Isla gets back to take possession for QPR and Bolasie closes him down, forcing the defender to play back to goalkeeper Rob Green.

GALLAGHER SAYS: Bolasie is now clearly offside. Last season you would have played on but Isla is then pressured by a player who was initially in an offside position into giving the ball back to green and QPR then lose the ball. The player pressured the defender because he started in an offside position. Isla’s options are closed down and he can’t play up the line and Bolasie has impacted on his ability to clear the ball as successfully as he wants to.

MATCH: Manchester United v Sunderland, 28/02/15
Connor Wickham (far right) is marginally offside when the ball is played up the line during Sunderland's visit to Manchester United
THE SCENARIO: A ball is lifted down the left wing to Connor Wickham in an offside position but United’s Antonio Valencia gets there first. Wickham then quickly closes down Valencia, who steps back inside and past his opponent to get out of a difficult situation in the corner of the pitch and surges upfield.

GALLAGHER SAYS: The Wickham situation is similar to Bolasie’s. He starts in an offside position and when Valencia gets to the ball, Wickham closes him down very quickly. As it is, the defender does pretty well to get out of that but Wickham would be offside now.

MATCH: QPR v Everton, 22/03/15
QPR's Charlie Austin (right) starts in an offside position and eventually runs to the near touchline without being penalised at any point
THE SCENARIO: A ball is played over the halfway line with Charlie Austin several yards offside in a central position. He keeps jogging as he allows James McCarthy to get back and move the ball out to the left wing. Austin tracks him and as the ball runs towards the touchline he closes McCarthy down but the Everton player is able to play up the line before he can get there.

GALLAGHER SAYS: Austin didn’t have offside given against him last season but he would now. This situation is a great example of how it’s different because as the defender comes away, Austin comes almost 40 yards across the pitch with him to eventually try to close him down again. You will see the flag going up in those situations more often because the assistant referees will be tuned in to it.

Iheanacho promoted to senior team.

StarBoard:
haha.

Christine is my person o.

Okay sir. Carry on.

StarBoard:
Bro no need to castigate anyone.
Every United fan feels some sense of disappointment at this transfer.

Anyone not believing you at the time probably had high hopes that he would stay and prove us right.

Ok.

But I am not castigating them. Just playing with ChristineC.

Di Maria departue confirmed by Man United.

ChristineC. I reported this many years ago but you were a doubting Thomas. You and SailorXY.

We know when rumours are really serious. When they are no more mere rumours. The owner of PSG is also the owner of the news outlet which broadcasted Di Maria transfer.

parrotibaba:
I don't want to enter into another long argument with you. This is what welbeck said after the season ...




Case closed

You done come again so. Welbeck said he played in the wing for a while. You concluded he referred to the time under Moyes. Whereas he played in the wing too under SAF. In 2012/13 Welbeck was in the wing in 90% of the games. May be 98% of league games. RVP was the sole striker.

parrotibaba:
Moyes was also blamed for destroying the system at united...

Welbeck had his worst season at OT during Moyes's time. He often played on d wings n he had troubles with the coach. You remember when Moyes told him to stay behind n train like Wazza does n he replied saying that he had been injured a lot dat season n dats why d coach didn't see him a lot on d training ground n dat he had been doing that since he was at united. Welbeck described that season as his "unhappiest" in united colors

How long are you going to blame Moyes? Gaal met all the players Ferguson left and had £400m to do whatever he wanted. This is on top of Mata and Fellaini added to SAF's squad.

Welbeck had always played in the wing. SAF's decision to use some players as utility players is to blame. Brown, Oshea, Fletcher, Fabio, Phil, Welbeck. Under Moyes, Welbeck was considered as one of the best number 9 playing in front of Rooney when RVP was injured. That was when opta stats showed Welbeck had the best conversion rate of Clear Cut Chances in the league. Better than Suarez and Sturridge.

parrotibaba:
I will never forget Rafael's strikes against Liverpool n QPR but sadly his career was marred by injuries n fitness concerns. I remember when he first played for Brazil n d happiness dat it gave ,I remember saying "surely he's going to replace Alves n become a regular starter for Brazil after Dani retires from country football" but regrettably it wasn't the case as a host if injuries plagued him. I wish him success at Lyon.


But...





LVG is not to blame for this ,it all began with Moyes indirectly pushing out the core players at united. Within a year ,our team became amateurs ,nothing was working anymore ,the play was crap n d players mediocre. Even the infamous Tom "sideways pass" Cleverly who was seen as d Scholes successor was all of a sudden ,absolutely horrible n Welbeck was horribly exposed as just being there. Things was so bad dat by January ,all our core players had decided to leave n the ones that chose to remain? well de lost dia mojo. And then came Aloysius ,d no nonsense n somewhat hot headed fellow who was handed d cleanup task n swung into action immediately, catching the most of the core united players in his dust n within 2 years ,about 18 players hv exited the door with the strict n eccentric sword wielder having none of it, he plans to build his own team in his own likeness n b4 we realize what is going on ,a new team will step out on the play field.

I thought Moyes was blamed for under reinforcing the squad? He was blamed for bringing only Fellaini.

Welbeck had a good season under Moyes.

raumdeuter:
It's logical that recent events have more weight than those that happened long ago else should we say Milan is currently a top side because they won the CL 8 yrs ago

So a UCL won by Ramires, Ivanovic and Luiz is not recent?

Okay. I hear.

Di Maria was sent to the bench. He was poor in his last game while he was still in the starting 11. Then Januzaj was sent to replace him, and Januzaj created the much needed goal to break the deadlock.

That was the end of Di Maria as a first team player in Man United.

The only reason Gaal could possibly be calling his name as our player is because PSG are yet to meet the asking price.